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- Art history tasterCourse start date: Fri 5 Jul 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
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 £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Friday lates: contemporary art in China - over the Great FirewallCourse start date: Fri 19 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Meitao QuFrom creation to distribution, the explosion of digital technologies has transformed artmaking in a myriad of ways. In this session, we will journey across the Great Firewall to explore contemporary, new media art China.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Women in ancient RomeCourse start date: Fri 26 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: William SterlingWomen's position in the Ancient Roman world was important as they played important roles in the home, in business, in religion and even in politics. - Friday lates: art and mapsCourse start date: Fri 26 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Christopher CollierMaps have a long and fascinating history, yet it was really the 20th Century that saw them come alive as an artistic medium, as artists turned to them to explore their place in a disoriented world. Discover the many ways artists have worked with maps, from Surrealism through to Digital Media.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Friday lates: the body as image and material in 20th century artCourse start date: Fri 3 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Irina ChkhaidzeExplore the representation of body and body-related practices by prominent modern and contemporary artists of the twentieth century.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Friday lates: all about Eve - picturing the femme fatale in European artCourse start date: Fri 17 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayDiscover the types of women who don't conform to social rules, who wield a supernatural power that destablises the status quo. From the threatening type to the empowered woman, join us for an exploration of the femme fatale in early modern and modern European art.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - The capital of the Safavid Empire: Shah Abbas I and the transformation of Isfahan (1501-1736)Course start date: Fri 17 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberta MarinThis course will trace the origins and development of the Safavid dynasty and the ongoing conflicts with the Ottoman neighbours. The choice of Isfahan as the capital of the empire will be also analysed.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Micro-memoir: a tasterCourse start date: Fri 7 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julie GartonA life is measured in moments as well as momentous occasions. This fun day workshop coaches students in the art of micro-memoir. Can you write about an instant that changed you in 200 words or less?
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - A divided dynasty: the Great Seljuks in Iran (1040-1157) and the Sejuks of Rum in Anatolia (1081-1307)Course start date: Fri 7 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberta MarinAfter leaving behind the steppes of Central Asia, the Seljuks abandoned nomadism, converted to Islam and settled in Iran and later also in Anatolia.Full fee £59.00 - Friday lates: Agnes Martin - pioneer, painter, iconCourse start date: Fri 14 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Henry MartinThis course examines the unconventional life and artworks of Agnes Martin (1912–2004), regarded as one of the great artists of the Twentieth Century. Topics covered include Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, LGBTQ artists, and the role of the biography in Art History.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - The Ottomans and the Sublime Porte (1299-1922): Istanbul's control of the Mediterranean and the BalkansCourse start date: Fri 21 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberta MarinThis course will offer an insight into the long and complex history of the Ottoman empire and of Istanbul, its iconic capital.Full fee £59.00 - Friday Lates: Pacific Portraits - British artists, Pacific sitters and their impact on 18th century portraitureCourse start date: Fri 21 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
From Joshua Reynold's portrati of Omai to portraits made during the voyages of Captain James Cook, discover how encounters with Pacific Islanders changed the course of British eighteenth-century.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Women in Ancient GreeceCourse start date: Fri 28 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: William SterlingIn this course we shall examine women in myth, women in religion and the everyday life of women. It will conclude with a visit to the British Museum.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Global History Friday Lates: CoffeeCourse start date: Fri 28 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingSince the seventeenth century, coffee has had a mixed reputation. Discover how coffee has transformed from being seen as subversive and emasculating to, allegedly, replacing tea as the nation’s most popular beverage.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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