​2020 - 2021 Academic Year
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Fall Trimester 2020
21 September - 5 December

Winter Trimester 2021
11 January - 27 March

Spring Trimester 2021
12 April - 26 June
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Registration:
Course registration for new students begins three months in advance to the start of each trimester. Students may apply by completing an online application form available on our website.

Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and students are therefore advised to enroll early before classes are filled. Continuing students are given first priority. Once a class has filled, subsequent applications are placed on a waiting list.

part-time programme

The Part-Time Programme at DARA is intended for figurative artists working in traditional media who share our core philosophy of "technique before style." Our classes are skill-based and  designed to teach fundamental principles of naturalistic drawing and painting according to the academic tradition. We welcome dedicated students of all levels of ability to enroll.

Part-time courses are offered on a trimester basis, with each trimester lasting for a period of 11 weeks. Students may enroll in any course(s) of their choosing for a full trimester at a time. All courses are designed in such a way that students may attend for multiple trimesters. Students who enroll in the same course for successive trimesters will advance on to progressively more advanced and challenging studies.

Please review our Studio Policies before submitting a registration form. New students (particularly those who have not completed prior academic/atelier training) are strongly encouraged to start with Introduction to Classical Drawing. 

winter 2021 trimester

11 January - 27 March

REGISTRATION OPEN

During the trimester, open studio hours run every Saturday from 10:00 - 17:30 for students in any part-time class to work independently on their projects, or to participate in the extracurricular Saturday Portrait Sketch sessions.

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INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL DRAWING
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with MISCHA TRANQUILLI
Mondays & Thursdays
​19:00 - 22:00
CAST DRAWING & PAINTING
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with THOMAS LANGEVELD
Tuesdays & Thursdays
19:00 - 22:00
PORTRAIT DRAWING 
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​with MISCHA TRANQUILLI
Tuesdays & Wednesdays
19:00 - 22:00
PAINTING FROM THE OLD MASTERS: WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU
with THOMAS LANGEVELD
Saturdays
​10:30 - 15:00
EXTRACURRICULAR:
​SATURDAY PORTRAIT SKETCH
UNINSTRUCTED
Saturdays
15:30 - 17:30