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- Calligraphy: decorated letterforms
Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sharon ShawGilded initials make perfect gifts for family and friends. You’ll learn painting techniques and how to apply a PVA mordant and use real leaf. You will be provided with a number of decorative alphabet templates and then taken step-by-step through the stages of drawing, painting and applying real gold to create your own illuminated decorated letterform.Full fee £359.00 Senior fee £287.00 Concession £233.00 - Contemporary collage: summer school intensive Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon EnglishA short experimental course to explore and combine a variety of collage techniques using found images, drawing, painting and paper to create unexpectedly beautiful or powerful images. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Intensive throwing week: beginners and refreshers Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Matt SherrattLearn how to throw mugs, bowls and lidded jars. Intermediate students can use this course to refresh their skills on the wheel. Tutor:. - How to write a novel Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Thomas McMullanThis course deals with all aspects of novel writing technique and prose style. Ideal for fiction writers about to begin a novel or those with a novel at early draft stage.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00 - Discover Irish GaelicCourse start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: William BradyThis lively online taster introduces you to Irish Gaelic language and culture.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Autobiographical writing: intensive Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Paul LaffanThis shorter version of our introductory autobiographical writing course covers the basic elements of the genre, drawing on memories, diaries, photos, dreams and fantasies with a focus on the forms of autobiography, memoir and the personal essay.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Modern Greek: holiday kitCourse start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria ContosLearn to speak Greek and develop your listening and speaking skills on this intensive course. You will also learn the basics of the Greek alphabet. Suitable for complete beginners.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - French beginners: module 1 intensiveCourse start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyLearn to speak French on this intensive, self-contained class for complete beginners.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Book arts drop-in Course start date: Tue 29 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettA one-day, tutor supported book arts workshop. This short course is ideal for students who would like some technical or conceptual advice and the space to work on a personal project. Students will work independently with one to one support.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Spanish beginners: module 1BCourse start date: Tue 29 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Learn to speak Spanish on this short course for near beginners. Suitable if you have completed Spanish beginners: module 1A or if you have a very basic knowledge of the language (please check course outline for Spanish beginners: module 1A to see what you should know already).
Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Narrative filmmaking Course start date: Tue 29 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczTelling a story on film comes with its own challenges. This practical course demystifies what it takes to do this successfully. - Instagram for business: introduction Course start date: Tue 29 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeLearn how to use Instagram, the visual social media site, to market your business and communicate with your customers.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Japanese calligraphy Course start date: Tue 29 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaDiscover the Japanese writing system and practise writing a few characters using a brush pen.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Explore printmaking Course start date: Wed 30 Jul 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Esther HeyhoeCome and get inky with this fun one day workshop exploring printmaking. This course will give you a basic understanding of monoprinting, relief printing and screen printing and is aimed at those who would like to explore different printmaking techniques before going on to other courses.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Piano taster Course start date: Wed 30 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ana Claudia MagalhaesA fun introduction to the piano: learn the basics about the instrument, names of the notes and where they are, and how to play some simple tunes. Find out whether piano is the instrument for you!Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £20.00
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