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- Introduction to art history
Course start date: Fri 29 Sep 2023 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayAre you interested in art and want to get more out of looking at art and exhibitions? Want to know what an art historian does? Develop your interpretative skills by exploring at how art is made and what social and cultural factors construct our understanding of it.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Art history taster Course start date: Tue 19 Sep 2023 (and 14 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.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Developing your novel Course start date: Mon 18 Sep 2023 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah LeipcigerHave you started work on your novel? This course is suitable for experienced creative writers who want to make progress with a novel draft. Learn more about the art of novel writing and move your project forward in a supportive workshop environment.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - Looking at paintings Course start date: Fri 29 Sep 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Julia MusgraveLook at masterpieces in major London galleries in this introduction to European painting. Explore different painting techniques and genres (landscape, portrait and history painting) for a basic understanding and increased enjoyment of Western art.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Introduction to the V&A Course start date: Fri 29 Sep 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Julia MusgraveExplore the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum. We visit different galleries each week looking at the decorative arts, paintings and the transfer of design ideas across the centuries.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Craft focus: grammar, syntax, and style for creative writers Course start date: Mon 18 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: William BradyGreat poetry and prose begin when the writer puts the right words in the right places. Learn how and why the rules and conventions of language matter in this new course, which combines creative writing with opportunities to learn/revise essential points of grammar and useful literary concepts. Suitable for beginning writers looking to build confidence, and those with more experience who would like to practise these essential skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £95.00 - Masterclass: fiction (a one-term intensive workshop) Course start date: Tue 26 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rowan Hisayo BuchananThis intensive online fiction workshop is open by selective application to a maximum of ten fiction writers working at the advanced and professional levels. Submission deadline is Sunday, 10 September 2023. Please see below for submission details.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £369.00 Concession £369.00 - Masterclass: creative non-fiction (a one-term intensive workshop) Course start date: Thu 28 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber HusainThis intensive creative non-fiction masterclass is open by selective application to a maximum of ten students. You will receive inspiring tutor instruction and rigorous constructive feedback on your work as you prepare for publication. Please note: the deadline for applications is 31 August.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £369.00 Concession £369.00 - National Portrait GalleryCourse start date: Mon 30 Oct 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Leslie PrimoDiscover portraiture and the National Portrait Gallery’s collection. Different periods and styles are discussed each week in front of the portraits. Includes visits to the current temporary exhibitions.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Contemporary art in London Course start date: Fri 6 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Chantal CondronExplore and discuss contemporary art on show in London. Each week we’ll visit 1-2 commercial galleries or a public gallery and examine specific exhibitions of contemporary art across a range of media including painting, works on paper, photography, new media and sculpture.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Advanced creative non-fiction: turning experience into art Course start date: Tue 19 Sep 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie GartonWeave the rich strands of your personal experience into an intricate story that will entertain and educate readers. Ideal if you've attended 'Creative non-fiction' or already have a specific project planned out. - City Lit reading group 2 Course start date: Fri 22 Sep 2023
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 fiction in paperback) and having read 'Trust' by Hernan Diaz. Monthly meetings take place on 22 Sept, 27 Oct, 01 Dec; 19 Jan, 23 Feb, 22 March, 26 April, 24 May and 28 June.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - The art and culture of 17th century London
Course start date: Fri 22 Sep 2023Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Julie BarlowDiscover the 17th century: a time of upheaval in Europe, intercontinental trade, religious schisms and a wide range of artistic styles. See its art, architecture and design in London’s galleries and museums. #arthistory #explorelondon #walkingtour. - Stories of the IslesCourse start date: Mon 25 Sep 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julian BirkettTake a journey round the British Isles to discover the best of modern writing from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland - and find how writers living hundreds of miles from literary London have found their own way of telling stories and imagining their worlds. Includes James Joyce to Claire Keegan, Dylan Thomas to James Kelman and Shena McKay.Full fee £229.00 - Crime fiction past and presentCourse start date: Tue 26 Sep 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christine Hawkins, Kate WilkinsonWhy do we read crime fiction, and what are we looking for? How has its appeal changed over time, and why? This course focuses on crime fiction from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the present day. Come to explore its attractions and learn about its development, studying a selection of classic authors and contemporary writers including Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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