Monday May 9th, British Pop Art course on Mondays face to face in Bridport, 2pm, 6wks, fee £60, venue United Hall, East Street.

The course is around the era of what becomes British Pop Art, which originated in the UK. 

We will be looking at a facinating group of painters in the wider context of post war recovery and renewal. Some of the artists, designers and photographers discussed will be: Edouardo Paolozzi, Frank Bowling, Pauline Boty, David Hockney, Barbara Hulanicki, Joe Tilson, R.B Kitaj, Derek Boshier, Patrick Caulfield, Bridget Riley, Mary Quant, Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin, David Bailey, Allen Jones and Peter Blake, plus wider contexts.

Tutor is Pam Simpson MA, Associate Lecturer London College of Fashion, University of the Arts. To book contact by email: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

This course also runs on Fridays on line via Zoom, so if you miss a Monday you can catch up.

*In the 4th wk of the course, due to the Spring Bank Holiday and the Queens Platinum Jubilee, we will have a break that week.

 

Thursday 12th May, Late Renaissance Art & Mannerist /Baroque Art, evening course at 6.30pm, on line via Zoom, 6 wks, fee £55.

Tutor is Pam Simpson MA, Associate Lecturer London College of Fashion, University of the Arts.

Pam sends an invite out to each lecture and you just click on it and she admits you to the session.

*In the 4th wk of the course due to the Spring Bank Holiday and the Queens Platinum Jubilee, we will have a weeks break in the course. To book contact Pam via email, chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

 

Friday 13th May, On line British Pop Art course, 2pm, 6wks, fee £55, on line via Zoom.

The course is around the era of what becomes British Pop Art, which originated in the UK. 

We will be looking at a facinating group of painters in the wider context of post war recovery and renewal. Some of the artists, designers and photographers discussed will be: Edouardo Paolozzi, Frank Bowling, Pauline Boty, David Hockney, Barbara Hulanicki, Joe Tilson, R.B Kitaj, Derek Boshier, Patrick Caulfield, Bridget Riley, Mary Quant, Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin, David Bailey, Allen Jones and Peter Blake, plus wider contexts.

Tutor is Pam Simpson MA, Associate Lecturer London College of Fashion, University of the Arts. Pam sends an invite out to each lecture and you just click on it and she admits you to the lecture.

*In the 4th wk of the course due to the Spring Bank Holiday and the Queens Platinum Jubilee, we will have a weeks break in the course. To book contact Pam via email, chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

THESE ARE MY NEW WINTER ART TALKS.

PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I HOP TO SEE YOU SOON.

10th January, Monday, 2pm: Talk: ‘Exploring Winter’, A New Exploration on Painting, Photography, Poetry & Prose.

From Scott of the Antarctic and Shackleton’s photographers, to artist responses to the season and poetry & prose.

Face to face with masks and ventilation

Venue: Bridport, United Church Hall, Fee £11

Pam Simpson, MA, Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion

To book please email: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com 

(This lecture would move on line, if covid prevents face to face lectures)

 

 13th January, Thursday, Art History - A Renaissance art history course on Thursday evenings, at 6.30pm, online on Zoom for 6 wks, fee £55. Course is led by Pam Simpson MA, Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion. To book please email: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

 

14th January, Friday, 2pm: Talk on line via Zoom: ‘Exploring Winter’, A New Exploration on Painting, Photography, Poetry & Prose. From Scott of the Antarctic and Shackleton’s photographers, and artist responses to the season and poetry & prose. Fee £11. Pam Simpson, MA, Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion. To book please email: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

 

17th January, Monday 2pm: Talk: 'Bridgerton & the Regency Period in Art, Dress, Taste, Architecture & Interiors. Fee £11. Face to face with masks and ventilation. Venue: Bridport, United Church Hall, Fee £11. Pam Simpson, MA, Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion. To book please email: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com (This lecture would move on line, if covid prevents face to face lectures).

 

21st January, Friday 2pm, Talk on line via Zoom: 'Bridgerton & the Regency Period in Art, Dress, Taste, Architecture & Interiors. Fee £11. Face to face with masks and ventilation. Venue: Bridport, United Church Hall, Fee £11. Pam Simpson, MA, Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion. To book please email: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

 

24th January, 2pm, Monday. Talk: 'Grayson Perry, Potter & Artist and so much more!’. Fee £11 Face to face with masks and ventilation. Venue: Bridport, United Church Hall, Fee £11. Pam Simpson, MA, Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion. To book please email: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com (This lecture would move on line, if covid prevents face to face lectures).

 

28th January, 2pm, Friday. Talk on line: Grayson Perry, Potter & Artist and so much more!’. Fee £11, On line via Zoom. Pam Simpson, MA, Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion. To book please email: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com (This lecture would move on line, if covid prevents face to face lectures).

 

 

1st November Mondays 2pm-3.30pm, Art and Design History course ‘Romantic Moderns’ in art, English landscape painting. 6 wk course. This art history course will trace the significant revival of landscape painting in the generation of artists pre ww2 and afterwards, that created some beautiful and startling imagery. Some of the artists were asked to create images for the ‘Shell Guides’ and a number of other publications at that time.

Venue: United Chapel East St Bridport. Fee £60. Tutor Pam Simpson MA.

Pam is an Associate Lecturer for University of the Arts in London.

Contact: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com to book.

3rd November, Thursday evenings 6.30pm, on Zoom, Art and Design History course, 'Late Medieval and Early Renaissance course’, 6wk course. This course looks across painting, architecture & the decorative arts. On line course fee is £55. Tutor Pam Simpson MA.

Pam is Associate Lecturer at University of the Arts in London.

Contact: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com or telephone 01300 321715 to book.

5th November Fridays 2pm on Zoom, Art and Design History course ‘Romantic Moderns’ in art, English landscape painting. 6 wk course. This art history course will trace the significant revival of landscape painting in the generation of artists pre ww2 and afterwards, that created some beautiful and startling imagery. Some of the artists were asked to create images for the ‘Shell Guides’ and a number of other publications at that time.

On line course fee £55. Tutor Pam Simpson MA.

Pam is an Associate Lecturer for University of the Arts in London.

Contact: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com to book.

 Art History lectures available on line.

Tutor Pam Simpson MA, Pam is a professional Art and Design Historian with over 30 yrs experience of teaching in London art schools.

1. Starts 23rd September, Thursday evenings 6.30pm, Art and Design history course taught on line via Zoom, about Medieval Art, architecture, decorative arts and painting. Tea break in middle. 6 x hour and a half lectures, fee £55.

2. Starts 24th September, Friday afternoons at 2pm, Art and Design History course taught on line via Zoom about Surrealism, with tea break in middle. We will be exploring Surrealism in all its visual forms, painting, sculpture, cinema and photography, with an international element to this course. 6 x hour and a half lectures, fee £55.

Contact: chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com

Artist: Pierre Bonnard - ‘Le Cannet’, oil, Bemburg Foundation, Toulouse, 1930.

Monday 21st September or Friday 25^th September - Art History six week course about 'The Nabis' - online on ‘Zoom’, 2pm-3.40pm, with 20 minute break. 

The Nabis were a group of post-impressionist painters, for example Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Marguerite Serusier, Maurice Denis, Paul Serusier, and associated artists like Suzanne Valadon, active from c1888–c1900, whose bold painting and use of colour and strong use of line, created new approaches in art. These are striking and beautiful alluring paintings, which have some influence upon English art which will be touched upon.

On line course Fee £51. Tutor is Pam Simpson, Associate Lecturer, Bath Spa University. Contact email chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com or tel 01300 321715.

It is possible to 'try out' the course by doing an individual lecture for £10.

Art History Courses in Dorset

 

Tutor: Pam Simpson BA(Hons), MA, PGCE,  is a professional Art and Design historian, who has taught in London art colleges for 32 years, 20 of those years at at Middlesex University (Hornsea College of Art) where she ran a department. She has also worked at the Royal College of Art and University of the Arts. She is currently teaching at Bath Spa University as an Associate Lecturer. She is an enthusiastic lecturer who loves her subject and conveying her knowledge to others. Pam has been teaching Art and Design History courses in Bridport in recent years, and since last September in Lyme Regis.