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Demonstrators - The Prince's School of Traditional Arts
The Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts programme (VITA), currently directed by Dr Khaled Azzam, was founded in 1984 by Professor Keith Critchlow at the Royal College of Art. VITA transferred to the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture in 1993 which itself subsequently became incorporated into the Prince’s Foundation in 2000. The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts (PSTA) was initiated as an independent charity in April 2004. VITA was founded to specialise in the arts and architecture of Islam as well as the traditional arts of other civilisations. One of the principal aims of VITA is to encourage an appreciation of the universal values that are fundamental to the arts of the great traditions of the world. VITA offers a two year full-time MA course and a full or part-time MPhil/PhD course. The study of theory and meaning of traditional arts is a special feature of the VITA programme. The course work is supported by first-hand experience of the traditional arts through field trips and working sessions with traditional artists and craftsmen. Students are encouraged to pursue their own particular skills whether it be painting, woodwork, stained glass, ceramics, etc at the same time as attending the classes in geometry, biomorphic drawing, icon and miniature painting, lettering, stained glass, ceramic tiles and plates, textiles, wood marquetry and other disciplines. PSTA’s other activities beyond the core VITA education programme include (a) a UK outreach programme which includes collaborations with the Mulberry School, Shakespeare Globe Education, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Islamia School, Hargreaves School etc; (b) an international outreach programme which includes projects in Cairo, Jeddah, Nigeria, Riyadh and Kuwait, and (c) product development work.
Students and alumni will be exhibiting their work and demonstrating their craft at Art in Action.
Delfina Bottesini
Delfina is a painter and a ceramicist inspired by the cross-cultural aspect of patterns within traditional arts. She will be demonstrating tile making methods and ceramic painting techniques.
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