Lewes Branch 2016-17 Courses

Lewes LearningforLife 2017 SPRING COURSES Tutor: Francesca Byrne FAMILY DRAMAS 11 sessions from 10 January (Tuesdays 2-4pm) Fee: £90.20 An exploration of family relationships and the ties that bind, using selected texts by Ibsen, Chekhov, Friel and Pinter. Includes play-readings, viewings and discussion. Friends Meeting House, Friars Walk, Lewes BN7 2LE Tutor: Kim Ashcroft MODERN EGYPT 10 sessions from 12 January (Thursdays 10-12) Fee: £86.10 What’s happening in Egyptian politics today? Why did the Arab Spring fail? We will seek answers by exploring Egyptian foreign policy, history, economics and religion. Friends Meeting House, Friars Walk, Lewes BN7 2LE Tutor: Robert Carrington JAZZ 11 sessions from 12 January (Thursdays 2-4pm) Fee: £90.20 From Louis Armstrong, Jazz has gone its individual way to Swing, Bebop, Free Jazz and Jazz Fusion. Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Coltrane and Miles Davis will be featured. Friends Meeting House, Friars Walk, Lewes BN7 2LE Tutor: Prasannajit de Silva 18TH CENTURY ART & SOCIETY 11 sessions from 13 January (Fridays 10-12) Fee: £90.20 18thC Britain was marked by social change, economic growth and global expansion – the art world will be considered in the context of these changes. Paintings, printed material, decorative arts, architecture and gardens will be included. Town Hall (Yarrow Room), High Street, Lewes BN7 2QS DAY SCHOOLS PAUL NASH Tutor: Bryan Davies Saturday 25 February (2-5pm) Fee: £15 Nash responded to the English landscape but was also one of the most expressive recorders of the Western Front. He later found that surrealism liberated his imagination. Coincides with Tate Britain exhibition. St Thomas’s Church Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AH Tutor: Prasannajit de Silva THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK’S VOYAGES Saturday 25 March (2-5pm) Fee: £15 Captain Cook led three expeditions to the Pacific during the 1760s and 1770s, and was notable for including professional artists among his crew. Their work, and its effect on European understanding of their settings, will be examined. St Thomas’s Church Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AH Tutor: Robert Carrington SUSSEX COMPOSERS Saturday 6 May (2-5pm) Fee: £15 We take a musical tour from Eastbourne to West Sussex – including a short visit to Chichester – with Frank Bridge, John Ireland, Bax and Havergal Brian. St Thomas’s Church Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes BN7 2AH Enrol and pay online www.southern.wea.org.uk PRE-BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Tel: 0800 328 1060 Postal bookings to Sylvia Lawrence, 7 Priory Crescent, Lewes BN7 1HP Cheque payable to WEA. Enclose SAE for confirmation. Enquiries Tel: 01273 477 447 | [email protected] The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) is a charity registered in England and Wales (number 1112775) and in Scotland (number SC039239) and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (number 2806910). Registered Office: Workers’ Educational Association, 4 Luke Street, London EC2A 4XW.