Course Details & Booking

Dates & times
17th - 21st Sept 2024


10:30am–5.30pm, lunch 1–3pm.


Course fee
£500 (includes site entry, specialist materials, excluding flights and accommodation)

Discounted Fee for local Turkish Nationals
Please ask for details.

Location
Istanbul Design Centre, Sultanahmet, Istanbul

Accommodation
Students must arrange their own accommodation. There are plenty of options for all budgets within the vicinity of course venue. Prices from 40 euros per person per night. Ask for details.

Flights
Several major carriers fly direct to Istanbul from London. Prices currently start at £250 return (see Expedia.co.uk)

Terms & Conditions
We require a 50% deposit of £250 to reserve a place on the study trip. The balance of £250 is payable 4 weeks before departure. The deposit is non-refundable, but can be transferred to another international study trip, or UK course, if 8 weeks notice of cancellation is given.

Queries

    Please use the form below to register your interest or for any queries you may have regarding this study trip.

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    LIMITED PLACES REMAINING

    REGISTER NOW FOR THE Autumn 2024 ISTANBUL STUDY TRIP with 50% deposit payment:-

    ISTANBUL DEPOSIT 2024 £250

    In the Autumn of 2024 Art of Islamic Pattern will lead a five-day intensive workshop in Istanbul, Turkey.

    This workshop will be situated within the beautiful and exceptionally well-appointed Istanbul Design Centre, a 17th century Tekke (pilgrimage lodge), located in the historic heart of the city, with views overlooking Sinan’s Sokullu Mehmet Pasha mosque and the Bosphorus beyond.

    In addition to daily practical classes in geometric and biomorphic design, there will be site visits to the the Topkapi Palace and some of most celebrated masterpieces of Ottoman architecture, including the Blue Mosque, the mosques of Sokullu Mehmet Pasha and the Suleymaniye. There will also be an opportunity to gain practical experience of traditional Ebru painting with a local master.

    DISCOUNTED PLACES for local Turkish Nationals:

    Note: As with all our study trips, all teaching material will be based upon local sources: on this trip the mosques of Istanbul. The content is different to our London courses and all our other study trips.

    You can read about and see images from the Art of Islamic Pattern study trips to Istanbul in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 here

    “Just to say a huge thank you for a wonderful course in Istanbul! I thoroughly enjoyed it, thought the classes were great, and it was also a brilliant opportunity to meet like-minded and inspirational people. It’s one of the best things I have done.
    Thank you once again for a well-organized course and excellent tuition.”

    Lizzie Hobbs, Istanbul 2015 study Trip What students Say