The
Richard
Attenborough
Centre: Leicester

Courses

Please click on the course titles below for further information. Our 2008-2009 creative learning guide has full details.  While we are not currently taking new students on our Certificate in Higher Education programme, eligible courses for registered Certificate students are marked with C, with the number of credits indicated.

Visual art

Cert.
credits
Course title No. of sessions Day and time Fee/
concessions
  Mark making:ceramic decal decoration 10 Mon, 2.00pm - 4.30pm £95 / £47
  Sculpture: paper, card and wire 10 Mon, 6.30pm - 9.00pm 395 / £47
C10/20 Drawing, collage, paint: small objects - large drawings 10 Tues, 2.00pm - 4.00pm £90 / £45
  Artist workshop 1: bags, wrapping and small objects 10 Tues, 6.30pm - 8.30pm £95 / £47
  Acrylic exploration: depicting reality 5 Weds, 10.00am - 12.30pm £48 / £24
C10/20 Painting problems: observing the domestic scene 10 Weds, 10.00am - 1.00pm £115 / £57
C10/20 Abstract pictures: text and symbol 10 Weds, 2.00pm - 4.30pm £95 / £47
  Printmaking 10 Weds,6.30pm - 9.00pm £95 / £47
C10/20 Artist workshop 2: exploring colour 10 Thurs, 10.00am - 12.30pm £95 / £47
C10/20 Approaches to art: warm and cool colours 10 Thurs, 2.00pm - 4.30pm £95 / £47
C10/20 Sculpture workshop 10 Thurs, 6.30pm - 9.00pm £95 / £47
C10/20 Life drawing: finding your own style 10 Fri, 2.00pm - 4.30pm £125 / £62

Art history

Cert.
credits
Course title No. of sessions Day and time Fee/
concessions
C10 Art history: aspects of landscape 10 Weds, 10.30am - 12.00pm £60 / £30
C10 Piero della Francesca and Vermeer 10 Thurs, 7.30pm - 9.00pm £60 / £30

Explore, create, connect

Course title Day and time Per session
Springboard into art Mon, 10.00am - 12.30pm £8 / £4
Exploring natural form Mon, 2.00pm - 4.30pm £8 / £4
Adventures in art Tues, 10.00am - 12.30pm £8 / £4
Get creative Fri, 10.00am - 12.30pm £8 / £4

Crafts

Course title No. of sessions Day and time Fee/
concessions
Fabric manipulation: quilt and gather 10 Mon, 6.30pm - 9.00pm £95 / £47
Diverse jewellery 10 Tues, 6.30pm - 9.00pm £100 / £50

Music

Course title No. of sessions Day and time

Fee/
concessions

Singing for fun 10 Mon, 1.30pm - 3.30pm £66 / £33
Once upon a tune: a look at Jewish American composers 5 Mon, 7.00pm - 9.00pm (19 Jan - 23 Feb) £40 / £20
Gilbert and Sullivan: the Victorian theatre's odd couple 5 Mon, 7.00pm - 9.00pm (2 - 30 March) £40 / £20
Jazz performance workshop 10 Mon, 7.15pm - 9.15pm

£66 / £33

Read, write and play: practical notation 10 Tues, 10.30am - 12.00pm £60 / £30
Classical guitar: moving on 10 Weds, 6.30pm - 7.30pm £55
Classical guitar for beginners 10 Weds, 7.30pm - 8.30pm £55
Descant recorder for beginners 10 Thurs, 11.00am - 12.00pm £55
Acoustic guitar workshop 10 Sat, 1.00pm - 3.00pm £60

Drama/comedy

Course title No. of sessions Day and time Fee/
concessions
Making a scene 10 Thurs, 7.00pm - 9.00pm £60
A history of British comedy films 10 Fri, 11.00am - 1.00pm £60 / £30
Ship of Fools comedy school 10 Sun, 4.30pm - 6.30pm £60

Dance

Course title No. of sessions Day and time Fee/
concessions
Intermediate Latin American dance 10 Tues, 7.45pm - 9.15pm £60/ £30

Words

Course title No. of sessions Day and time Fee
James Joyce: Ulysses 10 Tues, 7.00pm - 9.00pm £60 / £30
UPDATED: 25 November 2008
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