Course Summary
Course Category: Direct Entry (Higher Education - HET)
This course is designed to prepare students for professional art practice and to enhance the student’s employability options. This programme aims to equip the student with the knowledge, skills and competence required for both autonomous and semi-autonomous working practices in a broad range of art and community contexts.
It also aims to provide students with critical engagement with the contemporary visual culture in the West of Ireland. The course will also allow students to embed the visual arts into the culture of the region, creating an innovative model of arts education in a rural context.
A primary concern will be to foster a person-centred philosophy as the basis for practice, and to equip students with the skills necessary to engage in authentic creative relationships and become both professional artists and cultural agents in the wider community.
This is not a CAO entry course - course fees required - apply directly to the college.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Visual Studies Art History Sociology & Psychology
Media Technical Applications
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
Career Progression
Graduates will have opportunities to work as practitioners in a variety of art practices:
- The fine artist, who solely practices their art
- Artists working mainly in community settings, including public art commissions
- Artists working in arts-based community development, where visual art is a tool to achieve community development
