Summer School
Holiday courses in animation, filmmaking, illustration and design for teenagers, each ending in a finished piece and a show for families.
Summer school gives teenagers a few weeks of real studio work during the school holidays. Each course is taught by practitioners from PGA’s faculty and follows the same shape as a PGA degree course, compressed: learn the skills, develop a project in stages, present it.
Students finish with something to show (a short animation, a short film, an illustrated story or a poster series) and a clearer sense of whether a creative degree is for them.
What’s included
- Animation
- Flipbooks to a short animated loop.
- Filmmaking on a phone
- Story, shooting and editing a two-minute film.
- Illustration and comics
- Characters, panels and a short illustrated story.
- Design
- Posters, type and a mini brand for an imaginary event.
More for learners
| Certificates | Four-month certificates in creative art & design, photography, filmmaking, animation, performing arts, and sketching & painting. |
 | Portfolio Bootcamp | Build an admission-ready portfolio in six weeks, with weekly critique, for school leavers applying to creative-arts degrees anywhere. |
 | Portfolio Reviews | One-to-one critique from a practitioner, for graduates and professionals preparing for jobs, freelance platforms or study abroad. |