WEA

This 5 week course focuses on five local artists whose work is held in the permanent collection of Colchester Art Society. Each week view samples of the work of notable artists including painter and sculptor Arthur Lett-Haines, watercolour artist Jennifer Andrews, landscape painter Anthony Atkinson, painter and printmaker Charles Bartlett and oil painter Malcolm H Carter. Each artist will be explored with key art concepts including composition, use of colour, symbolism and more. Each week you will explore concepts through group discussion. You will be encouraged to take notes and recall information over the 5 weeks. By the end of the course, you will be able to notice significant local artists, describe their artistic methods, spot similarities and differences among local artists, deconstruct essential components of artworks and select a preferred piece based on personal opinion.

Come join us to explore of some of William Shakespeare's famous plays while delving into the philosophical underpinnings. Practice your listening, reading, speaking and writing skills by engaging with several plays, including Hamlet, A Midsummer's Night's Dream, The Tempest and Macbeth to discover themes, meanings and philosophical questions. In Shakespeare's Renaissance age thinkingers were discussing issues about knowledge causuality, the nature of the self, as well as politics, ethics adn religion and these topics all survace in his plays. A weekly slide presentation will include video clips, analysis and opportunities to develop your understanding of the literature through discussion and other personal responses.

This 5 week course focuses on five local artists whose work is held in the permanent collection of Colchester Art Society. Each week view samples of the work of notable artists including painter and printmaker Robert J. Clitherow, painter, drawer and etcher Peter Coker, painter and graphic designer Henry Collins, painter Hugh Verschoyle Cronyn and painter Charles Debenham. Each artist will be explored with key art concepts including composition, use of colour, symbolism and more. Each week you will explore concepts through group discussion. You will be encouraged to take notes adn recall information over the 5 weeks. By the end of the course, you will be able to notice significant local artists, describe their artistic methods, spot similarities and differences among local artists, deconstruct essential components of artworks and select a preferred piece based on personal opinion.

This 5 week courses focuses on five sculptures whose work ranges in scale and material, from plater to blood! Each week view samples of the work of notable sculptors, including, installation artist Damian Ortega, Antony Gormley who explores the relationship between body and nature, conemporary artist Marc Quinn, Rachel Whiteread who works with plaster and casts and conceptual artist Michael Craig-Martin. Each artist will be explored with key art concepts including composition, use of colour, symbolism and more. Each week you will explore concepts through group discussion. You will be encouraged to take notes and recall information over the 5 weeks. By the end of the course, you will be able to notice significant sculptors, describe their artistic methods, spot similarities and differences among their work, deconstruct essential components of artworks and select a preferred piece based on personal opinion.