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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
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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- Massage: workshop
Course start date: Sun 28 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Monica ClarkeDiscover how massage can relieve stress and promote relaxation and healing through touch. Learn techniques to perform on family and friends. Suitable for those with a general interest or wishing to progress to more advanced courses.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £109.00 - Indian head massage: workshopCourse start date: Sun 5 May 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Ameena RahmanDiscover the ancient and highly therapeutic practice of Indian head massage. Learn how tension is held in the neck and shoulders and how to alleviate this in family and friends by practising a basic routine.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Return to French (elementary)Course start date: Mon 13 May 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Silvana AvramCome and join this lively course to refresh your elementary French. After attending this course you will be able join a level 2 course starting soon.
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 £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Generative AI: a short introductionCourse start date: Mon 22 Apr 2024 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Kate ScottThis is a short introduction to Generative AI for non-technical beginners who want to find out what all the fuss is about over ChatGPT, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion.
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 £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - How to write a short story Course start date: Mon 8 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vicky GrutThrough a series of inspiring and practical exercises, you'll be encouraged to tap into your imagination and draft a short story from beginning to end in this supportive short course.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - How to write a novel Course start date: Mon 15 Jul 2024 (and 3 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.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00 - Portrait painting: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Thu 1 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Desmond HaughtonDevelop a portrait from life: a structured course to build skills towards making a convincing portrait where the model keeps the same pose over 2 sessions to enable a sustained piece of work.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Afro-centric drummingCourse start date: Sat 3 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul ChiversExplore your enthusiasm for drumming with African rhythms and their variations. Enjoy improving your individual and group playing skills and learn how to apply a variety of percussive instruments in any musical style or setting.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Life painting weekend: expressionist approachesCourse start date: Sat 3 Aug 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Desmond HaughtonExplore and develop a personal expressive response to life drawing and painting using a variety of techniques working from the life model. Explore mark-making, rich colour and dramatic contrast to explore and experiment with expressive and dynamic drawing and painting techniques, in response to examples of Expressionist artists styles and approaches.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Create a short film in a weekendCourse start date: Sat 3 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lyndon IvesLearn how to script, storyboard, shoot, edit and export a short film in this fun and fast paced introduction to film making.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Piano: healthy technique workshop
Course start date: Tue 6 Aug 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lewis KestertonExplore the foundations of healthy piano playing and discover how technical difficulties at the keyboard can be overcome.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £62.00 - DSLR for video: shoot and edit in a weekCourse start date: Wed 7 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: David KlineThink quality video production needs a whole film crew? Think again! Discover how you can easily shoot and edit professional-level video on your own digital SLR camera; get expert guidance on the whole process and find out why DSLRs have become the camera of choice for many broadcast professionals.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Theta Healing® Advanced DNACourse start date: Fri 9 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yvonne DubiThis course will enable you to expand your Theta Healing knowledge and techniques and to clear limiting beliefs carried over from many lifetimes.
In order to enrol on this course you must have already completed the Theta Healing® Basic DNA course.Full fee £395.00 Senior fee £395.00 Concession £395.00 - Contemporary dance intensiveCourse start date: Sat 10 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolLearn how to express your physicality in a dynamic fashion and gain basic knowledge of the main principles of contemporary dance, with influences from other techniques. General level - suitable for both beginners and improvers. - Textiles: polychromatic printingCourse start date: Sat 10 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Renata MinoldoExperiment with polychromatic print onto fabric and paper, exploring the creative potential of Procion dyes and silk screen printing. Processes include mark making, hand painting, resists, stencils and layering. Develop personal designs, textile samples and artwork.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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