Creative Courses

Easdale Experiences is delighted to be able to host professional and artistic development and training on the island. We can accommodate groups of participants and practitioners in our cottages. Easdale is an ideal base to run courses and workshops: the island’s community hall has a flexible set up which can be used for a variety of activities, including rehearsals or live performances and there is space within the cottages for group sessions and tutorials. The area around Easdale island offers inspiration to those wishing to lead or take part in creative activities and offers opportunities to run all sorts of weekend or longer courses for people of all ages in many subjects. Get in touch for more information about the facilities we have and how we can work with you to bring your ideas to life.

STAY at our modern and comfortable traditional cottages on Easdale island in the heart of the Hebrides.

EAT locally-sourced, freshly-prepared home cooked meals in a convivial setting on Scotland’s west coast.

LEARN creative skills directly from artists and top industry professionals on our short residential courses.

Creative Courses Programme

Wildflowers on Easdale with Ling Warlow

Wildflowers on Easdale has been designed as an immersive experience for participants and a wonderful opportunity to work with paper botanist Ling Warlow.

Over the duration of the two-day course, you will spend time exploring Easdale island for inspiration and Ling will guide you as we look closely at the spring flowers and learn how to deconstruct the flower and recreate it using paper and mixed media. Paper flowers are a wonderfully mindful art form. You will emerge with new skills and a new way of looking at flowers! 

Wildflowers on Easdale
13 – 16 May 2023
17 – 20 May 2023

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Screendance in the landscape with Katrina McPherson

6-13 May 2023
17-24 June 2023

This course offers participants an amazing opportunity to work with Katrina McPherson, one of the most celebrated and innovative contemporary artists who uses dance and film to create outstanding and acclaimed bodies of work. This intensive, hands-on course will allow participants to learn directly from Katrina taking as their inspiration the work she has produced over a 30-year career.

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Creatively re-set your photography with Colin and Adam

Relax, unwind and be creative on our unique photography courses on Easdale island, a place like no other.

For the last seven years, professional photographers Colin McPherson and Adam Lee have welcomed participants on to two distinctive and rewarding residential courses which are unlike any others you will find in this country. The courses give you the opportunity to visit our island, enjoy stunning scenery, comfortable accommodation and delicious home-cooked food, whilst working with us creatively to enhance your photography skills.

If you would love to take your photography to a new level, we will help you explore what makes a great image and how to take one. Our aim is to share our knowledge and experience with you, to spark your creativity and to give you the confidence to test new ways of seeing and making photographs.

On Assignment
22 – 25 July 2023
26 – 29 July 2023

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