Imagine an art school that starts
with art and knowledge of the majority
of the world's people and cultures.
We can.
The heart of our mission is to connect, create and share the wide variety of artistic traditions from every part of the world.
We honour equally the wide diversity of artistic expressions found across the globe while seeking the highest standards
of excellence, working with what this means locally in different locations across the world.
Our aim is to honour and critically engage with a global curriculum for art without denying the impact and influence
of Europe and the West or our intermingled and entangled heritages.
World Art School aims to provide an atmosphere of curiosity and respect at the heart of our approach.
All teaching is led by practitioners of the highest calibre who are focused on experimentation and artistic freedom, as understood
and framed by the various local histories of art. We are not interested in doling out grades, assessment or diplomas.
Our focus is on a rigorous and thorough engagement with the widest variety of cultures of art and art making.
Led by tutors who prize an inclusive approach, the aim of the World Art School is to recognise the full spectrum of creativity.
The goal is to teach art in its various forms in a global framework relevant in any specific location.
Founders
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Kinsi Abdulleh Kazi Ruksana Begum Alana Jelinek |
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Kinsi Abdulleh Kinsi Abdulleh is a practising artist with 30 years experience of making art in public art commissions and for gallery exhibitions. She has worked with fashion designers and textile artists, as well as with traditional artists and makers from Somalia, Kenya, and Gambia. Kinsi began Numbi Arts 20 years ago in order to nurture East African artists across different generations and different cultures. Kazi Ruksana Begum Kazi Ruksana Begum is a community/cultural activist and film maker. Ruksana is the creative producer of A Season of Bangla Drama. She has also worked on large-scale outdoor festivals including, Boishakhi Mela, Tiger Out East, and the Bangladesh Festival. Her works is focused on participation and engagement. She has a Master’s degree in Arts Management. Ruksana was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at Queen Mary University of London. She is currently an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at QMUL (2022-2025) as an arts and culture advocate. Alana Jelinek Alana Jelinek is a practicing artist with 30 years experience of exhibitions and participatory artworks that are usually site-specific. She has curated exhibitions with other artists work and run a grassroots arts organisation, in addition to making her own artworks. She did her doctorate in both fine art practice and history of art, researching art as a democratic act. Alana now teaches on the Painting MA at the Royal College of Art. |
Our approach to teaching art is unique and comes from decades of experience working both with local communities and with elite institutions,
including Tate Modern, University of Cambridge, Royal College of Art.
We tailor our programme to the needs of the groups and individuals we work with.
We are proud to start our ambitious new approach by working with Idle Women.
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Idle Women is an arts, environment and social justice collaboration ​founded by artists in 2015, based in Lancashire. |
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World Art School with Idle Women 2024 For 6 sessions throughout 2024, tutors from World Art School will work with the women of textile artist and natural dyes expert, Kinsi Abdulleh, will be based in Accrington and Nelson to deliver workshops in their fields of practice and make works of art and film. |
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Executive Education |
We are keen to work with corporates to develop leadership skills through art-making and creative practices. Others promise life-changing experiences that will reinvigorate and humanise corporate culture. We deliver this in a range of retreats and in-house workshops. |
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| Art School |
Our aim is to develop an artist-led art school with various programmes, including painting, film, sculpture, textiles within a supported studio. We hope that an art school with a global curriculum and deep awareness of the wide variety of histories and global critical approaches to making art could flourish in a climate where there is growing disquiet with the current offer. We hope to fulfill a need for an increasing number of makers with a desire for intellectual stimulus and a focus on inclusive and curious practice. |
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Enquiries: was@world-art-school.com |
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