Journal · Notes from the timetable
Twice a month: how the courses actually run, how to choose well, and what the kiln did this week. Written by the people who teach here.
28 Oct · Admissions · 4 min read
The best course is the one whose time survives your worst week. A five-minute method for picking a slot that still works in week nine — from the admissions desk, which has watched nine years of Mondays succeed and fail.
21 Oct · Music
Twelve weeks, twelve students, four pianos. Ruth Ellery walks through a term — scales, sight-reading, and the week it all clicks.
14 Oct · Making
Pinholing, crawling, running — Tom Okafor on the four ways a glaze can misbehave, and why the test tile is the most honest object in the studio.
07 Oct · Music
Marcus Reid on why the Guitar Ensemble books the venue before the group feels ready — and what happens to practice when there's a date on a poster.
The board, on the other hand, has dates on it.