Short Courses
The Open Programme offers lectures, workshops and short, practical courses in traditional arts and crafts. Our programmes are open to anyone over the age of 18 and suit all levels of ability and experience, from beginners to seasoned practitioners.
Upcoming courses and lectures
Indian Miniature Painting: Dancers in a Mughal Court
Dates: 23 – 27 November 2026
Tutor: Sobia Naz
Introduction to Stained Glass: Traditional Leading Technique
Dates: 28 November – 5 December 2026
Tutor: Jingshi Wang
Medieval Manuscript Illumination on Vellum
Dates: 30 November – 4 December 2026
Tutor: Catarina Pignato
Light, Pattern & Plaster: Islamic Gypsum Craft
Dates: 30 November – 4 December 2026
Tutor: Mariam Ashraf
Seeds of Light: Painting the Pomegranate Tree
Dates: 5 – 12 December 2026
Tutor: Halleh Mortazavi
Painting the Standing Figure – An Icon of the Archangel Gabriel
Dates: 7 – 11 December 2026
Tutor: Hanna Ward
A Garden in the Palm of Your Hands: Flower Paintings in Mughal Albums
Dates: 7 – 11 December 2026
Tutor: Hira Kamil
Lecture: The Emergence of Astrological Symbolism in Medieval Art and Architecture with a special emphasis on Chartres Cathedral
Dates: 9 December 2026
Lecturer: Lynn Bell
Persian Calligraphy: Nastaliq Script
Dates: 14 – 18 December 2026
Tutor: Bahman Panahi
The Art & Craft of Khatamkari
Dates: 14 – 18 December 2026
Tutor: Marzieh Kaviani
Arts & Crafts of the Islamic Lands: Ten-Fold Patterns
Dates: 18 January – 19 April 2027
Tutor: Tom Bree
Inspired by Persian Miniatures: Beasts, Birds, & Fantastic Creatures
Dates: 18 January – 22 February 2027
Tutor: Yasmin Hayat
Presentations of the Divine: Deities in Indian Miniature Painting
Dates: 19 January – 23 February 2027
Tutor: Sam Buckley
Elements of Persian Miniature Painting: Ether
Dates: 20 January – 24 February 2027
Tutor: Vaishali Prazmari
Introduction to Stained Glass: Paint a Roundel Portrait
Dates: 23 January – 13 February 2027
Tutor: Jingshi Wang
Islamic Calligraphy: Naskh Script
Dates: 25 – 29 January 2027
Tutor: Gulnaz Mahboob
Masterclass: Egg Tempera Painting of the Florentine School
Dates: 25 – 29 January 2027
Tutor: David Cranswick
Byzantine Icon Painting: St George & the Dragon
Dates: 1 – 5 February 2027
Tutor: Hanna Ward
Persian Miniature Painting: The Horse
Dates: 1 – 5 February 2027
Tutor: Vaishali Prazmari
Painting the Maitreya Buddha
Dates: 2 February – 13 April 2027
Tutor: Renuka Gurung
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking in Colour
Dates: 3 February – 31 March 2027
Tutor: Hiroko Imada
Transformation: Painting through Form, Colour & the Imagination
Dates: 8 – 12 February 2027
Tutor: Lily Corbett-Gale
Ink Landscapes: Discovering Form Through Chance
Dates: 15 – 19 February 2027
Tutor: Prasad Beaven
Masterclass: The Flemish Technique – Egg Tempera & Oil
Dates: 15 – 19 February 2027
Tutor: Dr David Cranswick
Maghribi Mujawhar Script: Ornament & Composition
Dates: 22 – 26 February 2027
Tutor: Ubaydullah Ahmad
Icon Painting: Our Lady of Lourdes
Dates: 22 – 26 February 2027
Tutor: Louisa Brouk
Armenian Manuscript Illumination: The Harrowing
Dates: 8 – 12 March 2027
Tutor: Hanna Ward
Indo-Persian Miniature Painting: Neem-Rang, the Art of Half-Colour
Dates: 8 – 12 March 2027
Tutor: Hira Kamil
Masterclass: Colour, Light & Technique in the Golden Age of Dutch and Spanish Still-Life Painting
Dates: 15 – 19 March 2027
Tutor: Dr David Cranswick
Winged Thoughts of the Divine Mind: Angels in a Mystical Landscape
Dates: 30 March – 2 April 2027
Tutor: Lily Corbett-Gale
The Ajami Surface: Relief, Colour & Metal Leaf
Dates: 5 – 9 April 2027
Tutor: Amna Fraz
Indian Miniature Painting: In the Forests of Kotah
Dates: 6 April – 11 May 2027
Tutor: Sam Buckley
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking: Make a Hanging Scroll
Dates: 12 – 16 April 2027
Tutor: Hiroko Imada
Persian Miniature Painting: The Figure
Dates: 12 – 16 April 2026
Tutor: Vaishali Prazmari
Egg Tempera: 17th Century Dutch Flower Paintings
Dates: 19 – 23 April 2027
Tutor: Lily Corbett-Gale
Ebru: The Art of Painting on Water
Dates: 19 – 21 April 2027
Tutor: Dilara Karaağaç
Indian Miniature Painting: Love Poems of the Chaurapanchasika Style
Dates: 10 – 14 May 2027
Tutor: Susana Marin
Paint Kalpavriksha, the Wish-Fulfilling Tree
Dates: 11 May – 13 July 2027
Tutor: Renuka Gurung
Masterclass: From master copy to living portrait, the practice of Classical Portrait Painting
Dates: 14 – 18 June 2027
Tutor: David Cranswick
Romantic Love in Indian Miniature Painting
Dates: 6 July – 10 August 2027
Tutor: Sam Buckley
Master of the Black Pen: Inspired by Siyah Qalam
Dates: 7 July – 11 August 2027
Tutor: Vaishali Prazmari
Cosmatesque Ornament from the Capella Palatina
Dates: 19 – 23 July 2027
Tutor: Steve Pomerantz
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