Art & Design at Cambridge gives you two weeks to explore how ideas move from sketch to finished work, and from individual thought to collective creation. You’ll work across different media — drawing, painting, sculpture, digital tools — and experiment with both traditional and modern approaches. Central to the programme is the group installation project, where you collaborate to plan, design, and build a large-scale piece that becomes part of the final showcase.
Alongside studio work, you’ll discuss the theory and history of art and design, learning how artists respond to social, cultural, and political contexts. These conversations help you place your own work within a wider framework, connecting practice to ideas.
Learning is highly interactive. You’ll share feedback in group critiques, adapt your work based on new insights, and see how collaboration can expand individual creativity. Tutors guide the process with expertise drawn from both academic study and professional practice.
Studying art and design at Cambridge equips you with practical skills, creative confidence, and the ability to think critically about visual culture. These abilities are valuable not only in the arts but also in fields such as architecture, media, communication, and design industries.
Cambridge College Summer School is hosted at three distinguished Dukes Education Schools—Cardiff Sixth Form College, St Andrew’s Cambridge, and Sancton Wood—offering a premier pre-university experience for students aged 14–17.
Blending academic challenges with cultural immersion, Cambridge College provides students with the tools, inspiration, and insight to prepare for top university pathways in one of the UK’s most historic and innovative cities.
At Dukes Cambridge Summer School, students will be allocated to one of our six accommodation blocks, which are all purpose-built with modern facilities. They are located a short walk from the school, with bedrooms being either single or twin rooms. The majority of the rooms have ensuite bathrooms, with a small number of shared facilities in the smaller accommodation blocks. During free-time, students have the option of socialising in the on-site common rooms or spending time in Cambridge city centre.
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