Advanced Media & Communications courses in London
In addition to supporting learners to progress into Higher Education, or to become confident and fully independent creative practitioners via alternative routes, one of the aims of the Centre for Advanced Practice is to reflect through our course offer the profound changes, over recent years, in the ways that the visual arts are produced, distributed and consumed. Since the Centre was formed, we have introduced more courses in the area of media and communications than in any other, ranging across graphics and illustration, and incorporating lens-based, time-based and digital media, with more to follow.
As individuals, we each have access to a range of image capture, processing and communication tools – in our pockets or on our desktops – unimaginable just a few years ago, as well as the opportunity, as artists and designers, to place them at the service of our creative imaginations through a practically infinite range of combinations of text, image, sound, animation… In our advanced media and communications courses, the use of technology is considered and developed in conjunction with ideas, critical and theoretical understanding, and cultural contexts, as well as the use of traditional hand skills, such as drawing and collage or storyboarding.
On our advanced media and communications courses, you will build on your existing skills and techniques, alongside a deep understanding of current cultural and critical contexts, and focus on the development of an individual practice in which both are combined to enable you to take advantage of the truly astonishing range of possibilities available today.
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City Lit expanded experimental filmCurious about contemporary approaches to experimental film?
This interdisciplinary course is designed for artists, filmmakers, and creatives eager to explore film beyond conventional boundaries. This course is an invitation to challenge conventional filmmaking by integrating elements from performance, theatre, puppetry, animation, installation and sound-encouraging you to rethink and expand your creative approach.
Led by an artist and filmmaker, alongside guest practitioners from various creative fields, this course fosters an environment for interdisciplinary exploration, encouraging new ways of thinking and making. Through hands-on workshops, discussions, and personal projects, you will gain both practical skills and conceptual insights to expand your creative practice.
Online tutorials will be held between terms
Keeley Street
Tue 22 Sep 2026Full fee £3,149.00 Senior fee £2,519.00 Concession £2,204.00- Advanced children's book illustration: professional practice
Interested in a career in Children’s Book Illustration, or advancing your practice to the next level? With the guidance and support of your tutors, you will have the opportunity to engage with experienced industry professionals, and develop your practice and personal visual vocabulary to a professional standard.
Visitors on previous years have included:- Davinia Andrew-Lynch, Curtis Browne Agency
- Helen Chapman, Art director Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury, Little Tiger Press, DK & Penguin
- Rebecca Garrill Art Director Andersen Press
- Margaret Hope, art director MacMillan Books
- Anne McNeill, Editorial director Random House and Penguin books
- Rachel Petty, former editorial director Macmillan Children's Books, currently author/illustrator agent at the Blair Partnership
- Arabella Stein, Managing Director, Bright Agency
- Millie Van Grutten RCW Literary Agency
Keeley Street
Tue 6 Oct 2026Tim Ellis, Zehra Hicks, Dee ShulmanFull fee £3,249.00 Senior fee £2,599.00 Concession £2,274.00 - Children's book illustration: advanced projectsAn intensive highly focused follow up course to develop design, drawing, imagination, characterisation and narrative skills. Ideal if you’re planning to prepare a portfolio for presentation to publishers or wishing to further develop your skills and imagination.
Keeley Street
Wed 28 Apr 2027Tim EllisFull fee £599.00 Senior fee £479.00 Concession £419.00
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