LITERATURE
Calendar of Courses
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SUNDAY LECTURE: A Shadow of Magnitude: Black Lives in the English Lake District, 1660–1870
SUNDAY LECTURE: A Shadow of Magnitude: Black Lives in the English Lake District, 1660–1870
This lecture will document and consider the historical presence of people of African ancestry in Cumbria between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Building on the foundational research of regional archivists and historians, the lecture will dwell on the evidence that survives of these peoples’ lives and explain what that evidence reveals about Cumbria’s social makeup
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ON NOT KNOWING: HOW ARTISTS THINK
Join our principal Lizzie to explore contemporary artists' practices from a curator's point of view. I will introduce you to a range of artists' practices and their wider cultural and art historical contexts through lectures and studio visits with local artists. We will consider the questions that artists face every time they enter the studio:
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OUT OF THE DARK: POETRY PAINT PROCESS
This is an experimental creative course aimed at anyone interested in the relationship between words and images. Making the most of the long nights at this time of year, we will explore how we see differently in the dark, using experimental techniques to draw images out of darkness and find texts which shine a light