About Us
Community-based arts education and practice
Our Approach
Highgate Art School is a space where local people can explore and experiment with a variety of art skills and processes in a supportive, creative environment.
Founded in 2018, the art school grew from another joint venture, Halfadozen Studio, which aims to promote a relationship between the artist and the public.
Our emphasis as an arts school is to stimulate creative curiosity and the desire to learn in students, helping them to develop ideas and creative practice, with all participants able to explore their creative potential and develop their knowledge and understanding of the creative process.
Mission and Principles
To create a supportive environment where students can experiment, and learn from professional practicing artists.
Assisting students to develop creative skills, both traditional and contemporary, to enable freedom of expression.
To create and support a critical and reflective environment where artists can develop their practice.
To engage and encourage a diverse local community to participate in contemporary arts practice through arts classes, community projects, film screenings and exhibitions.
Our Teachers
Classes are taught by Basil Olton and Veronika Seifert.
About Basil and Veronika
Basil is a practicing artist and lecturer with an MA in Fine Art Ceramics and has exhibited at the V&A and internationally as part of the European Design Group.
Veronika is an international award-winning costume designer and artist specialising in oil and has worked with Tate Britain, the V&A, South London Gallery and Bow Arts Trust.
Artists’ Projects
Projects and exhibitions by our artists.
Dialogues: A Hybrid Art Project
20–31 July 2022