- TV presenting for beginners (intensive)Course start date: Sat 12 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary GrantHave you ever thought you could cut it as a TV presenter, but been unsure where to start? Discover your TV presenting potential. Learn how to present to camera, read autocue, memorise a piece to camera, interview and talk to time. All this in one weekend!Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Create a short film in a weekendCourse start date: Sat 12 Jul 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lyndon IvesLearn how to script, storyboard, shoot, edit and export a short film in this fun and fast paced introduction to film making.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £189.00 - Stop motion animation weekendCourse start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsThrow yourself into the world of stop motion animation on this introductory practical course. Enjoy exploring a range of materials and techniques to produce innovative drawn, cut out and 3D animation sequences. An invaluable introduction for anyone interested in developing their animation practice.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Bookbinding weekend: notebooks and foldersCourse start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ina BaumeisterLearn to make single sheet folded books, a simple multi-section sewn book and a folded slipcase. This weekend course is an opportunity to make an exciting range of notebooks and folders and learn some useful bookbinding techniques. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £169.00 - Flush setting for jewellery makersCourse start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Louise Seijen Ten HoornFor intermediate jewellers. Learn how to set round brilliant cut/faceted stones in sheet metal and rings using the traditional flush setting technique. You will practice in copper, before moving on to work in silver. There will also be a chance to make your own flush setting tool.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £169.00 - Landscape sketching weekendCourse start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Luke JonesHave you always wanted to draw landscapes in a sketchbook?
On this course, you’ll learn basic techniques for landscape studies, in two different locations near to the City Lit.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £169.00 - Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00
- Textiles: polychromatic printingCourse start date: Sat 9 Aug 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Experiment with polychromatic print onto fabric and paper, exploring the creative potential of Procion dyes and silk screen printing. Processes include mark making, hand painting, resists, stencils and layering. Develop personal designs, textile samples and artwork.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £169.00 - Weekend Study: A short History of the Indian Subcontinent (With British Museum Visit)Course start date: Sat 13 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ketan VariaThe Indian subcontinent is unique in its heritage and history. It has lasted through invasion, political change and assimilation. It is home to the one of the world’s oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley. Join us on this 2-day study weekend to learn more.
Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Handmade printmaking weekendCourse start date: Sat 25 Oct 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosey PrinceLearn some exciting, low tech printmaking techniques to equip you with skills so you can easily make prints at home without the use of specialist equipment.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - History of ideas in maths and engineeringCourse start date: Sat 22 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ketan VariaEmbark on an intellectual journey through the history of mathematical and engineering ideas that have shaped our world.
NB: As part of this course we will visit the Science Museum in London and explore galleries relating to the development of mathematics, engineering, and technological innovation.
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Pet illustrationCourse start date: Sat 31 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sophie WolfsonExplore techniques to create an impressive illustration of your pet.
Over two days you will explore a range of image-making techniques from drawing and painting to digital image manipulation and collage. At the end of the weekend you will take home a finished and unique illustration of your favourite pet.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Character voices (intensive)Course start date: Sat 21 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David ThorpeCharacter voices aren’t just for cartoons. Learn the tools and techniques you need to create new and unique character voices or to accurately imitate a historical or contemporary voice for animation, stage and screen. This course will be delivered in the media studio.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Printmaking weekend: printing with recycled materialsCourse start date: Sat 23 May 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosey PrinceMake and print a collagraph exploiting texture and colour using readily available and simple materials with a low environmental impact. The handmade matrix is deceptively simple to construct, the printed results often richer and more detailed than expected when run through the press. All welcome.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Bookbinding weekend: endband extravaganzaCourse start date: Sat 6 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kathy AbbottA weekend packed full of endbands for bookbinding enthusiasts. Learn a little about the history and different styles of endband and try out some for yourself. There will be demonstrations of a range of endbands including multi-coloured, Islamic and ‘Manhattan’ style. Suitable for those with bookbinding experience.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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