Go back to school with a difference

It might be in a gallery, but the The Haywood Wide Open School is not an art school. It is a month-long “experiment in learning”, with classes devised by over 100 artists from 40 different countries.

The school is set to be a wide-ranging forum where artists lead workshops, collaborative projects and performances about any subject. Disciplines range from history to physics and anthropology to economics, with topics from art boxing or a spot of Queer Home Economics it will certainly be worth checking out the wide range of events.

Highlights include:

Painting class: Action and Gesture – Class 1: Attack
In this class run by artists you can apply styles of boxing to making paintings using two core strategies – attack and defence.

Words and Music
Martin Creed hosts an evening of talk, songs, and dance, with questions from the audience.

Just what is it that makes today’s Public Spaces so different, so appealing proposal intervention invitation
Join Bob and Roberta Smith in devising interventions and ways of remodelling London’s Public spaces.

The Haywood Wide Open School
June 11 – July 11
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX
Nearest tube: Waterloo
Book online, prices vary
For full listings visit the website wideopenschool.com