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Exhibition: Woodblock prints by Master Wei Lizhong
Unmissable. The master of Chinese woodblock printing, Mr Wei Lizhong, exhibits a wide array of prints from famous Shizhuzhai studio in China’s Zhejiang Province.
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End of year show in Suzhou, China
This June we held the first end-of-year show at our new China Centre in Suzhou. The exhibition showcased paintings and craft objects created by our full-time and part-time students. They include studies of Chinese patterns, hand woven textiles, ceramic tiles, marquetry boxes, Islamic Illumination designs, Chinese landscape paintings, Buddhist figure painting and Chinese garden design.
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Emerging artistic talent from around the world to stage Shoreditch showcase
The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts will stage the annual Degree Show at its Charlotte Road base on July 2-12. The exhibition will feature works including stained glass, painting, ceramics, architecture and geometry by students from across the globe.
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End of Year Show at The Jameel House of Traditional Arts / Jeddah
Congratulations to the graduates of our one-year programme in traditional arts at the Jameel House of Traditional Arts, Jeddah. Their hard work and creative responses to the course has culminated in an exceptional exhibition inspired by the traditional craft and architectural language of Al-Balad, the Old City of Jeddah.
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PFSTA China Centre - Cosmic Body: Principles of the Buddhist Figure course
Twelve students from all over China are participating in the Cosmic Body: Principles of the Buddhist Figure course, tutored by Jamyang Lodro Rinpoche and two younger generation of Jonang Thangka painters. It's the first time that Jonang art is being taught to non-Tibetan students in the form of short courses.
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Design Stage for Final Projects of one-year programme students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Students at Jameel House of Traditional Arts | Jeddah have been developing designs for their final project work, based on set product briefs given to them as part of the one-year programme curriculum. Products designs include ceramic window screens, free standing lamps with mangour elements and lazy susan parquetry pieces.
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New Diploma-level Programme Launched in Karachi, Pakistan
The School of Traditional Arts warmly welcomes the first cohort of students at our new centre in Karachi, Pakistan: the VM Centre for Traditional Arts.
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Dunhuang Exchange Seminar at Dumfries House
The School of Traditional Arts hosted a seminar at Dumfries House over two days in January to celebrate the work achieved by five PFSTA alumni artists in collaboration with artists from the Dunhuang Research Academy.
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Our newest Centre, Jia Yuan Hall, in Suzhou welcomes new students on its courses
The first term of our new foundation level course in China started in October 2018. The programme is unique in that it offers a new approach to study in China: an harmonious integration of Eastern and Western traditions taught by local and international masters. Our students in China have the opportunity to study the practice and philosophy of these traditional arts and understand their cultural, artistic and spiritual connections.