A fun and vibrant workshop, exploring various cultural dance styles from Brazil such as Samba Reggae and Maracatu. Our workshops are designed for children and are ideal for the whole family.

Whether you’re new to creative writing and fancy a laugh or a writer who would like to inject more humour into your work.

A high energy Caribbean dance workout that’ll get you moving and grooving to some banging beats! Our workshops are designed for children and are ideal for the whole family.

A fun session for those who love to act, explore, use their imaginations, play drama games and make new friends. This class is for existing BYA students only.

For anyone who fancies drawing a self-portrait, join award winning artist Catherine MacDiarmid and explore what we’ve all got used to – the ‘Zoom view’ of ourselves. 

This drama workshop will explore different creative ways to perform online and create together. Our workshops are designed for children and are ideal for the whole family.

Create wonderful lights and darks in your drawings using soft willow charcoal.

From lighting to charcoal drawing techniques join Catherine MacDiarmid in this workshop exploring setting and drawing a self-portrait in tone.

Pick up a brush and start to explore the magical qualities of watercolour in this introduction to some key watercolour skills.

Self-portraits are revealing but what if we mask reality? Use wigs, hats, glasses, moustaches, masks, face paints etc and join a fun zoom workshop drawing yourself in disguise. Go as wild as you dare!

Using short writing exercises we’ll explore dialogue, making characters sound realistic and different from each other.

Harmony-laden Americana band The Wandering Hearts burst onto the scene last year with their debut album Wild Silence.