Summer Schools
Royal College of Art Summer School short courses take place from June to August.

Curating Summer School, 2021 guest speakers
Curating Contemporary Art and Design: Publishing, Editing, Writing Intensive
9–10 and 16–17 November 2023
"We are thrilled to offer this new course exploring the possibilities of publishing, editing and writing within the context of contemporary art and design. For curators, artists, writers, designers and many others, making work public is a vital part of creative practice and this dynamic programme presents an opportunity to engage with leading professionals who write, edit and publish in truly innovative ways."
Dr Rosie Ram, Short Course Leader
Art and Design Portfolio Development
27, 28 & 29 June, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 July 2024
“The portfolio as a practice is inherently multidisciplinary. As a self-authored publication, a portfolio translates a body of work through thoughtful art direction, critical writing and content curation.”
Richard Nash, Short Course Leader
Architecture & Interior Design Summer School
2024 dates to be announced soon
"The course brings together theoretical reflection and production, pushing participants to develop their skills and to generate conceptual and physical products of the highest standard for their portfolio."
Tania López Winkler, Short Course Leader
Curating Contemporary Art and Design
2024 dates to be announced soon
“We provide a highly interactive environment in which participants develop their own curatorial practices and critical perspectives while building new networks and working collaboratively together.”
Dr Rosie Ram, Short Course Leader
Contemporary Art Summer School
2024 dates to be announced soon
“This course offers the unique opportunity to look at your practice differently. I want people to walk away with a new joy in their practice and a different way of looking at what they have been working on so far.”
Dr Despina Zacharopoulou, Short Course Leader
Present Futures: Virtual and Augmented Reality in Art
2024 dates to be announced soon
"Like no other course offered by an art school, this five-day collaboration between Acute Art and the RCA will offer tools to navigate the art world of tomorrow."
Daniel Birnbaum, Short Course Leader
The Graphic Novel: Visual Storytelling
2024 dates to be announced soon
“How we start a story can prove difficult but to make this possible we are offering you a starting point. Composition, tone, colour, pacing and tempo are the things we have to engage with.”
Professor Andrzej Klimowski, Short Course Leader
Editorial Design
2024 dates to be announced soon
“Learn the craft and art of editorial design, which is defined as the presentation of information (text and image) in a coherent, relevant and innovative manner, allowing the reader access to subject matter of all kinds and on various platforms."
Adrian Shaughnessy and Astrid Stavro, Short Course Leaders
Typography
2024 dates to be announced soon
“Typography is part science and part art. This course aims to acquaint you with the core principles of typography (the science) and inspire you to develop your powers of typographic expression (the art).” Adrian Shaughnessy, Short Course Leader
We have been running summer schools at the RCA for more than five years and have attracted a global mix of participants from over 60 countries.
In academic year 2022/23 we continue to deliver short courses live online and on campus.
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Get in touch with Jo Chounta if you'd like to find out more about this or any of our other short courses.
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