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Art Practical: Landscape painting
This course gives students - from beginners to improvers - the opportunity to explore different landscape painting approaches and techniques in a relaxed and supportive environment. It explores a range of styles, from the conventional and representational to more experimental and avant-garde approaches. Our highly experienced tutor, who is a practicing artist, provides practical and supportive advice on colour mixing, tonal variation, acrylic techniques, mark-making and composition, encouraging students to explore their own personal enthusiasms to make individual and original paintings. Source photographs will be provided online but students may use their own photos and other sources.
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Dates:Thu 26/09/2024 -
Thu 05/12/2024Times:2:30pm - 4:30pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Frank FerrieCourse code:Q00017771How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:6 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £84.00
History: Discovering Victorian Nottingham
During Victorian times Nottingham was transformed from an elegant market town into a major industrial City. Industries like hosiery and Lace needed grand warehouses and offices, streets filled up the central parishes and countless houses soon spread beyond the traditional town boundary. This course will explore this evolution from town to City, discover why and how the urban landscape began to change, consider contrasting communities, including Narrow Marsh and the Park Estate and will pause to highlight characters like the ‘firebrand orator’ Feargus O’Connor who could be assured to rouse the crowds over justice and the right to vote.
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Dates:Thu 26/09/2024 -
Thu 17/10/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:Nottingham Mechanics (Nottingham)
3 North Sherwood Street
Nottingham
NG1 4EZTutor:Christopher WeirCourse code:Q00016177How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.60
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 27/09/2024 -
Fri 22/11/2024Times:9:30am - 12:00pmDuration:10 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
Art Practical: Find Your Own Painting Style - Beginners
This practical and engaging art course gives you the opportunity to explore different painting approaches, techniques and subjects, and begin to find your own style.
Learn in a supportive environment where you can learn at your own pace, with an experience tutor who is ready to inspire you and help you reach your potential.
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Dates:Fri 27/09/2024 -
Fri 06/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:St Michaels Hall (Chichester)
Summersdale Road
Chichester
PO19 6PNTutor:Frank FerrieCourse code:Q00009802How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:2 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £84.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Art Appreciation: Painters of the Venetian Renaissance
In five short weeks we will look at and talk about the outpouring of talent which happened over a few years, one talent encouraging another. Venice was the most powerful city state in Italy. It was the richest city and the premier port because its position dictated its links to the vast trading wealth of the East. The power this wealth gave them and their privileged access to trade goods also led to an extremely stable political system which lasted for 1,000 years and it was known as “La Serenissima”.
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Dates:Mon 30/09/2024 -
Mon 28/10/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Kate PhillipsCourse code:Q00017437How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:6 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Performing Arts & Dance: Plays and Performance
We will be studying plays and how they are, or might be performed. As far as possible we will choose plays that we can see locally, either at nearby theatres, mainly Derby and Nottingham or streaming. Our aim is to enhance our understanding and enjoyment of theatre and to explore its relevance to our life today. We will read extracts, discuss the themes and how they are presented, and consider the current performance.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Tue 10/12/2024Times:10:00am - 11:30amDuration:11 sessionsLocation:Bramcote Memorial Hall (Nottingham)
Church Street
Bramcote
Nottingham
NG9 3HDTutor:Hazel SalisburyCourse code:Q00016285How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £56.70
Art Appreciation: Being Seen: British Women Artists 1900-1970
The changing social, cultural and political scenes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries afforded new opportunities and a chance for women artists to emerge from the shadows of their male counterparts. This course will consider the impact of British women artists in the twentieth century, from the early part of the century when artists such as Vanessa Bell and Winifred Nicholson began to make their mark, to post- war artists such as Bridget Riley and Pauline Boty, and will include some of the key women artists of the twentieth century.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:Bedhampton Community Centre (Havant)
21 Bedhampton Road
Bedhampton
Havant
PO9 3ESTutor:Michaela CranmerCourse code:Q00016861How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:8 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £67.20
Art Appreciation: Whistler - An Experimental Approach
Join us to explore the work of James McNeil Whistler, from his more conventional portraiture to his experimental 'nocturnes' which have a totally contrasting approach & result causing consternation amongst a contemporary late 19th century audience. This course will consider the artist's work within the wider artistic chronological and stylistic context. This course is for learners who have an interest in this period of Art and have engaged in some previous studies of Art. The course material will cover different aspects of Whistler's work analysing examples in detail and consider them within the context of the development of the genre of portraiture as well as the way other aspects of his work opened up possibilities for innovation by influencing other artists.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 06/11/2024Times:11:00am - 1:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:St Lukes Church Hall (Tiptree)
66 Church Road
Tiptree
CO5 0SUTutor:Rachel Holland-HargreavesCourse code:Q00018063How you'll learn:Online and in venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £42.00
Literature: The Story of the Detective Story
The detective story is one of the most popular literary genres, as well as one that has produced some classic novels. Each week we focus on a short detective story or novel, reading and discussing key passages. The selected novels are in chronological order, from the 19th century to modern times. We begin with Edgar Allen Poe and Conan Doyle, and end with Sophie Hannah. We’ll be able to share and debate interpretations, sharpen our critical and appreciative faculties, understand what detective 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.
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Dates:Wed 02/10/2024 -
Wed 13/11/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Wesley Hall (Barnet)
High Barnet Methodist Church
9 Stapylton Road
Barnet
EN5 4JJTutor:Brandon RobshawCourse code:Q00017365How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:7 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:Thu 03/10/2024 -
Thu 21/11/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Wesley Hall (Barnet)
High Barnet Methodist Church
9 Stapylton Road
Barnet
EN5 4JJTutor:Chantal CondronCourse code:Q00017287How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:2 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £60.00