Short Courses May - October 2013 - West Dean College

VISUAL ART & CRAFT 2013West Dean’s Summer Schools are a creativeand social highlight of the year.At the height of the summer West Dean’slocation offers the perfect location toimmerse yourself in a subject as well as theoccasion to relax with tutors and studentsexchanging ideas, insights and experiences.These longer courses offer the chance toexplore in depth a diverse range of creativeapproaches with a programmed swap-oversession in another art or craft inspiringnew ways of approaching your own area.This year there are four tutors new toour Summer School programme and 15new courses alongside popular repeats tochoose from.An inspiring place, inspiring tutors andstudents – an inspiring time!THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMMEThe special features of the programmeinclude:• Short illustrated talks by tutors on theirwork (open to all)• A programmed swap-over session toanother course of your choice• Displays of tutors’ work• An afternoon of organised visits to localart venues• A programmed yoga session• An optional evening at the ChichesterFestival Theatre (which must be prebooked),and a themed film show• A special party dinner on the last eveningwith entertainment and music• Workshop displays of students’ work andinformal end-of-course group reviews.THE SUMMER SCHOOL COURSES• The following pages provide an indexto all the courses offered in the SummerSchool in Visual Art and Craft this year.• The page numbers refer you to thedescription of each individual course,listed by subject.The Summer School courses begin withlunch on Saturday and end at 3pm thefollowing Friday. Full details are either senton receipt of postal bookings or shouldbe downloaded from our website. Tuition,lunch and dinner are covered in the nonresidentialcourse fee.WEEK 1 | JULY 27–AUGUST 2Monochrome mosaicsSS3976 | £641 | NEW | /SONIA KING See page 31Designing and making mosaicsSS3977 | £631 |EMMA BIGGS See page 31Creative silversmithing for vesselsand sculptural jewellerySS3978 | £631 |ABIGAIL BROWN See page 37Greenwood spoon and bowl makingSS3979 | £656 | NEW |NIC WEBB See page 58Sculptural ceramics and painterlysurfacesSS3980 | £683 | NEW |CAROLYN GENDERS See page 42ian edwards48Fees listed for each course are non-residential – please see page 67 for accommodation costs | Short Courses May–October 2013