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  1. Creative non-fiction: intensive
    Overhead shot of a desk with typewriter, flowers, coffee, camera, glasses, notebook and other objects
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 30 May 2024 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Yvonne Singh
    This shorter version of our introductory creative non-writing course explores the core elements of creative non-fiction across genres such as travel writing, the personal essay and life writing.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00
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  2. Explore your creativity
    Explore your creativity
    Course start date:  Thu 24 Oct 2024 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ro Sylvester
    Tap into your artistic talents through a series of fun practical exercises that will help you start drawing, painting, looking at art, responding to the world around you and working with your imagination and ideas.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  3. Introduction to graphic design
    Introduction to graphic design
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 30 May 2024 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pam Williams
    Our 'Introduction' courses provide a perfect way-in to a creative field.



    Graphic Design is everywhere; in our books, magazines, and newspapers. Emblazoning packaging at the corner shop to the mall. On our screens- phones, TVs, computers and tablets. To say it’s important would be an understatement.







    Don’t just consume. Learn how to use image and type to communicate your messages, emotions and ideas. Beyond this, learn about the movements and styles which have shaped the field of Graphic Design over the years, and how to find your place there.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  4. Biography writing
    Photograph of an open notebook, pen, and pair of glasses
    Course start date:  Thu 30 May 2024 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Robert Fraser
    What makes a great biography? Learn to experiment with your own life writing as you uncover the techniques and methods of this exciting genre with a professional biographer.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00
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  5. 50 drawings in a day
    50 drawings in a day
    Course start date:  Fri 31 May 2024 (and 8 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Mario Lautier Vella
    A high energy programme of directed and self-directed drawing projects, with rapid shifts in materials, scale, subject and focus. Strictly no discards - come ready to play, risk, invent and discuss. For those with some drawing experience.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
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  6. Painting 2
    VM519
    Course start date:  Tue 9 Apr 2024 (and 8 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Tony Hull
    Building on techniques and approaches covered in the Painting 1, this course enables you to work with more depth and a stronger emphasis on experimentation. This is suitable if you already have some experience in painting.
    Full fee £409.00 Senior fee £327.00 Concession £266.00
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  7. Painting from plants and flowers
    FLOWERS
    Course start date:  Mon 3 Jun 2024 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ro Sylvester
    Explore a variety of creative approaches for painting flowers from observation. Discover the rich history of this genre while taking inspiration from artists who use flowers as their subject matter.
    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  8. Art and society in the early modern Netherlands
    Course start date:  Thu 6 Jun 2024

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Thomas Balfe
    This course focuses on Flemish and Dutch (Netherlandish) art of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The course will examine well-known artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Rembrandt and Vermeer, as well as the role of artworks and visual images in the formation of religious, class, gender and national identities, in early science, and in cultures of collecting.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  9. Writing a memoir
    Close-up of a hand writing
    Course start date:  Wed 17 Apr 2024 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Julie Garton
    Some moments in our lives are so powerful they beg to be shared with the world. This six week course will help you plan and craft a memoir that will resonate and inspire.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00
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  10. The beauty of the medieval manuscript
    Course start date:  Thu 6 Jun 2024

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Emma Rose Barber
    It is generally accepted that medieval illuminated manuscripts are very beautiful things. Something to do with all that gold-leaf maybe. While we cannot hold them in class, close-up digital reproduction will allow us to see if they really are as beautiful as we are told. Indeed, are none of them ugly? Join this course to find out.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  11. Designing websites for visual artists with WordPress: stage 1
    Course start date:  Thu 6 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Gal Sapir
    If creating a website to showcase your work seems daunting, this gently-paced course is for you. Enjoy creating an effective online presence using WordPress, the accessible and popular website and blogging software.



    This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  12. Turkish beginners: short introduction
    Course start date:  Thu 6 Jun 2024

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Cavidan Seyitcemaloglu
    Learn to speak Turkish and develop your speaking and listening skills on this introductory course, which emphasises the practical use of the language. Suitable for complete beginners.
    Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £71.00
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  13. Korean beginners: short introduction
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 6 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Hakkyoung Lee
    Get off to a flying start in Korean. This is a stand alone course to give you a basic introduction to the Korean language.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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  14. Online marketing: a detailed introduction
    Course start date:  Thu 26 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Julian Holden
    A popular course that provides an in-depth look at the tools and techniques you can use to market your business on the internet. Examine Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), web advertising with Google AdWords and social media marketing among other topics, along with the management tools needed to measure success.



    This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  15. Drawing and painting from the imagination
    VH340
    Course start date:  Fri 7 Jun 2024 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Barton-Harvey
    Explore the role of the imagination in painting and drawing. Develop a toolkit of methods for stimulating, sustaining and enriching your imaginative engagement through a series of guided practical painting and drawing exercises. The aim of the course is to investigate the role of the imagination in drawing and painting and to explore new ways of seeing and experiencing the world around us.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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