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  1. Sewn boards and drum leaf bindings for book arts
    Course start date:  Thu 13 Feb 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sue Doggett
    These book forms are great for making artists’ books and books with content, as they both open flat with little or no restriction at the spine fold. Come and make some models to experiment with, or bring some artwork with you and use this to produce two versatile and creative structures. Some experience of sewing multi-section books will be helpful but not essential.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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  2. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  3. Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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  4. Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  5. Great works: Jane Austen’s Emma
    Course start date:  Thu 6 Mar 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Wilkinson
    This short in-college literature course explores Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ (1815), often considered her finest – and funniest – novel. We’ll study its characters, themes and narrative techniques, and we’ll consider the historical and social contexts in which Austen was writing.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  6. Painting: oil techniques and mediums
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Fri 7 Mar 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Mario Lautier Vella
    Oil paint is a medium with a long historical tradition, capable of heavy impasto effects and delicate transparent colour films. Working practically, in the studio, this course will expand your understanding of approaches to building a variety of surfaces in your paint working with mediums and expanding your use of texture and glazing This course is for all levels – both beginners and more experienced painters.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  7. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  8. Digital surface design: florals
    Course start date:  Thu 20 Mar 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Suk Han Lee
    Using Floral design as the focus, learn how you can develop and print digitally printed textile designs on this introductory course. This course is taught in our digital lab at City Lit. Please note that we use macs and adobe creative cloud software on this course. Some experience in using IOS and Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop will be beneficial for this course.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  9. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  10. Improvisation traditions in music
    Course start date:  Thu 3 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Neil Luck
    This course offers an overview of ways that improvisation has been used, or is central to different musical traditions (Western and Non-western), from the 17th century to the present day. The course touches on Baroque and Classical music, Indian Classical Music, Jazz, the avant-garde tradition, and Pop and Rock.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £62.00
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  11. Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £299.00 Concession £209.00
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  12. Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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  13. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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  14. Understanding the different political systems across the United Kingdom
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ian McGarvie
    Want to understand how the different political systems across the United Kingdom works? Join our tutor Ian McGarvie to explore!
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  15. Indigenous Australia: the beginnings of the Western Desert art movement
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Arjmand Aziz
    An introduction to the beginnings of Western Desert painting in 1970s Australia by focussing closely on the cosmopolitan and intercultural worlds of the Indigenous Australian artists at its heart.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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