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- What did narrative ever do for you?Course start date: Fri 10 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczLearn about the structure and function of narrative, and find out how it relates to your creative practice. In this workshop we will consider film, animation, moving image or other time-based practices, primarily, in which there is a clear and accessible connection to the unfolding of meaning over a linear (or non-linear) sequence, but we may also discuss examples across potentially any creative discipline, and other forms of expression. We will look at principles of narrative and narrative structures in film, the ‘conventions’ of storytelling across a range of examples, and how these have been used or subverted within the form. Storytelling is fundamental to human civilisation: across all cultures, narrative plays a central role in our understanding of our place in the world, and addressing profound questions about our existence. Children learn through stories; cultures cohere through shared narratives. We will consider the role of narrative as a fundamentally important pillar in underpinning societies, belief systems, and values, and why an awareness of these relationships is increasingly important in these ‘unprecedented’ times.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Artists moving image practice: personal projectCourse start date: Wed 29 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Peter GomesThis advanced course is aimed at practicing contemporary artists working, or interested in working, within the Moving Image. Through research, experimentation and play, you will develop new moving image work in an exploratory and supported workshop environment.Full fee £779.00 Senior fee £623.00 Concession £545.00 - The archive: resource and practiceCourse start date: Fri 7 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokThe archive is an invaluable resource for artists and designers, without some version of which it is virtually impossible to engage in practice in any systematic way. Whether it takes the form of sketchbooks, photographs, found items and clippings, internet bookmarks, or any combination of these and other items, the archive is a tool for organising, examining and reflecting. In this professional practice module, we will look at how to create and access physical and online archives, and how to use them in both research and practice, creating and organising personal archives. Many artists use the archive as a form of art practice: we will examine this, and how it differs from other forms of archiving. We will look at multiple approaches to storing information, organising it for accessibility, and working with the tools and perspectives of the archivist or curator, as appropriate to one’s individual practice.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - The creative industriesCourse start date: Tue 18 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew McCartenCreativity is one of the areas in which the UK retains a leading position, globally, and much is made of the importance of the ‘creative economy’, and its value to the country. But what exactly are the co-called ‘creative industries’ we hear so much about? What is the value of ‘creativity’ and ‘innovation’ to the national and global economy, and does this extend beyond the overtly ‘creative’ pursuits of art, design and entertainment? How is so-called ‘creative thinking’ central to business, industries and services? In many countries around the world, the benefits of approaches to learning that are central pillars of ‘creative education’ are increasingly recognised in terms of their value in developing fully-rounded learners, and citizens. This workshop examines these questions, and considers the value of creative education in the context of a series of disciplines predicated on thinking related to solving problems, and its relevance for all aspects of contemporary life.
For this workshop, you will need to have access to A3 or A4 plain paper, and a range of coloured marker pens, as well as a notebook. Basic materials will be provided, but you are also welcome to bring and use your own.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Advanced visual communications: social impact by visual designCourse start date: Tue 25 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: George StickneyCan visual design create enough impact to change society? What effect do posters and campaigns have in changing people’s minds on various subjects? This course is for those with some experience in making graphic images who want to explore campaigning in graphic design and media.Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £216.00 - Collaborative creative projectsCourse start date: Fri 28 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokRecent advances in technology and communications provide creative practitioners and communities with opportunities that, in historical terms, are unique. We have never before had the capacity to react to events and engage with issues that, in some cases for the very same reasons, can no longer be confined, in terms of their impact, to the location in which they occur. Consider, for instance, climate change, Coronavirus, the BLM movement and the global reaction to inequality and injustice. Artists and designers have at their disposal, through these same resources, and the full range of traditional media, the capacity to respond to these developments, and to effect change. With this, inevitably, comes the imperative of social responsibility. This workshop looks at how creative individuals engage with notions of collaborative practice (both via online/distributed models and through physical media/interactions) in the production or propagation of ideas, movements, memes or artefacts, including with those one has possibly never met, and perhaps does not even know. Besides collaboration in making, we consider the potential of social/viral media as a disruptor or organisational tool, (for example in events, happenings, flash-mobs, and organised protests or movements such as Anonymous, Occupy, XR, BLM and others).Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Pre-Foundation: summer intensiveCourse start date: Tue 9 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon English, Ute Kreyman, Marcus RichardsThis exciting and intensive course is a chance to develop key creative skills, methods and thinking in art and design, across 2D and 3D materials and techniques, and critical studies, to prepare you for application and entry to our UAL-validated, Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design.Full fee £579.00 Senior fee £463.00 Concession £405.00 - Foundation diploma in art and designCourse start date: Mon 18 Sep 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: MultipleThe UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at City Lit is an exciting and challenging multi-disciplinary art, design, craft and media programme. It is designed to give you the best possible introduction to a wide range of materials, techniques and processes, and to support you in identifying and developing your creative interests and thinking. Validated by the University of the Arts London Awarding Body, it is an internationally recognised qualification with a UCAS tariff that enables you to apply directly to University.
The course fee is £5421, plus an upfront fee of £0 payable at the time of your enrolment.
If you are unable to pay the course fee upfront, you can choose to apply for an Advanced Learner Loan from Student Finance England (SFE) to help cover the cost, repayable after the course ends. You can find more information about the Advanced Learner Loan www.citylit.ac.uk/advanced-learner-loans
If you are unable to pay the upfront fee, you can talk to our Information, Advice and Guidance team who will advise you on other financial support available. You can contact the Advice and Guidance Team by phone on (telephone temporarily unavailable) or by email: advice@citylit.ac.uk
For more information, please call Advanced Practice on .Full fee £5,521.00 Senior fee £5,521.00 Concession £5,521.00 - City Lit basketry course: advancedCourse start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
For 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 pre-foundation courseCourse start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This exciting and intensive course is a chance to develop key creative skills, methods and thinking in art and design, across 2D, 3D, life drawing and critical studies, to prepare you for entry to our UAL-validated, Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design.
Please note, this course starts on a Wednesday and continues for a further 10 Tuesdays and Wednesdays thereafter. There is a break week during the course (details to be confirned by the course leader).Full fee £799.00 Senior fee £639.00 Concession £559.00 - Advanced painting: practice and discourseCourse start date: Mon 2 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Clare Barton-Harvey, Stuart Jones, Amanda Knight, Mario Lautier Vella, Kim Scouller, Benjamin SeniorDevelop your painting in greater depth on this advanced course, working with a team of artist-tutors and a committed network of peer-practitioners, across a set of projects focusing on a range of contemporary themes, processes, and debates. The course is intended for experienced painters with a positive and enquiring attitude to the practices and discourses of painting in its various forms, and a commitment to peer-dialogue and critical discussion. Focused and intensive studio-based weekend projects (once per month), are interspersed with weekly online tutorials, feedback, discussion and seminars.
This course will be delivered online and in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £2,299.00 Senior fee £1,839.00 Concession £1,609.00 - City Lit fine art: year 1Course start date: Tue 17 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Year 1 of the City Lit Fine Art course will enable you to refine and build upon your previous experience in Fine Art by exploring approaches to drawing, painting, sculpture, print, digital media and contextual studies, across a series of structured projects in studio and online sessions. As part of a small cohort of like-minded students you will be taught by experienced tutors who are also practicing artists in a range different media.
The course will enable you to develop an overview of media processes relevant to current art practice, introduce ideas and debate relevant to contemporary art, and help you identify your own personal creative responses. Group discussions and tutorials will support the development of your thinking and help you adopt an independent and open-minded approach to your own work. This course can be taken for personal creative development, to prepare you for application to undergraduate or postgraduate Fine Art courses, or to serve as an alternative to the conventional degree route.
Some basic materials will be provided, and you will need to supplement these with specific items; a list is provided in the CLFA course handbook. 10am – 12pm online Zoom sessions on alternate Mondays (15 in total)
10am – 5pm in City Lit studios. On alternate Tuesdays (16 in total)
6pm – 9pm in City Lit digital media suite. On 4 or 5 alternate Tuesday evenings per term (12 in total).
This course will be delivered online and in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £2,179.00 Senior fee £1,743.00 Concession £1,525.00 - Advanced graphic designCourse start date: Mon 7 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course will help you improve your skills in graphic design and visual communications in their broadest sense, for delivery or publication in print and online, working with text, image, layout, medium and message across a range of physical and digital media and formats.
It is ideal for anyone who has already completed our City Lit graphics course, and for anyone wishing to build a more extensive and professional portfolio of graphics work, whilst developing a deeper understanding of the connection between text, image, message and media.
Confirmed industry specialist guests: Lydia Thornley, Designer, Creative Director and Reportage Illustrator and award winning film producer/director Mark Craig, maker of the film “The Last Man On The Moon”.Full fee £2,399.00 Senior fee £1,919.00 Concession £1,679.00 - Contemporary practice: personal projectCourse start date: Tue 10 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
This advanced course in contemporary creative practice will support you in developing a personal project through research, experimentation, development and exhibition in a supportive studio environment. The course is facilitated by practising artists, theorists and curators.
This course requires an application prior to enrolment. Please contact Visual Arts for more information.
This course will be delivered online and in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £2,179.00 Senior fee £1,743.00 Concession £1,525.00 - Advanced children's book illustration: professional practiceCourse start date: Tue 10 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tim Ellis, Zehra Hicks, Dee ShulmanInterested 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.
Confirmed visitors/speakers include:
- Rachel Petty, author/illustrator agent at the Blair Partnership, former editorial director Macmillan Children's Books,
- Margaret Hope, art director, Welbeck Publishing Group
- Arabella Stein, Managing Director, Bright Agency.Full fee £2,449.00 Senior fee £1,959.00 Concession £1,714.00
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