The Grange is a beautiful Georgian country house hosting courses in Book Arts (bookbinding, paper marbling, letterpress printing, printmaking, calligraphy) as well as painting and retreats Read more ...
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Archive of South East | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 10
Listed on July 5, 2015 by Denman in Featured CoursesAddicted to antiques? This hands-on course with Cherry Nixon includes a car boot challenge and the chance to become a dealer for a day! Read more ...
Listed on September 5, 2014 by A Life at Work in Featured CoursesWould you welcome the chance to get away from it all and spend some time contemplating your work, career and vocation in life? If you find yourself answering yes to these questions, this retreat is for you.Read more ...
Listed on July 23, 2014 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesThe music of Mozart remains at the very heart of western musical consciousness. We
will consider the range and nature of his achievement, while placing him in the
context of his time. The musical examples using CD and DVD will be played on
excellent hi-fi equipment, and the weekend will conclude with a performance of one
of his greatest works by one of Britain’s leading string quartets. Read more ...
Listed on July 22, 2014 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesThe 1870s were years of remarkable creative fertility for Tchaikovsky, with masterpieces such as the opera Eugene Onegin, the ballet Swan Lake and the Fourth Symphony. BRead more ...
Listed on July 22, 2014 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesOur weekend will explore the inspiration painters and composers have drawn from
Man’s relationship with NatureRead more ...
Listed on August 24, 2013 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesDuring his short but prolific life, Mozart worked in every current medium. He was, and remains, the most universal of composers. During this weekend we will explore aspects of his mastery, and hear some music by his contemporaries.Read more ...
Listed on August 24, 2013 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesOur weekend will explore the extraordinary artistic developments centred on Paris in the years following the First World War. The art of Pablo Picasso will be explored, with illustrations reflecting his development, while the music will feature compositions by Erik Satie, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger and others.Read more ...
Listed on August 24, 2013 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesOur weekend will feature music aspiring towards the eternal, in particular Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius. There will also be masterworks by Mendelssohn, Schütz, Gabrieli, Strauss and Stravinsky. Read more ...
Listed on August 24, 2013 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesOur music will focus particularly on the nature of heroism and villainy in relation to two operas: Verdi’s tragedy La traviata and Mozart’s opera buffa The Marriage of Figaro. The same theme will also be explored in music by Gluck, Janáček and Berlioz. The event is designed as an informal house party, and guests need only the ability to enjoy music, since no technical knowledge is required. Read more ...
Listed on August 23, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesExperience hand forging sterling silver using hammers to make a silver spoon – a special gift or a family heirloom.
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Listed on August 21, 2013 by Benslow in Featured CoursesAndrew Sparling leads a new course designed to help candidates for Grades 7 and 8 clarinet. Bring along the pieces you are preparing and he’ll offer you interpretative and technical guidance. We begin at 10 am and finish at about 5 pm, and to help sustain your energy a delicious lunch will be provided.Read more ...
Listed on August 21, 2013 by Benslow in Featured CoursesThe popular Zoë Booth leads another friendly one day workshop, offering tips and encouragement to all flautists of any standard. She’s an expert in pinpointing solutions to problems, and achieves miraculous results with the minimum of fuss. The day begins at 10 am and ends at about 5 pm, and to help sustain your energy a delicious lunch will be provided.Read more ...
Listed on July 25, 2013 by Field Breaks in Featured CoursesAn opportunity to paint in this beautiful location and with an award winning restaurant. Arriving the afternoon of the 5th and departing the afternoon of the 9th, Jeremy, international artist, will demonstrate a wide range of painting techniques and provide tuition in this inspiring location. Read more ...
Listed on June 12, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesMany artists reach a stage in their development when mere representation is not sufficient for personal expression. Learn to respond directly to the subject of still-life using mixed media to explore line, form, colour and texture. Read more ...
Listed on June 12, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesLearn the basics of letterpress printing using techniques that date back hundreds of years. Printing text from metal type and images using the simple relief process, you explore the possibilities for combining the two and learn how to set metal type, mix ink and print with a press.Read more ...
Listed on June 12, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesLearn exciting ways of making polymer clay jewellery using the extruder tool. Explore the many design possibilities and ways of loading the extruder as you expand your personal repertoire of shapes and colours as you cut, twist, stack, wrap and slice.Read more ...
Listed on June 12, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesExplore your imagined worlds, create painted realities, and work with themes dealing with fantastical narratives, surrealist dreams and the dynamics of the imagination in a playful and practical manner.Read more ...
Listed on June 12, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesLearn hand skills which are sustainable in a home workshop, as you work through each stage in the construction of a specially designed side table. You are shown the principles behind sharpening and maintaining tools (using your own or the College’s). Read more ...
Listed on June 11, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesPumpkin fanatic Rosemary Moon will transform your expectations of one of winter’s most useful ingredients. Packed full of flavour pumpkins are one of winter’s most versatile foods. Lots of cooking demos, practical group work, eating and growing tips.Read more ...
Listed on June 11, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesSonia cooks her favourite family dishes from a cuisine still rooted in Mediterranean seasonal food traditions. A greedy artist in search of the crafts and food of her homeland, she also gives an illustrated talk about the traditional and emerging crafts of the sun-drenched home of her ancestors.Read more ...
Listed on June 5, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesFusion – a weekend of creativity for everyone, (22 & 23 June) will bring the best of what happens at West Dean in its vibrant art and crafts College out into the open for you to enjoy. Read more ...
Listed on June 4, 2013 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesHaydn is the composer who more than any other epitomizes the aims and achievements of the Classical era. Our weekend will conclude with a performance of Haydn’s final string quartet by one of Britain’s leading ensembles, the Brodowski String Quartet.Read more ...
Listed on June 4, 2013 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesOur weekend will explore the lives and music of two of the greatest among English composers, Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) and Sir William Walton (1902-1983). Read more ...
