News
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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.
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Yuan Centre – The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts, China Centre
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Centre in Suzhou, China. Studying at our centre integrates Western and Chinese arts and techniques through the understanding of the universal principles of the traditional arts.
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School of Traditional Arts contributes to new gallery at British Museum
School of Traditional Arts participates in creation and opening of the new Albukhary Foundation Islamic Gallery at the British Museum.
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Exhibition by teachers from China's Central Academy of Fine Art
We are delighted to host an exhibition of work by faculty from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing at our gallery in Shoreditch.
Celebrating CAFA’s 100th anniversary, the exhibition is part of a series of international events and programmes.
The School of Traditional Arts has partnered with CAFA for the last several years, conducting workshops with their students in Beijing, welcoming CAFA graduates to our MA programme in the UK, and facilitating a dialogue on the relevance of tradition in the contemporary context.
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Alumna, Hana Louise Shahnavaz, to exhibit at START Art Fair
Hana Louise Shahnavaz is a British-Iranian painter based in London. Having lived in Iran for six years studying Persian painting under the tutorage of master painter Safoura Asadian, she then continued her studies at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London. Graduating with a distinction in Master of Traditional Arts (2017) she was awarded the Ciclitira Prize for her final degree show, presented by HRH Prince Charles. She will participate in START Art Fair, which runs from 13-16 September 2018.
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Exhibition in Karachi: Living Tradition - A New Centre for Education
Exhibition to celebrate the launch of the VM Centre for Traditional Arts and its new Diploma Programme – beginning January 2019 – in partnership with the Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts, London.