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- Spanish beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 15 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cristina CasadoLearn to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for complete beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
Based on Units 1-3 of Nos Vemos Hoy 1 Compacto; publisher: Campus Difusión (please see the relevant section for the ISBN).Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Looking at contemporary artCourse start date: Wed 4 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Francesca CavalloExplore and discuss contemporary art on show in London. Each week we’ll visit 1-2 commercial galleries or a public gallery and examine specific exhibitions of contemporary art across a range of media including painting, works on paper, photography, new media and sculpture.
Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Sanctuary in the city – public art by refugees and immigrantsCourse start date: Wed 18 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Marilyn GreeneCome on a walking tour of public art through the City of London created by Refugees and Immigrants. We will explore artworks such as the 17th century carvings on the Monument and a Victorian plaques relocated on to the post Modern Number One Poultry by economic immigrants to the country as well as looking at mainly works by 20th century artists from refugee backgrounds who were either commissioned to make art works for site specific places or their works have been bought or moved to their locations.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - London's smaller galleries: Apsley HouseCourse start date: Wed 11 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Julie BarlowExplore the home and art collection of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Italian beginners: module 1Course start date: Thu 22 May 2025 (and 12 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Stefano D’EgidioWith its rich culture and history and its incredible landscapes and architecture, there are countless reasons to learn Italian. Whether you wish to learn Italian in order to make your visits to Italy more enjoyable, or because you'd like to speak with family and friends in their native language, this course will provide the groundwork for you to begin your journey towards fluency. Our emphasis is on speaking and listening skills so that you can start communicating quickly in Italian. Once you've completed this course you can continue with 'Italian beginners: module 2.’
With its rich culture and history and its incredible landscapes and architecture, there are countless reasons to learn Italian. Whether you wish to learn Italian in order to make your visits to Italy more enjoyable, or because you'd like to speak with family and friends in their native language, this course will provide the groundwork for you to begin your journey towards fluency. Our emphasis is on speaking and listening skills so that you can begin communicating quickly in Italian. Once you've completed this course you can continue with 'Italian beginners: module 2.'.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - French beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelLearn French on this lively interactive course for beginners. The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.
Please note that course LF182 is a blended delivery course. Sessions on 25/10, 01/11, 06/12 and 13/12 for this course will be delivered in person in our main buiding on Keeley Street. Sessions on 08/11, 15/11, 22/11 and 29/11 will be delivered online.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - National GalleryCourse start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Leslie PrimoDiscuss a differently themed group of paintings each week in front of the pictures. An opportunity to understand our national collection in greater depth.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Full fee £679.00 Senior fee £543.00 Concession £441.00
- London ChurchesCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberCome and join us in an offsite class visiting churches in London that you might not know are there. On this course we visit less well-known churches, but which are rich in history, art and heritage. There are monuments, statues, paintings and plaques to look at. We will look at both the exteriors and interiors of these churches and get to know their architectural styles and treasures within.
Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Medieval and Renaissance art at the V&ACourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Andreas PetzoldExplore the one of the finest and most diverse collections of medieval and Renaissance art and material culture in the world at the V&A Museum.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - British Modernism: Bloomsbury, Hampstead, St IvesCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Julie BarlowModernism was a global movement in society and culture during the early decades of the twentieth century. Artists, designers and architects used new imagery, materials and techniques to create work they felt better reflected the realities and hopes of modern societies. This course explores the arrival and impact of Modernism in Britain and places it within a broader European context.
Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - The City of London: the Square MileCourse start date: Wed 8 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Hazel BakerExplore the City’s development from Roman and medieval times through to the Tudors and Stuarts. This course will consist of 8 guided walks starting with Roman London.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Art and War: Art at the Imperial War MuseumCourse start date: Wed 15 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Julie BarlowThe IWM opened in 1920 and moved to its current London site in 1936, with the intention of recording military action in which the United Kingdom was and has been involved since WW1. The museum has an exciting new thematic display of its extensive art collection. Explore how artists respond to conflict both in the past and today.
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Renaissance art at the National GalleryCourse start date: Wed 14 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberThis course explores the Making, the Locating and the Viewing of Renaissance paintings in the collection of the National Gallery. This course takes place at the National Gallery.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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