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	Courses, Study Days & Workshops - June-August 2008 To book, please call 020 730 60 055 and ask for Course & Study days bookings.

October	Tuesday 14 October 2008, 10:00 - 11:00 Q&A Meet the Artist A unique opportunity to meet artist Darvish Fakhr, who has recently completed a commission for the Gallery. Free

October	Wednesday 15 October 2008, 10:00 - 11:00 Q&A Meet the Artist A unique opportunity to meet artist Darvish Fakhr, who has recently completed a commission for the Gallery. Free

October	Saturday 18 October 2008, 13:00 - 16:00 Drop-in event The Big Floor Draw Come and create a collaborative continuous line drawing exploring the Gallery space frommultiple viewpoints. Led by artists Emma Middleton and Viyki Turnbull. Part of the Big Draw campaign. Free

October	Thursday 23 October 2008 - 24 October 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 Life Drawing Workshop Taking inspiration from the Gallery's Collection, this one day, or two evening, workshop explores life drawing techniques, followed by a practical drawing session with a life model. Led by artist Emma Middleton. No previous experience necessary, all materials provided. Tickets: £50/£40 concessions and Gallery Supporters

October	Saturday 25 October 2008, 10:30 - 17:00 Life Drawing Workshop Taking inspiration from the Gallery's Collection, this one day, or two evening, workshop explores life drawing techniques, followed by a practical drawing session with a life model. Led by artist Emma Middleton. No previous experience necessary, all materials provided. Tickets: £50/£40 concessions and Gallery Supporters

October	Wednesday 29 October 2008 - 31 October 2008, 11:00 - 16:00 Three-day Workshop 50 Pieces of Personal Info Using digital equipment, construct your own multiple data portrait, featuring some of the personal information required for theforthcoming ID cards. This course is inspired by the Annie Leibovitz exhibition and led by artists Melissa Bliss and Miranda Lopatkin,in partnership with FreqOUT! A screening of the work will follow on Friday 31 October at 17.00. Free

October	Friday 31 October 2008, 17:00 Screening 50 Pieces of Personal Info See 29 - 31 October for details. Free

November	Saturday 1 November 2008, 10:30 - 17:00 The Celebrity Portrait Workshop This one day, or two evening, practical photography workshop, led by photographer Gisela Torres, explores the photography of Annie Leibovitz. Participants will examine the lighting and composition of Leibovitz's photography and will work with large format studio cameras and lighting. No previous experience necessary, all materials provided. Includes entry into Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005. Tickets: £50/£40 concessions and Gallery Supporters

November	Sunday 2 November 2008, 10:30 - 17:00 The Celebrity Portrait Workshop This one day, or two evening, practical photography workshop, led by photographer Gisela Torres, explores the photography of Annie Leibovitz. Participants will examine the lighting and composition of Leibovitz's photography and will work with large format studio cameras and lighting. No previous experience necessary, all materials provided. Includes entry into Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005. Tickets: £50/£40 concessions and Gallery Supporters - This event has been cancelled

November	Sunday 2 November 2008, 13:00 - 16:00 Sunday Session Historic Hats & Sublime Shoes Use a range of experimental textile techniques and paper construction methods to make your own fashion accessoriesinspired by costume details featured in both contemporary and historic portraits in the Gallery's Collection. Led by fashion tutors Jenny Hughes and Debbie Brown. Free

November	Thursday 27 November 2008 - 28 November 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 The Celebrity Portrait Workshop This one day, or two evening, practical photography workshop, led by photographer Gisela Torres, explores the photography of Annie Leibovitz. Participants will examine the lighting and composition of Leibovitz's photography and will work with large format studio cameras and lighting. No previous experience necessary, all materials provided. Includes entry into Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005. Tickets: £50/£40 concessions and Gallery Supporters

November	Friday 28 November 2008, 10:00 - 17:30 Impossibility of Neutrality: Photography After the Document Please note that the date of this conference has changed to 5 December 2008 Free

December	Friday 5 December 2008, 10.00-17.30 The Impossibility of Neutrality: Photography after the Document What is photographic documentation today? Is its meaning ever 'neutral?' How is it read and what might be its potential applications? This one-day conference explores emerging aspects of the document, its distribution and its status in related media, and questions the supposed natural link between photography, neutrality and the author. Speakers include: Howard Caygill (Goldsmiths College), Elizabeth Edwards (London College of Communication), Carol Mavor (University of Manchester), Gary Nickard (State University of New York at Buffalo), Amy Rosenblum-Martín (Independent Curator from New York), Ralph Rugoff (Director, Hayward Gallery) and Val Williams (Photography and the Archive Research Centre). Tickets £30/£20 concession and Gallery Supporters *Organised in collaboration with the Photography and the Archive Research Centre at the London College of Communication*

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