Sustainable Creativity and Process Art in Nature
About Us
Art Buds Collective is a social enterprise dedicated to the delivery of sustainable arts education for children across Edinburgh. We are crazy about creativity, process art and protecting our planet. Our classes for young people and adults promote sustainability and celebrate the creative journey. We would love you to join us on our adventures.
Art Buds offers classes and workshops for children, young people and adults at various outdoor locations in and around Edinburgh. Our mission is to inspire creativity, and enhance understanding of the natural world and the role we can all play in protecting it.
Recent funding awards from Creative Scotland and Firstport have allowed us to start delivering fully funded projects to support access to arts for young people in Scotland.
Art Buds Summer Programme
All our classes comply fully with current COVID-19 guidelines
Summer in the Woods
Age: 8-12
Date: 14th July
Time: 10.30am-2.30pm
Venue: Craiglockhart Woods, Edinburgh
Cost: £40/£32/£20*
Age: 4-7
Date: 15th July
Time: 10.30am-12.30pm or 2pm-4pm
Venue: Craiglockhart Woods, Edinburgh
Cost: £20/£16/£10*
Age 4-7
Date: 27th July
Time: 10.30-12.30pm or 2-4pm
Venue: Wells O' Weary, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Cost: £20/£16/£10*
Age 4-7
Date: 28th July
Time: 10.30-12.30pm or 2-4pm
Venue: Wells O' Weary, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Cost: £20/£16/£10*
*Art Buds Collective operates a Fair Payment Scale
Summer on the Beach
Age: 5-9
Date: 13th July
Time: 10.30-12.30pm
Venue: Dalgety Bay, Fife
Cost: £20/£16/£10*
Age 8-12
Date: 27th July
Time: 10.30 am- 2.30pm
Venue: Yellowcraig Beach, East Lothian
Cost: £40/£32/£20*
Age 8-12
Date: 29th July
Time: 10.30 am- 2.30pm
Venue: Morrison's Haven, East Lothian
Cost: £40/£32/£20*
*Art Buds operates a Fair Payment Scale
Art Bubs Toddler Class
Our new morning classes will be an exploration for little ones and their families, aged 1-3. Combining storytelling, play, making and discovery in the outdoors, this session will spark curiosity in the natural world and joy in artistic process. Art Bubs, as with all Art Buds classes, adhere strictly to current Scottish Government COVID-19 guidelines. To book, or for further information, please follow the link below.
Venue: Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Day: Wednesdays and Fridays
Time: 10-10.45/11am. or 11.15-12/12.15pm ( Fridays only)
Cost: £4/£5/£7
Term Time Classes
All our classes comply fully with current COVID-19 guidelines
Art Buds Holyrood Park
Our Friday afternoon classes are designed to engage young people aged 4-8 in exploration, adventure and art making. These sessions will sparks curiosity in the natural world and joy in artistic process. Art Buds classes adhere strictly to current Scottish Government COVID-19 guidelines. To book, or for further information, please follow the link below.
Venue: Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Day: Friday
Time: 2-3.30pm.
Cost: £7/£12/£15 per class. Art Buds Collective operates a fair payment scale.
Art Buds at the Beach
What better way to wind down at the end of the week than by the sea? Our Friday afternoon beach sessions are suitable for children aged 4-10, and enjoy a strong environmental focus. Sunshine may not be guaranteed, but joy and inspiration is! Art Buds classes adhere strictly to current Scottish Government COVID-19 guidelines. To book, or for further information, please follow the link below.
Venue: Portobello Beach
Day: Friday
Time: 1-2.30 ( ages 4-6) or 2.45-4.15pm ( ages 5-10)
Cost: £7/£12/£15 per class. Art Buds Collective operates a fair payment scale.
Art Buds AfterSchool
Our new afterschool group gives children aged 5-12 the time and space to explore the beautiful setting of Craiglockhart woods, creating, making, building and playing in nature. As always, we adhere strictly to current Scottish Government COVID-19 guidelines. To book, or for further information, please follow the link below.
Venue: Craiglockhart Woods, Edinburgh
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 4-5.30pm
Cost: £7/£12/£15
Art Buds Saturday in the Woods
Our popular Saturday sessions are now weekly! Join us for creative adventures in the beautiful setting of Craiglockhart Woods. During these fun and friendly outdoor sessions, we invite children to forage, explore and make together, before gathering around the fire to share our creations. All COVID-19 guidelines will be strictly followed. Limited places available.
Venue: Craiglockhart Woods, Edinburgh
Day: Saturdays
Time: 10.30am-12.00 midday (for ages 4-8) or 2.00pm-3.30 pm (for ages 6-10)
Cost: £7/£10/£15 per class.
Art Buds Collective operates a fair payment scale.
Art Buds Home Educators
Our Home Educator sessions explore process art in the outdoors with a strong environmental focus. Suitable for children aged 5-12, our young artists will find plenty of inspiration in a choice of beautiful venues. Art Buds Collective classes adhere strictly to all Scottish Government COVID-19 guidelines.
Venue: Holyrood Park
Day: Fortnightly Mondays
Time: 1-3pm
Cost: £7/£10/£15 per class. Art Buds Collective operates a fair payment scale.
Our Values
We believe every human has the right to create, and that we must work to remove the barriers that exist to creative engagement.
We actively promote exploration of artistic process as a means to improve wellbeing and increase our understanding of the world.
We are committed to celebrating multiple points of view and strive for inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience.
We are committed to protecting the natural environment and putting sustainability at the heart of our art-making.
We believe in nurturing and respecting individuals on their creative journey through a person led approach.
We believe in celebrating kindness and engaging curiosity every day.
Our Philosophy
Process vs Product
Process Art is child-led, explorative, and full of wonderful surprises. It celebrates the experience of making and discovering, and the joy of creativity. In process art, the focus is on play with materials, exploration of techniques and the creative journey.
Create Sustainably
Working for a sustainable future means building a better world for all of us. A world in which a few individuals don't take more than their fair share and resources are spread equally. A sustainable future is not just what we need, it's what we want.
Engage Curiosity
Curiosity is the beating heart of Art Buds Collective. Whether in the forest, on the hillside or at the beach the first invitation we give a child, is to be curious. Read on to find out why we think curiosity is intrinsically linked to creativity.
