- The art of Chinese gardens: nature and philosophy
Course start date: Wed 16 Jul 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Xinrui ZhangIn early modern China, gardens were more than places of retreat, they functioned as major social, cultural and economic sites. In our time of ecological crisis, gardens play a crucial role in mitigating pollution. This course will examine how the intersections of art, architecture, philosophy and sensory experience of Chinese gardens show continuity and change from the early modern period to the present day.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - French beginners: taster Course start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelGet a flavour of French and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and those who might like to take it further.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Refugee Week at City Lit: Refugees – Entrepreneurship and Business Course start date: Wed 6 Aug 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ketan VariaJoin us to explores the impact of refugees on businesses in the UK, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities they bring to the economy as part of Refugee Week at City Lit.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00 - German beginners tasterCourse start date: Mon 8 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Heiner SchenkeCome and discover German in this lively taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Spanish beginners: taster Course start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Analía ToloneGet a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure in this lively taster course. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Art history taster Course start date: Wed 10 Sep 2025 (and 13 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories from the ancient to the contemporary.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Ways into poetry Course start date: Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cecilia KnappRelatively new to writing poetry? This inspiring course offers an opportunity to experiment with language and a variety of poetic devices alongside fellow emerging poets. Discover the key elements of a poem in a friendly and interactive class.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Introduction to the Hebrew alphabetCourse start date: Wed 12 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rachel MontaguLearn to read letters of the Hebrew alphabet as you can find them in the Bible.
Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £25.00 - Lunchtime lecture: William Blake, a life of innocence and experience Course start date: Wed 10 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayExplore the art of William Blake from a political perspective, looking at his social and cultural context as a working-class artist working in a rapidly changing world.
Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00 - Lunchtime lecture: Art histories - the art of Kerry James MarshallCourse start date: Wed 7 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayAn introduction to recent American and art histories through the work of the influential painter Kerry James Marshall. This lecture coincides with the last days of his major retrospective at the Royal Academy (20 September, 2025-18 January, 2026).
Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00 - Lunchtime lecture: Marie Antoinette's visual worldCourse start date: Wed 11 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayGlimpse into the visual culture that surrounded one of Europe's most infamous queens, Marie Antoinette. This lecture will look at the art commissioned by the Queen as well as the art and propaganda that was used to vilify her. We'll complicate her history by examining that art that surrounded her.
Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00 - Lunchtime lecture: George Seurat's anarchist artCourse start date: Wed 11 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayJoin us for an introduction to the art, working process and political context of Neo-Impressionist Georges Seurat. We will examine the artist's history and how it was shaped by his anarchist peers.
Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00 - Adam Elsheimer, his secret artCourse start date: Wed 3 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberThis is about a German 17th-century painter who deserves to be better known. In fact, we might see him as the equivalent to Caravaggio for Germany. We shall also study him in relation to his contemporaries such as Rubens, Lorrain and Poussin. A consideration of new scientific endeavours, such as how light works will feature to try and explain the way in which he painted.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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