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- Oil painting projects
Course start date: Sun 28 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Desmond HaughtonOil paint is a uniquely luscious and sensitive medium, which can be used to create expressive and complex images. This course is for oil painters with some experience who want to develop their own individual painting projects, with expert tutor guidance.Full fee £409.00 Senior fee £327.00 Concession £266.00 - Effective counselling skills for speech and language therapistsCourse start date: Wed 8 May 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vivien Grant-Jones, Louise Hillyer, Anita McKiernan, Samantha SimpsonDesigned for SLTs working with any client group, this interactive workshop will help you develop practical counselling skills. Topics include developing the therapeutic relationship, boundaries, ways of responding, paraphrasing, reflecting, questioning, immediacy, self disclosure and loss.Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £399.00 - Exploring opera 3Course start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pauline GreeneJoin us to explore the history of opera over three enjoyable terms. In this third term we’ll explore Verdi, Wagner and the early 20th century. Break week: 30 May 2024.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Children's book illustration: portfolio preparationCourse start date: Fri 26 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dee Shulman, Robyn Wilson-OwenThis course is for experienced Children’s Book Illustration learners who wish to put together a portfolio of their illustration work for applications to City Lit Advanced courses, higher education, or agents and publishers. Some learners may also wish to create a ‘dummy’ picture book, for the same purposes.Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00 - Acceptance and commitment therapy for speech and language therapistsCourse start date: Mon 17 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Rachel EverardThe two major goals of ACT (a mindfulness-based approach) are acceptance of experience that is out of personal control and taking committed action towards living a valued life. On this worksh op you'll learn how this is achieved and ACT's relevance to speech and language therapy.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00 - Italian 3/4: module 3Course start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberto MinardiQuesta classe ti offre la possibilità di consolidare il tuo livello intermedio/avanzato di Italiano. Pratica e perfeziona i punti grammaticali studiati al livello 3 upper. Il corso è basato su Caccia ai tesori. Perfetto per chi non si sente ancora pronto per un livello 4 e vuole continuare ad approfondire la grammatica. - BSL level 2Course start date: Mon 2 Oct 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Peter BrownHave you passed your BSL level 1 and are you ready for a level 2 course? Build your skills and knowledge and achieve a level 2 qualification, accredited by Signature.Full fee £899.00 Senior fee £899.00 Concession £683.00 - Sing jazz 3Course start date: Sat 20 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura ZakianA performance class for singers who have completed Sing jazz 1 and 2. Develop and maintain your vocal technique, jazz and blues style, presentation of repertoire, and learn relevant musicianship. - Archaeology of London Course start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jill HummerstoneExplore the archaeology and history of London through its cultural monuments, topography and material remains to more fully appreciate the rich archaeological evidence of the capital. Tutor :Jill Hummerstone. - London 1919-1939 Course start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mike BerlinExplore in this interactive lecture course how did the 'Roaring 20s' and the Great Depression impact on London? What was the social and economic experience of Londoners as suburbs grew and modern buildings arrived, along with political and financial uncertainty? - Recorder ensemble: advancedCourse start date: Wed 24 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Caoimhe de PaorIf you are already experienced in recorder ensemble playing, join this small, friendly group to look at developing consort playing skills in Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary styles. Break week: 29 May 2024.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Operas in productionCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pauline GreeneLooking at ten of the operas coming up in the 2024 season, we will discuss their composition, context, controversies and style, and then hear the story of the opera through musical examples. Break week 30th May 2024.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Pottery on Saturdays: intermediateCourse start date: Sat 27 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carina Ciscato, Annie TurnerBroaden your existing knowledge and develop new skills in throwing, handbuilding, surface decoration and glazing. Develop your own ideas and styles of making through structured projects. - Bookbinding: artists' book projects Course start date: Tue 21 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettDevelop your creative and practical book arts skills on this intermediate course. Expand on your ideas about the relationship between the structure and the concept of the book and engage in in-depth research and development of your intended project proposal with one-to-one tutorial support and lively critical group discussion. Not suitable for beginners.Full fee £509.00 Senior fee £407.00 Concession £331.00 - Experimental ceramics
Course start date: Sun 26 May 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alex SimpsonA chance to use different clays with the addition of oxides, fluxing agents and natural combustible materials. Fuse found objects in the kiln, make biscuit slips and investigate the textural possibilities of glazes.
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