Visual Arts Course Guides
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2009/10 Visual Arts Course Guide »
Featured Courses:
Jewellery
Our courses will encourage students, from absolute beginners to the more advanced, to develop new skills, creativity and gain confidence in jewellery making.
Jewllery Course info »
Textile Foundation
The Textile Foundation Course is a part time one-year course running on Mondays and Tuesdays from September to the middle of June.
Textile Foundation info »
Artist in Residence Course
Late Availability - Deadline ExtendedLondon Artform: interdisciplinary arts, visual arts
Contact: Veronique Chance visualarts@morleycollege.ac.uk
Description: City & Guilds, Level 2 Certificate 7823 Artist in Residence
'Gilded Shoes' by Katherine Moloney from last year's AIR 3 exhibition
The Artist in Residence Qualification was designed by Deborah Bird of ArtyBird and accredited for International use by City & Guilds in 2006. The course is designed to support and prepare artists working in residence in a variety of situations, including workshops and commissions. The qualification is also used to provide professional development for teachers in primary and secondary education.
The qualification is delivered and assessed entirely online in partnership with Morley College, in Lambeth, London. Students are asked to develop 5 artist in residence project proposal ideas, showcasing examples of their own artistic practice. In addition, they are also required to carryout two ‘live' residencies. A final public exhibition is held to showcase the artists' own work and projects developed during the course.
Students are provided with advice, support, feedback and mentoring through the whole process of planning, performing and documenting ‘artist in residence' activity.
Course length: 30 weeks over a nine month period (120 learning hours)
Start Date: 8 March
Fee: £625
For more information and an application form please contact the Department of Visual Art a.s.a.p. on 020 7450 1934 or by email at: visualarts@morleycollege.ac.uk
Fashion & Clothes Making
These courses are suitable for a wide range of abilities and interests. Teaching methods emphasise and encourage a professional approach.
Fashion & Clothes Making course info »
Papermaking
In our well-equipped studio that has a Hollander beater, learn how to make stunning paper from recycled materials and plants. Fold, cut and stitch the results, use it for your etchings and relief prints, or to make unique vessels, books and installations.
Course code: VPA02A 15 Jan 2010 to 26 Mar 2010
Course code: VPA03A 16 Apr 2010 to 25 Jun 2010
Fridays 10.00 am to 4.00pm
Suitable for all levels
For information contact Penny Boylan
T: 07717 221 978
E: pennyboylan@hotmail.co.uk
Hand Knitting
This course is suitable for both beginners and more experienced learners, giving everybody a chance to learn basic skills or more advanced techniques to knit a simple garment or fashion accessory of your own choice.
Tutor: Carlo Volpi
Course Code: VTX18A
Days: Thursdays
Time: 6.30 to 9pm
Dyeing, Printing and Painting Silks
A contemporary approach to decorating a variety of silk substrates, using a range of printing and painting techniques. These will include batik, mono-printing and screen printing with dye pastes.
All work will be fixed in the studio in a bullet steamer.
Tutor: Marian Lynch
Course Code: VTX16A
Dates: 16 April - 25 June
Days: Friday
Time: 6.15 - 9.15pm
Jewellery: Beginners
This three day course will give you an introduction into the art of jewellery making using precious and base metals. You will cover skills such as saw piercing, filing, soldering and polishing with the aim to develop confidence in the studio while creating some beautiful pieces of jewellery.
Course Code: VJE54A
Dates: 8th, 15th & 22nd May
Days: Saturdays
Time: 10am-4pm
Tutor: Felicity Denby
