Art Appreciation and Practice

Art Appreciation and Practice

Course Option

Start Date 18 January 2010
Centre Brixton
Length of Course 10 weeks
Course Mode Monday 10.00 - 12.00
Costs On benefit £30

Fee payers £65
International £260

Status Open

About the course
This is a course for students who want to study key pictures from art history and learn about how they are made, composed and why they are considered important. It is a course highly suitable for: students studying at access or pre exam based courses, those who wish to underpin their own artistic practice with more art history knowledge or exhibition visitors who want a better background knowledge of the subject. Artists included: Giotto, Piero della Francesca, Manet, Georges Seurat, Picasso, Matisse, Francis Bacon.

After this course: Preparation for GCSE or equivalent of development of art portfolio content.

Entry requirements

You must be over 19 years of age
How to enrol


Open evening and Enrolment: Thursday 26th November: 4.00pm - 7.00pm
Open evening and Enrolment: Tuesday 1st December: 4.00pm - 7.00pm

Open Enrolment: Wednesday 6th - Friday 8th January: 10.00am - 3.00pm
Evening: Thursday 7th January: 5.00pm - 7.00pm

Open Enrolment: Monday 11th - Thursday 14th January: 10.00am - 3.00pm
Evening: Tuesday 12th and Thursday 14th January: 5.00pm - 7.00pm

When you come to enrol, please remember to bring:

On benefit - £30 and current evidence that you receive, or are the unwaged spouse or partner of someone who receives, one of the following benefits:
Council Tax Benefit
Housing Benefit
Income Support
Job Seeker's Allowance
Pension Guarantee Credit
Working Tax Credit (the Award Notice must state that you have a household income of less than £15,050)

Fee payers - cash, cheque (where the fees do not exceed the limit of your cheque guarantee card) or credit/debit card (except American Express). If your fees are being paid by your employer, local education authority or other organisation, please bring a letter from them confirming that they intend to pay. They will then be invoiced.