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We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Calligraphy: modern copperplate variations
Course start date: Wed 8 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veiko KespersaksLearn how to write elegant stylish letterforms using a flexible pointed nib with ink. Once you’ve learnt how to write a basic alphabet we’ll begin breaking the rules of traditional calligraphy to find a style that is all your own. The course is suitable for beginners as well as improvers.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Introduction to art history Course start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
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.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00 - Art of 20th century Spain from Picasso to Almodóvar Course start date: Wed 15 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mark Stuart-SmithThe course provides a general introduction to Spanish art and culture of the period, and considers the distinctive contribution made by Spanish artists to 20th-century visual culture. Explore the development of Spanish art from Impressionist Joaquin Sorolla and Picasso’s 'Guernica' to the installations of Juan Muñoz in the 1980s and the cinema of Pedro Almodóvar.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00 - Politics and Power in the Western Mediterranean (part 2)Course start date: Wed 15 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael DuiganDiscover the wealth and beauty of the later Greek colonies in Sicily & southern Italy.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Contemporary Asian fictionsCourse start date: Wed 22 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aamer HusseinDiscover a careful selection of novels from East and South Asia, by writers living at home and abroad, which reflect the thematic versatility and narrative innovations which are bringing readers to these novels. Ranging from large canvases to intimate portraits, the choice includes: At Dusk by Hwang Sok-Young (Korea), Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai (Japan), Cocoon by Zhang Yueran (Japan), Brotherless Night by V.V Ganeshanathan (Sri Lanks/US).Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Textiles and surface pattern: drawing and digital print Course start date: Wed 26 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Suk Han LeeExplore drawing and printing in the studio, before digitising and manipulating your designs using Photoshop. Suitable for students with a creative background. Photoshop experience would be beneficial but not essential.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Tales from everywhere: international fictions from the 20th centuryCourse start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aamer HusseinA selection of novels from 1960 to 1980, including Heinrich Boll's powerful psychological fiction, The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum; two works of speculative fiction, Marlen Haushofer's The Wall and Kay Dick's They; Latifa Zayyat's bildungsroman, The Open Door; and Mariama Ba's powerful exploration of mourning, So Long a Letter.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - The Soviet Union: a history in film, 1922-1991Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nick MorganThis is an advanced course intended to use film as a primary source in exploring the history and culture of the Soviet Union in greater detail.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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