News
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PhD student, Mamdouh Sakr, completes doctoral research
We would like to congratulate Dr Mamdouh Sakr who successfully defended his doctoral research project, Applying Traditional Urbanism Principles to Design a Residential Neighbourhood in Cairo.
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Coronavirus update
On 16 March 2020, the UK government updated its response to the coronavirus outbreak. The advice is now to self-isolate if you are over 70 or in any way vulnerable and to restrict all non-essential travel and social gatherings. You can read more about the government advice here. Short courses &…
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Karachi students make a study trip to UNESCO World Heritage Site
Students on the one-year diploma programme spent a day at Makli Necropolis, analysing designs, making sketches, and learning about the history of this UNESCO heritage site in Thattha.
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The School launches The Centre for the Building Arts in Jeddah
The Centre for the Building Arts is a regional architectural crafts and design centre for a vibrant community of designers and craftsmen. The programme focuses on using the architectural heritage of Al Balad (Old City) as an educational and training resource through analysis and research, as well as hands-on practical training on the buildings in the Balad. It contributes towards the regeneration of the architecture and the crafts that belong to the wide cultural heritage of Jeddah and Saudi Arabia.
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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.