Next cohort: January 2027. Join the waiting list for first access.
Lead Artist: To be announced
Start Date: January 2027
Time: To be announced
Duration: 8 weeks
Location: Online
Fee: £295
Capacity: 8
Interest-free instalment payments available with Klarna or arranged privately with CAA
Our October cohort with Narbi Price is fully booked. Waiting list members hear first when the January lead artist is announced and booking opens, before places go on general sale. Joining is free, and PG1 alumni are welcome to repeat the course with a new lead artist and peer group.
Course Description
PERSONAL PRACTICE (PG1) enables artists to create new work within a critically engaged, supportive community. Each cohort is led by a leading practising artist, and participants gain insight through 1-2-1 critiques, group discussions and professional seminars. The course builds artistic growth, peer connection and professional confidence, and culminates in new work and progression to CRITICAL CONTEXT (PG2). Key outcomes include:
- 30 minute 1-2-1 crit with the lead artist
- Group crits with the lead artist and peer group
- Artwork feedback from established industry professionals and peer group
- Critical Context seminar with an established artworld professional
- Professional Practice seminar with an established artworld professional
- Peer group chat forum
- Unlock next course: CRITICAL CONTEXT (PG2)
PERSONAL PRACTICE is for:
- Practising artists
- Those working in all contemporary art disciplines
- All nationalities (sessions conducted in English)
- Art college graduates and self-taught artists
- Ages 18+ and at any stage in their careers
- PG1 alumni who want a fresh perspective from a new lead artist and peer group
PG1 is a discussion-based course for developing your own practice. It is not a technical or instructional painting course.
After registration artists will need to provide the following:
- 6 jpegs of recent works
- Artist statement (max 200 words)
- Artist CV (including education and exhibitions)
- Contact details (email, Instagram, website)
Course Outline:
| Session 1 | Elevator Pitch |
| Session 2 | Individual 30 min. 1-2-1 Crits |
| Session 3 | Peer Led Group Crits |
| Session 4 | Critical Context Seminar |
| Session 5 | Professional Practice Seminar |
| Session 6 | Tutor Led Group Crits |
| Session 7 | Tutor Led Group Crits |
| Session 8 | Elevator Pitch Reprise |
Sessions run weekly, usually 90 minutes to 2 hours.
How the waiting list works:
- Join free. It takes a minute and there is no obligation to book.
- We email you first when the January lead artist, day and time are confirmed.
- Waiting list members get priority access to the 8 places before booking opens to everyone.
Have questions? Email us at office@contemporaryartacademy.com
I found the Personal Practice course life-changing as it has made me really reflect on why I paint, what is important within my practice and where I want to go next. Living in a remote place with few opportunities to get to exhibitions, it has been invaluable to talk with other practitioners about their work, influences, and to build supportive networks.
Highly recommended to artists seeking direction and professionalisation.
A very useful bitesize course to remind us of where we are with our practice. The participants were of a very high level and the tutors excellent.
Great to pitch yourself into a room of your peers, assembled from across the world.