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Thu 26 Nov, 2020 Gallery, Teachers' Events
[ONLINE] Secondary School Teachers CPD Event
Exploring our local buildings, communities and spaces through drawing, photography and curation. In 2018 The Courtauld closed because of a major renovation to the building. Without the Gallery we decided to focus our attention closer to home by exploring our local buildings, communities and spaces. The legacy of these workshops and projects…
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Tue 10 Nov, 2020 Gallery, Teachers' Events
[ONLINE] Key Stage 2 Primary School CPD Event; Primary Sc...
With trips to museums and art galleries currently restricted, this is the perfect time to explore how design and creativity shape our everyday educational surroundings. Our resource provides everything you need to launch your own architecture project, based around your school, with many rich cross-curricular links. This CPD event which is…
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Sat 7 Mar, 2020 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Fashion and Identity | Japan: East and West
Suitable for ages 16-18 Workshop includes free entry to the V&A Museum’s ‘Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk‘ exhibition This workshop explores Japanese fashion from both an Eastern and a Western perspective. We will visit the exhibition ‘Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk‘ exhibition and use it as our starting point to explore the…
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Sat 6 Jun, 2020 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
[ONLINE] Portraiture & Identity | Challenging Gauguin
Online Workshop with The Courtauld Institute of Art Suitable for ages 16-18 Artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) revolutionised portraiture through painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics, but is it wrong to admire his work, given the controversial life he led in Tahiti? This free workshop will be held online, and is an opportunity to work and collaborate…
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Sat 23 May, 2020 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
[ONLINE] Van Gogh | Exploring Self
Online Workshop – with the Courtauld Institute of Art Suitable for ages 16-18 Why do artists create self-portraits? Uncover the story behind Van Gogh’s world famous Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear through a closer look at his self-portraits and letters, with art historian and Young People’s Programme Manager, Helen Higgins. Explore Van Gogh’s incredible…
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Tue 12 Nov, 2019 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Art and Politics: Art in the Service of the Russian Revol...
ART HISTORY WORKSHOP Tuesday 12th November 2019, 16.30-19.30 The Courtauld Institute of Art, Vernon Square Suitable for ages 16-18 Extinction rebellion has the red brigade. #MeToo has the red robes from the Handmaid’s Tale. Donald Trump has his red baseball cap. This workshop will unravel the connections between visual culture…
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Wed 19 Feb, 2020 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Drawing on Art History
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Suitable for ages 16-18 The Courtauld holds one of the most impressive collections of prints and drawings in the UK, and we want to share this with you! This one-day workshop will introduce you to a wide range of approaches to drawing and printmaking and…
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Sat 9 Dec, 2017 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Colour: From Medieval to Modern
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Saturday 09 December 2017, 10.45-16.00 Explore the history of colour through a tour of The Courtauld Gallery’s remarkable collection of 14th to 21st century paintings with art historian Fran Herrick. Discover how to create Medieval pigments. Learn how Impressionists broke the boundaries and which artists…
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Sat 9 Mar, 2019 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Drawing on Architecture: Somerset House
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DRAWING WORKSHOP Read our blog post about the workshop. Join art historian Francesca Herrick and artist Alexandra Blum for a one-day architectural history and drawing workshop exploring the architecture of Somerset House: Learn about the design principles behind the most ambitious public building project of the 18th century.…
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Sat 16 Nov, 2019 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Portraiture and Identity: Challenging Gauguin
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Suitable for ages 16-18 Famous French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) revolutionised portraiture through painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics, but is it wrong to admire his work, given the controversial life he led in Tahiti? The one-day workshop includes a free tour of the Gauguin…
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Tue 22 Oct, 2019 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Colour: From Medieval to Contemporary
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Suitable for ages 16-18 Join art historian Francesca Herrick and artist Helen Higgins for a thought-provoking art history and practical workshop focusing on the power of colour. Study world-famous works up-close in the National Gallery collection and explore how radically artist’s creation and use of…
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Tue 13 Feb, 2018 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Navigating the City: Canaletto – Architecture &...
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND DRAWING WORKSHOP Tuesday 13 February 2018, 10.45-16.00 Go behind the scenes to visit our remarkable Prints and Drawings collection with curator Rachel Sloan. Discover how Canaletto and other artists used perspective and architecture to create the illusion of infinity. Experiment with new drawing techniques exploring architecture and…
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Sat 7 Dec, 2019 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Experiencing Landscape: Reconstructing Cezanne
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Suitable for ages 16-18 The Courtauld holds the most important group of works by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) in Britain. This one-day workshop will explore Cézanne’s innovative approaches to landscape and investigate the impact his work has had on successive generations of artists. Uncover the history…
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Thu 24 Oct, 2019 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Cityscapes: Art & Architecture
ART HISTORY WORKSHOP Suitable for ages 16-18 Join art historian Francesca Herrick and artist Alexandra Blum for a lively architectural history study day based at the Guildhall Art Gallery. As part of the day you will: Visit the Guildhall Art Gallery for a special tour of their Architecture of London exhibition. Take part in an architecture…
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Sat 10 Mar, 2018 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
TEDxCourtauldInstitute MOVEMENT
ART HISTORY WORKSHOP Saturday 10 March 2018, 10.45-16.00 Suitable for Year 10 and upwards TEDxCourtauldInstitute are taking over to investigate the many exciting ways in which artists have explored and interpreted the theme of ‘Movement’ across the centuries. Uncover the ways in which artists have captured movement in a variety…
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Sat 20 Jan, 2018 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Researching the Gallery
ART HISTORY WORKSHOP Saturday 20 January 2018, 10:45 – 16:00 Discover how to use the gallery as a primary research tool, using written, drawn and photographic methods to record your findings. Investigate the different methods and approaches art historians use to analyse works of art through a closer look at…
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Thu 26 Oct, 2017 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Drawing Together
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Thursday 26 October 2017, 10.45-16.00 Investigate the exploratory nature of drawing in a tour of our Drawing Together exhibition, with Courtauld Curator Dr Ketty Gottardo. Take part in a behind-the-scenes tour of our Prints and Drawings Study Room, and visual analysis workshop with art historian…
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Sat 30 Mar, 2019 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Portraiture & Expressive Colour
ART HISTORY WORKSHOP Suitable for ages 16-18 Read Nadine’s blog post about the workshop. Join art historian Francesca Herrick and contemporary artist Nadine Mahoney at our new Vernon Square Campus for an exciting one-day art history and practical workshop exploring colour, symbolism, and identity through portraiture. Learn about historical and contemporary…
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Sat 19 Jan, 2019 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Art, Architecture: Women and Power
ART HISTORY WORKSHOP Saturday 19 January 2019, 10.45am – 4.30pm in collaboration with the Queen’s House, Royal Museum’s Greenwich Go behind the scenes and explore the rich architectural history of Somerset House with Courtauld art historian Francesca Herrick. Take a free boat trip along the Thames and uncover the connections…
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Thu 25 Oct, 2018 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Van Gogh: Self Portraiture & Identity
ART HISTORY WORKSHOP Thursday 25 October 2018, 10:45 – 16:00 Discover the real story behind Van Gogh’s world famous Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear ! Collaborate with a Courtauld curator, artist and art historian to explore the fascinating history of self-portraiture and identity. Get up close with Van Gogh’s self-portrait…
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Tue 23 Oct, 2018 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Impressionism: Theory and Practice
ART HISTORY WORKSHOP Tuesday 23 October 2018, 10:45 – 16:00 What is ‘Impressionism’? Collaborate with a Courtauld art historian to define ‘Impressionism’, challenge ‘isms’, and learn more about the artists involved in radically breaking the boundaries of modern art. Visit the remarkable Courtauld Impressionists exhibition at the National Gallery and…
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Sat 16 Sep, 2017 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Bloomsbury: Art & Design
BLOOMSBURY ART & DESIGN Suitable for students in Year 10 and upwards Saturday 16 September 2017, 10.45 – 16.00 Discover how art history informs contemporary practice through a closer look at key works in The Courtauld Gallery’s world famous collection. Visit the Bloomsbury Art & Design exhibition with curator Dr…
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Wed 25 Oct, 2017 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Soutine: Portraiture and Identity
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Wednesday 25 October 2017, 10.45-16.00 Suitable for Year 10 and upwards Visit our remarkable Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters & Bellboys exhibition with one of the exhibition’s curators. Explore the history of portraiture and identity with art historian Dr Julian Freeman. Discover new experimental painting and…
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Thu 15 Feb, 2018 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Face to Face: Portraiture in Print
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Thursday 15 February 2018, 10.45-16.00 Explore the history of portraiture and identity in print with a tour of The Courtauld Gallery’s remarkable Prints and Drawings Collection. Discover how art history informs contemporary practice and the different approaches art historians take when analysing works, through a…
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Wed 14 Feb, 2018 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Van Gogh: Self Portraiture
ART HISTORY WORKSHOP Wednesday 14 February 2018, 10:45 – 16:00 Discover the real story behind Van Gogh’s world famous Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear ! Collaborate with a Courtauld curator, artist and art historian to explore the fascinating history of self-portraiture and identity. Get up close with Van Gogh’s self-portrait…
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Thu 18 Jan, 2018 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Soutine: Portraiture and Identity
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Thursday 18 January 2018, 17:00 – 19:30 Visit our remarkable Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters & Bellboys exhibition after hours, with one of the exhibition’s curators. Explore the history of portraiture and identity and develop your visual analysis skills with art historian Helen Higgins. Discover new…
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Sat 10 Mar, 2018 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
TEDxCourtauldInstitute MOVEMENT
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Saturday 10 March 2018, 10.45-16.00 Suitable for Year 10 and upwards TEDxCourtauldInstitute are taking over to investigate the many exciting ways in which artists have explored and interpreted the theme of ‘Movement’ across the centuries. Uncover the ways in which artists have captured movement in…
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Tue 19 Feb, 2019 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Colour: From Medieval to Contemporary
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Tuesday 19 February 2019, 10.45am – 4.30pm Free art history workshop! Suitable for Year 10 and above MORNING – visit The Courtauld (Somerset House) & the National Gallery Learn: about the science behind how we perceive and conceptualise colour. Join a university seminar-style session to…
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Sat 18 Nov, 2017 Young People's Programme, Young People's Workshop
Degas: Capturing Movement
ART HISTORY AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Saturday 18 November 2017, 10.45-16.00 Discover how artists have captured movement across the centuries, through an in-depth curator-led tour of The Courtauld Collection. Learn how French artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) captured his fascination with dancers in movement in a variety of media. Explore how photography,…
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Thu 16 Mar, 2017 Gallery, Teachers' Events
Teachers’ Event: Art and Identity in the Courtauld ...
Join us for a fascinating tour looking at Art and Identity in The Courtauld Gallery’s permanent collection with curator of paintings, Dr Karen Serres. Following the tour you will be escorted to The Courtauld Institute of Art to meet the Learning team and find out about our education programme. Attending…
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Thu 30 Jun, 2016 Teachers' Events
Face to Face: Portraits in The Courtauld Collection
Join us for a fascinating tour looking at portraiture within The Courtauld Gallery’s permanent collection with Curator of Paintings, Dr Karen Serres. Following the tour you will be escorted to the Institute to meet the Learning team and find out about our education programme. Attending teachers will receive a free…
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Tue 1 Mar, 2016 Young People's Workshop
Young People’s Workshop: Modernism and Gender
The Courtauld Institute of Art, the University of Nottingham, and New College Nottingham would like to invite your students to an exciting series of art history workshops to be held in Nottingham in February and March 2016. All three workshops will explore the idea of ‘Modernism’ in art. In each…
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Tue 2 Feb, 2016 Young People's Workshop
Young People’s Workshop: Modernism and the City
The Courtauld Institute of Art, the University of Nottingham, and New College Nottingham would like to invite your students to an exciting series of art history workshops to be held in Nottingham in February and March 2016. All three workshops will explore the idea of ‘Modernism’ in art. In each…
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Tue 15 Mar, 2016 Young People's Workshop
Young People’s Workshop: Modernism and Conflict
The Courtauld Institute of Art, the University of Nottingham, and New College Nottingham would like to invite your students to an exciting series of art history workshops to be held in Nottingham in February and March 2016. All three workshops will explore the idea of ‘Modernism’ in art. In each…
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Sat 12 Mar, 2016 Gallery, Learn, Young People's Workshop, Young People's Workshop
Insights into Art History: What is Utopian Art?
Insights Into Art History is a series of one-day workshops especially designed for 16-19 year olds to explore and investigate The Courtauld Gallery collection. Each day has an exciting focus and a new subject to discover! TEDx Courtauld Institute are taking over to explore ‘what is utopian art?’ Celebrating the…
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Thu 31 Mar, 2016 Gallery, Learn, Young People's Workshop, Young People's Workshop
Insights into Art History: Cezanne: Architectural Spaces
Insights Into Art History is a series of one-day workshops especially designed for 16-19 year olds to explore and investigate The Courtauld Gallery collection. Each day has an exciting focus and a new subject to discover! The artist Paul Cezanne created unique architectural spaces that actively draw us into his…
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Sat 23 Jan, 2016 Gallery, Learn, Young People's Workshop, Young People's Workshop
Insights into Art History: Fashion and Folds
Insights Into Art History is a series of one-day workshops especially designed for 16-19 year olds to explore and investigate The Courtauld Gallery collection. Each day has an exciting focus and a new subject to discover! Explore changing fashions through a close-up study of works in The Courtauld Gallery Collection.…
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Sat 5 Dec, 2015 Gallery, Learn, Young People's Workshop, Young People's Workshop
Insights into Art History: Van Gogh: Exploring Self
Insights Into Art History is a series of one-day workshops especially designed for 16-19 year olds to explore and investigate The Courtauld Gallery collection. Each day has an exciting focus and a new subject to discover! Take a closer look at The Courtauld Gallery’s famous artwork Van Gogh’s Self Portrait…
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Sat 21 Nov, 2015 Gallery, Learn
Insights into Art History: Wassily Kandinsky: Between Eas...
From Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to Fauvism and Expressionism, explore key works in the Courtauld Collection that influenced Wassily Kandinsky and other renowned Russian twentieth century artists. You will work with art historian and artist Helen Higgins to discover how Kandinsky crossed cultural and geographical boundaries, and create your own portfolio of works in response. Insights Into…
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Thu 29 Oct, 2015 Gallery, Learn
Insights into Art History: Strange Perspectives
Discover how artist Peter Lanyon’s obsession with gliding led him to create a remarkable series of radical, near-abstract paintings exploring landscape and perspective. Following an introduction from a Courtauld Gallery curator, and visit to the Courtauld prints and drawings room, you will work with an art historian exploring the history of landscape and create a series…
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Wed 28 Oct, 2015 Gallery, Learn
Insights into Art History: Colour and Perception: Riley a...
Insights Into Art History is a series of one-day workshops especially designed for 16-19 year olds to explore and investigate The Courtauld Gallery collection. Each day has an exciting focus and a new subject to discover! Discover how artist Bridget Riley extended and transformed Georges Seurat’s experiments with colour in her…
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Sat 12 Sep, 2015 Gallery, Learn
Insights into Art History: Unfinished…?
When is a work of art considered finished, and who decides? Gain an insight into the artistic processes of a wide range of works spanning the Renaissance to the early twentieth century with our specialist art historian Katie Faulkner. Insights Into Art History is a series of one-day workshops especially designed for 16-19…
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Thu 5 Nov, 2015 Gallery, Teachers' Events
Teachers’ Private View: Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyo...
We aim to help visitors of all ages and experience gain further understanding of The Courtauld Gallery collections. Our teachers’ events allow you to meet the education team at the Courtauld Gallery, and learn about how our projects, workshops and outreach programmes can work with your secondary or FE institution. Peter Lanyon (1918-64)…
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