English Learning Holidays in Scotland

Most of the year, our language school shares Scottish culture, including artist studio visits with L2 English users seeking a culture-rich English learning holiday.

Then every September, we mix things up.

September is Art Month.

This means that instead of sharing art and culture with general English learners, we lean into our art skills to offer English learning immersion holidays built just for artists, designers, makers and creative thinkers, targeting English for Creative Careers in a unique practice-led holiday.

This blog is partly about this offer, and partly about what makes Scotland so good for any culture based English learning holiday.

English holiday dates at a glance

Why is Scotland Great for Art Immersion 

If you studied art, you know the joke:

“What did the art student say when they graduated?”

“Do you want fries with that?”

Perhaps it used to be true, but here in Scotland, creative industries are booming (around 5% of GDP), and not just inside cities.

 

Artist & Designer Takeover

This September, we support creative professionals by exploring Perthshire (visual arts & crafts) and Dundee (design), and you can join the adventure.

Artists, designers, makers, architects, creative thinkers – join Blue Noun Language Hub for the Maker’s Takeover or Design Week.

 

Option 01 | FIne Art Focused

 

The Maker Takeover is £2,800 inc. accomodation. 

3 places available

Discover Scottish Creative Culture 


The whole of Scotland (and Perthshire in particular) is peppered with artists and makers living off their creative work.

Artists fill corners of the landscape, repurposing old buildings and using superb combinations of traditional craft and modern technology.

Their work sells worldwide.

👉 Dundee is the first UK-designated UNESCO City of Design.

👉 Perth (& Perthshire) is the first UK-designated UNESCO City of Craft and Folk Art.

This means they are remarkable for craft and design. (Which makes them well worth seeing and exploring as part of a language learning holiday – whether you are a professional maker or not).  

Option 02 | Design Focused

 

Our Design Week is £1,600 plus £ 25 per night accommodation. 

3 places available.

See for Yourself, When You Learn English in Perthshire!

It’s art first,
English second
(of course).

Wait… I Thought you Were a Language School

We are (albeit an alternative one!) but English for Creative Careers needs to be taught differently from general English.

Within this English learning holiday, we’ll thread a bit of personalised English coaching around your art/design practice into an otherwise art-filled holiday.

You get inside this culture, meet makers, discover the UK’s/Scotland’s independent creative culture, make connections, promote your work, find exhibition opportunities, meet peers, make work, take creative workshops, visit studios…

You get to show up as the artist or designer that you are.

This September, be an international artist in Scotland.