POWERS AND THRONES: WOMEN IN CHARGE OF THE ARTS IN PRE AND POST WAR BRITAIN

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

The talk will look at many, but by no means all, the powerful women who ran commercial and public galleries, were directors of arts organisations or major collectors in Britain from c1930-1960. Some names are well known, like Peggy Guggenheim and Erica Brausen, others kept a modest profile but had a powerful impact, like Dorothy 

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FULLY BOOKED: HARPS NORTH WEST 20TH ANNIVERSARY

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Tutors: Shelley Fairplay, Wendy Stewart & Stephen Dunstone, Mary Dunsford Organised by Harps North West festival@harpsnorthwest.org.uk Residential: £350 Non-residential: £290 Before booking please complete the below application form and return to admin@highamhall.com. In the email subject line please use a reference  (surname, HIGHAMHNWJUL24) e.g. CookHIGHAMHNWJUL24 Harps North West 20th Anniversary Booking Form To book please 

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PASTELS PURE AND SIMPLE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Chalk pastel has been used to great effect by artists through the ages, from Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century and Whistler and Degas in the 19th to Paula Rego and Roger Hilton in the 20th. Pastels are versatile and easy to use, delivering vibrant colours across a wide range of tones to create delicate and dramatic effects. Learn and develop 

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EXPRESSIVE LANDSCAPES: MIXED MEDIA

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Explore mixed media techniques using watercolour, gouache, acrylics, inks and soft pastel. We may venture outdoors (weather permitting), painting and drawing in the dramatic Lakeland landscape in order to build up a body of source material to work with, but this course focuses on developing your personal painterly style through exercises in the studio. We 

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FULLY BOOKED: GREAT OPERA SCENES BY VERDI AND PUCCINI

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

In this course we will look at two Italian composers with a passion for passion: Verdi's Rigoletto, Il Trovatore , La Traviata and Puccini's La Boheme, Tosca and Madama Butterfly all revolve around intense scenes in which high drama and high emotion are exquisitely echoed and amplified by their musical scores. Verdi’s scenes revolve around 

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FULLY BOOKED: HILLS AND MOORLAND LANDSCAPES IN RECYCLED FABRICS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

For beginners and improvers. Create a fabric landscape based on hilly landscapes and moorlands using a wide range of recycled, found and repurposed materials. Explore a wide range of experimental textile and mixed media techniques including layering and blending of fabrics using a sewing machine. From inspiration to realisation, be supported and encouraged to play, 

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APPRECIATING SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE: THE TEMPEST

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Join us to explore Shakespeare’s late comedy of love and magic, power struggles and forgiveness. Consider how Prospero and Miranda, Ariel and Caliban respond to the arrival of outsiders from the past on their Mediterranean island. The weekend includes an outdoor performance by the Festival Players on Saturday, followed by an evening Q&A with the director and cast. 

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SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN: THE TEMPEST

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

The Festival Players return, performing Shakespeare's fantastical and some say allegorical play about magic, betrayal, love and forgiveness. With a bit of romance, comedy and tragedy thrown in for good measure, there's something for everyone. We are hoping for good weather, despite the title of the play, but the show will go on if we have 

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JAZZ PLAYERS’ SUMMER SCHOOL FEATURING ALAN BARNES (SAX)

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

A serious yet relaxed week for jazz musicians who are able to play and read music to rehearsal band standard. Play a range of material from Swing to Bebop in small groups under the expert guidance of three of the UK's best jazz musicians. All prospective players must contact David 07951 903230 daveblackmusic@hotmail.com before enrolling to 

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SUNDAY LECTURE: MEETINGS OF REMARKABLE MEN

The Langdale Valley, 1947 - an unlikely setting for a meeting between two of the most influential and toweringly important cultural figures of the twentieth century: the choreographer and movement pioneer Rudolf Laban, and the avant-garde artist Kurt Schwitters. Research into this meeting has thrown up fascinating questions not least about what they might have 

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