News
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Pilot vocational training programme in Al Ula launches
The Outreach programme resumed its pilot vocational training programme in Al Ula at the beginning of January with Part II of The Art of Basket Weaving as an Expression of the Order of Nature. Participants presented to tutors and classmates their project work from Part I of the course. They also received a refresher on the local technique of plaiting with palm fronds, and were introduced to a new weaving technique - twining, which proved popular amongst participants.
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Foundation Course in Traditional Eastern & Western Arts in Suzhou, China
Students on our one-year Foundation Course in Traditional Eastern & Western Arts in Suzhou, China have completed the first two modules of the programme: Geometry and the Order of Nature, and Traditional Western Painting Methods and Materials.
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Applications are open for the 2020 Programme at VM Centre for Traditional Arts, Karachi, Pakistan
VMCTA class of 2019 is almost finished with their final projects which will be displayed at an exhibition opening on 20 December.
Also: admissions for the 2020 programme are now open!
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The School of Traditional Arts hosts The National Museum of Australia for the Museum’s Encounters fellowship programme
Participants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities explored principles of geometry underlying the order of nature and traditional methods and materials as part of a three-day programme.
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Icherisheher Centre for Traditional Arts launches two new collections
Icherisheher Centre for Traditional Arts recently launched two new collections in a media event that brought together distinguished guests including various ministries, public figures from the arts, entrepreneurs, and representatives of the media. These new lines offer contemporary responses to the rich cultural heritage of Azerbaijan in the form of beautiful handmade products in batik, jewellery, wood, and ceramics.
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Exhibition of works by Certificate of Icon Painting programme gradutes
The works in this exhibition were created by students of The Prince's Foundation School of Traditional Arts during their three-year part-time Certificate in Icon Painting programme. In the context of the theology of the icon the students studied the techniques of egg tempera panel painting.
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Students graduate at Jameel House of Traditional Arts | Cairo
The end-of-year show for at Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo took place in September.
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New Arts & Crafts Programme in AlUla
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new education programme in Al Ula, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – The Art of the Order of Nature in AlUla.
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London to Dunhuang: Traditional Skills on the Silk Road
In August, the School participated in “From London to Dunhuang: Traditional Skills on the Silk Road 2019 International Forum.” Programme Manager Lisa DeLong & four alumni with practical expertise in & connections to the cultures which influenced the imagery of the Dunhuang murals travelled to Dunhuang.