Activities |
Adult Workshops
Adult Workshops
January – April 2012
Saturday 28 January
11am – 4pmPrint maker Alex Jolly will show you how to make decorative lino-cut prints inspired by Chinese objects – and Dante Gabrielle Rossetti’s Blue Bower which features beautiful Chinese tiles – to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
£40 (£35 Friends/Over 60s/Concessions, £30 students). Booking essential*
Maximum of 10 places available.
Drawing Portraits from Life for Beginners
Saturday 4, 11, 18 and 25 February
11.30am – 2.30pm
Artist David Walton RBSA will teach you the basics of how to start drawing portraits from life using a range of media. Students will also improve their skills in observation and analysis. This four-week course is suitable for beginners and also those wishing to refresh their skills.
£90 (£80 Friends/Over 60s/Concessions, £70 students). Booking essential*
Maximum of 8 places available.
Saturday 10, 17, 24 and 31 March
11.30am – 2.30pmBy observing the live model, David Walton RBSA will show you how to start life-drawing using a variety of approaches and working at different scales to build your confidence. This is an ideal follow-on course from Portraits in February, but is also suitable for those new to drawing.
£90 (£80 Friends/Over 60s/Concessions, £70 students). Booking essential*
Maximum of 8 places available.
Art and Writing: Every Picture Tells a Story
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April
11.30am – 4.30pm
Playwright, poet and wordsmith Philip Monks will deliver this short story weekend workshop. Using art works in the Barber’s collections as inspiration, you will be able to craft an imaginative, one-page short story by the end of the course.
£55 (£45 Friends/Over 60s/Concessions, £30 students. Booking essential*
Maximum of 10 places available
Coming soon – adult arts workshops in brief:
May.....Medal-Making course, with artist Jo Naden RBSA
June....Portrait Drawing and Painting course, with artist Paul Bartlett RBSA
July.....Photographing Portraits using a digital camera, Saturday workshop with Tom Flathers
September...Photographing the City, weekend course with Tom Flathers
BARBER BOOK CLUB
The ever-popular Barber Book Club continues during 2012, exploring literature linked to themes within our permanent collection and temporary exhibitions.
Tuesday 17 January
3.30pm – 4.30pm
Giotto's Hand, The Bernini Bust, The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears
Tuesday 14 February
3.30pm – 4.30pm
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Tuesday 13 March
3.30pm – 4.30pm
A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul
Tuesday 17 April
3.30pm – 4.30pm
Thief of Light by David Ramus
£5 per session, or £15 for all 4 sessions. Booking essential*
You can find out more about academic literary responses to works within the Barber collection by visiting: www.barber.org.uk/news_artandwriting.html
| *Places are limited for all the above-mentioned classes, workshops, study days. For more information and/or to book places, please contact the Education Department on 0121 414 2261 or email us on: education@barber.org.uk |