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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Painting 2
Course start date: Thu 12 Sep 2024 (and 5 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amanda BrackenBuilding on techniques and approaches covered in the Painting 1, this course enables you to work with more depth and a stronger emphasis on experimentation. This is suitable if you already have some experience in painting.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Painting: oil techniques and mediumsCourse start date: Thu 12 Sep 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Steve WrightOil paint is a medium with a long historical tradition, capable of heavy impasto effects and delicate transparent colour films. Working practically, in the studio, this course will expand your understanding of approaches to building a variety of surfaces in your paint working with mediums and expanding your use of texture and glazing This course is for all levels – both beginners and more experienced painters.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Classical singing workshopCourse start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Hakan VramsmoA lively workshop class for singers with a solid foundation in vocal technique and musicianship: employ your vocal technique in a more flexible and artistic way and deepen your understanding of critical evaluation of singing. Break week 28th Oct 2024.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £209.00 - Screenprinting workshop Course start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HolahThis course is a creative and practical introduction to the screen-printing process, aimed at beginners and the curious. You will learn step by step how to make your own series of silk screen prints using a variety of techniques.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Gentle movement for healthy livingCourse start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eveltos PagdadesDo you want to live a healthier life and you are not sure where to start? You will learn and practise a variety of exercises to improve your fitness, flexibility, balance and general health. This course is fun and inclusive, whatever your level of fitness.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00 - Painting 3Course start date: Thu 19 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullFollowing on from the course 'Painting 2', enhance your paint handling skills to further understanding of the dynamics of a painted surface, through a series of set projects and short critical discussions. Examine the role of painting tools, marks and scale in building a painting.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Piano/keyboards 4ACourse start date: Thu 19 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David FrankelFor pianists with around three years' experience. Improve your piano technique, coordination, phrasing, music
reading, and your confidence.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Jazz harmony, ear training and ensembles: advancedCourse start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Della RhodesFocus on ear training and developing jazz improvisation, applying theoretical understanding to practical situations. We will learn and study jazz standards and unusual repertoire. This is musicianship training at a high level. Assessment for entry to this course can be arranged applying to music@citylit.ac.uk. Break week: 25 Oct 2024.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £449.00 Concession £314.00 - Advanced playwriting workshop Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian MullinDive deeper into the key elements of writing for the theatre, gain fresh critical insight into your own writing, and produce a new draft of your work. This workshop is for experienced playwrights with ongoing projects.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £349.00 Concession £175.00 - City Lit basketry course: advancedCourse start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christiane Gunzi, John Page, Katie PriceFor learners experienced in a wide range of basketry techniques, this is a new course to build develop your skills. You will be introduced to some new techniques and emphasis will be placed on self directed study and developing a personal portfolio of work. This course is suitable for those experienced in a wide range of basketry techniques and who have completed the City Lit basketry course or have equivalent skills. These will be discussed at a pre-enrolment interview.Full fee £1,649.00 Senior fee £1,319.00 Concession £1,154.00 - City Lit reading group 2 Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Patricia SweeneyShare thoughts and ideas about what you are reading, with books chosen by the group. Please come to the first session with suggestions (contemporary literary fiction in paperback) and having read 'The Wren, The Wren' by Anne Enright. Monthly meetings take place on 20 Sept, 18 Oct, 29 Nov; 17 Jan, 21 Feb, 21 March, 02 May, 30 May and 27 June.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Chess for pre-intermediates: develop your gameCourse start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David RowsonThis course is for people who are familiar with the basics of chess and are beginning to develop their understanding of the game, but who need help and practice navigating its rich complexity. It is suitable for those who already have the skills listed in section 4 below, but who may not have done a chess course before. It is also an ideal follow-on course for those who have completed City Lit’s Chess for Improvers courses, but who feel they need more practice before moving on to our intermediate level courses.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Welsh advancedCourse start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Wyn GriffithsImprove your confidence and fluency in speaking Welsh and your ability to understand news reports and read
standard articles and literature written in Welsh.
Cwrs Cymraeg, yn Gymraeg, i ddysgwyr profiadol. Cewch gyfle i ddatblygu'ch sgiliau cyfathrebol; i drafod materion cyfoes; i gael cyflwyniad i'r iaith lenyddol; i roi sglein ar eich Cymraeg ac i wneud ffrindiau newydd. Hyn oll mewn awyrgylch gyfeillgar a chroesawgar.
Please note that this coures includes a week's break midway through.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Art & colonialism: from England's green & pleasant lands to Paradise Lost Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Leslie PrimoThe voyages of William Wallis and those that followed brought back images and people that fascinated Europeans. This lecture explores the art and lives impacted by the age of British colonisation. From Captain Cook to Dido Belle, we think about how colonial ideas like ‘the noble savage’, paradise and the myth of civilisation were reinforced in painted images. This event is part of Art History Festival 2024 organised by the Association for Art History.Full fee £0.00 - Tap dance: intermediate
Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jacqueline PertOur intermediate class is at a faster pace and is perfect for anyone with good previous tap experience. Extend your abilities and learn great new steps, tap moves and routines in a fun and inspiring environment. Tap shoes are essential.
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