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Craft: Beginners Victorian Inspired Paper Craft
A modern maker’s practical guide to decorative paper-led traditions.
Beautiful step-by-step projects, each one taking its cue from a different tradition or technique, including origami, quilling, silhouette-cutting and fan-making, as well as contemporary paper sculpture
Led by contemporary designer/makers at the leading edge of today’s craft revival. The art of paper-made projects are functional, accessible, stylish and fashionable, and include tips on how to take the next steps towards developing your own designs.
This online course will give you the skill and confidence to express your passion for the handmade through the age-old crafts of cutting, sticking, folding and forming paper.
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Dates:Wed 22/01/2025 -
Wed 12/02/2025Times:1:30pm - 4:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Lois PittmanCourse code:Q00010151How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £27.75
Art Practical: Beginners Drawing and Painting
This course will show initial practical skills and methods used in Drawing and Painting. Taking a calm and relaxed approach to exploring ways of seeing and expressing with a range of materials. It explores colour theory in Art and exploration of painting techniques to develop your observational skill levels. Simple exercises are followed to make connections between mark making and painting from observation. Reflective practice is encouraged to document and develop your ideas tracked through sketchbook notes. Development of these skills will enable your confidence to produce imaginative and creative work.
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Dates:Fri 24/01/2025 -
Fri 21/03/2025Times:9:30am - 12:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:Age UK Lincoln (Lincoln)
Park Street
Lincoln
LN1 1UQTutor:Lois PittmanCourse code:Q00010163How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £84.00
Creative Writing: Story, Conflict, Plotting and Dialogue
This course will explore the fundamental elements of compelling storytelling, focusing on conflict, plotting and dialogue in drama. Through practical exercises and analysis, students will develop skills to craft engaging narratives, create dynamic characters, and construct intricate plots.
A friendly but challenging class suitable for both new writers and more established writers. The course aims to make Learners better writers of drama via the acquisition of a more complete understanding of Story Structure, Effective dialogue and the role of conflict in storytelling.
The Tutor has worked professionally as a Drama /Comedy Writer in both Theatre and Local BBC Radio.
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Dates:Fri 24/01/2025 -
Fri 04/04/2025Location:OnlineCourse code:Q00019485How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
Art Appreciation: Mirrors and Reflections in Art
Mirrors are present in several masterpieces, such as Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, Velazquez’s Las Meninas and Manet’s Un Bar aux Folies-Bergères. In these, mirrors and the reflections they reveal are often enigmatic as they add another dimension to what we (think we) see and deepen the work’s meaning.
In this session, we will look at the different ways in which mirrors and reflected images have been included in works of art. As we do so, we will investigate the symbolism of the mirror in Western art and culture.
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Dates:Sat 25/01/2025 -
Sat 25/01/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00019169How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:0 places remainingStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £8.40
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Literature: British Novels of the 1950s
The 1950s saw exciting new developments in the British novel; a more democratic postwar spirit is in evidence and many new, influential writers make their first appearance. We begin with Barbara Pym’s Excellent Women, and end with Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. We’ll be able to share and debate interpretations, sharpen our critical and appreciative faculties, understand what fiction can tell us about the society and culture that produced it, and, hopefully, be inspired to read other works by the writers featured on the course.
This course is funded by Greater London Combined Authority.
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Dates:Wed 29/01/2025 -
Wed 12/03/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Wesley Hall (Barnet)
High Barnet Methodist Church
9 Stapylton Road
Barnet
EN5 4JJTutor:Brandon RobshawCourse code:Q00019917How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £60.00
A Face to the World: Highlights of the National Portrait Gallery
Discover selected paintings, sculptures, works on paper and new media works from the National Portrait Gallery in London. Marking the relaunch in summer 2023 of this national collection after a three-year refurbishment, this course offers an opportunity to discover new or less well-known artworks; and to re-visit familiar portraits that epitomise aspects of British history. We explore ideas around the function of portraiture; and the range of approaches and styles that artists have employed through history to express individual and national identity. Artists featured include Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Joshua Reynolds, Angelica Kauffmann, Pauline Boty, Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake.
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Dates:Thu 30/01/2025 -
Thu 13/03/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Wesley Hall (Barnet)
High Barnet Methodist Church
9 Stapylton Road
Barnet
EN5 4JJTutor:Chantal CondronCourse code:Q00017379How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:2 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £60.00
Art Appreciation: The Art of Diplomacy: Behind the Doors of the Government Art Collection
Go behind the scenes of the Government Art Collection, a less well-known national art collection, with Chantal Condron, a former curator at the Collection. Discover the fascinating origins of its history, and the people and events that have shaped its past. Explore how and why artworks are acquired or commissioned and discover some of the locations where they have been displayed. We explore works across a range of media from paintings to film, by artists from the 16th to the 21st centuries, including Marcus Gheerhaerts the Younger, Thomas Phillips, Bridget Riley, Michael Armitage and recent Turner Prize winner, Jesse Darling.
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Dates:Sat 01/02/2025 -
Sat 01/02/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:St John's United Reform Church Orpington
Lynwood Grove
Orpington
BR6 0BGTutor:Chantal CondronCourse code:Q00017572How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £10.00
Art Appreciation: Artistic Communities
The reasons behind founding an artist community in the UK, from identifying some of their famous residents to the subject matter and art movements they are associated with. This course will cover the art communities in St Ives and Newlyn in England, Kirkcudbright and Cockburnspath in Scotland, Betws-y-Coed in Wales, Northern Ireland Muralist in Belfast and Londonderry, and ending with the Black Art Movement and the growth of online art communities.
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Dates:Sat 01/02/2025 -
Sat 15/03/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:The Drive Methodist Church (Redbridge)
Eastern Avenue
Redbridge
IG4 5ABTutor:Jolanta JagielloCourse code:Q00017560How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £60.00
Art Appreciation: The Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel is indeed a jewel box of great painting. With works by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino and Michelangelo, some of the greatest works of the Italian Renaissance are to be found there. But this is more than just a collection of great works. It is also the pope’s private chapel and so these works were created not just for display but to relay a greater message to the world, But how many of the thousands of visitors really understand that message or what these works are about? In this study day we shall seek to decode the 'messages' contained in these great works and see what Sixtus IV and Julius II and their artists were really saying to us.
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Dates:Tue 04/02/2025 -
Tue 04/03/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:The Cornerstone (Wokingham)
Norreys Avenue
Wokingham
RG40 1UETutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00017593How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:2 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:£30.00
Award in Creative Craft: Textiles
Combine your craft skills with key work skills in this textiles course. If you’re a whizz with threads, yarns, and fabrics, why not consider ways to earn a living from your creative skills?
This is the perfect course to study if you enjoy handicrafts and would like to learn employability skills to help you get a job in craft-making. This textile crafts course has a business element to help you understand work options in this area.
Textile design courses are also great if you’re returning to education after a long break, or want to develop a hobby.
This course is funded by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
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Dates:Thu 06/02/2025 -
Thu 05/06/2025Times:4:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:14 sessionsLocation:School of Create (Vauxhall)
MACTAC Building
Vauxhall Millennium Centre
Blenheim Street
Liverpool
North West
L5 8UXTutor:Amanda MeaghanCourse code:Q00019911How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £225.00