BACKSTORY February at Cork Vision Centre - presented by Arts Administration at CSN

Arts Administration at CSN will produce an exceptional exhibition of work of Art and Design from the college at Cork Vision Centre @ St. Peter's, N. Main. Street, opening Tuesday February 2nd 2010 through 24th Februday 2010.

75 pieces of work from 6 courses will grace the expanse of the mid-town venue, including public tours; weekend family programming - including workshops in art and music - with all the fun of a multi-dimensional experience.

Courses represented in the exhibition are: Art, Craft and Design; Access with Design 1 & 2; Ceramics Level 6; Textiles Level 6; Furniture Design 1 and 2; Multimedia 1 and 2 as well as installation design and implementation by students of Arts Administration.

Arts Administration students have styled the exhibit, produced the branding and Graphic Design for the posters and invites (Paul Delaney) as well as matting and framing, displaying all the work for the presentation to the public.

Liz Meaney, City Arts Officer, will open the exhibition, officially, to the Cork public, on Tuesday 2nd February. We would love to see you there - all activities and tours are FREE during the month - weekend activities are a "must" for chiuldren of all ages and their parents.

For further information contact: Carol White, Course Director, Arts Administration, CSN.
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Student Project Managers for this exhibition are: Tadhg Crowley and Eimear Kelleher, Arts Admin. students

Professional Arts Students at the Glucksman Christmas Craft Sale and the ‘Generation’ exhibition at the Crafts Council Gallery Kilkenny.

The Professional Arts Students : Brendan Corcoran, Elisenda Caamano, Conor O’Keefe and Sandy Hyland were exhibiting at the prestigious Craft Cale at the Glucksman Gallery, UCC, Cork on the weekend of the 7th of November.

Elisenda Caamano and Sandy Hyland are also showing their work as part of the exhibition ‘Generations’ that is currently being held at the Crafts Council Gallery in Kilkenny. The exhibition which features selected works from Irish Design Institute Graduate Design Awards and the Irish Arts Review/Crafts Council of Ireland Emerging Maker Award opened on Saturday the 31st of October and will run until the 10th of January 2010.

Check out their website at www.treehousebespoke.com.

For further information about the course visit the course page on the CSN site

Christmas Craft Sale at CSN

The Higher Professional Arts students are organising a Christmas Craft Sale on Tuesday the 8th of December starting from 10.30 am near the main reception area.
The main focuss will be craft items in wood and textiles but ceramics items from last year’s first year students will also be included. This is a unique opportunity to purchase craft items of a new generation of emerging designer makers at compatible prices. Come early to avoid disappointment

Well done Maria

Congratulations to CSN Graphic Design student Maria Costello who designed the College Night Course brochure. Maria’s design exhibits a high level of design skill and attention to detail. The design of the booklet involved a lot of hard work and co-operation with the Night Course Dept. This is a great achievement for Maria to design a brochure to such a professional standard having completed a one year course in Graphic Design at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa.

We wish Maria good luck in the future from all at the Graphic Design Dept.

Arts Administration Students get the BACKSTORY

Seventeen 2009-10 students of Arts Administration at CSN have begun the process of Planning and Organising the 8th annual Art and Design Exhibition, BACKSTORY, opening at Cork Vision Centre@ St. Peter's in February 2010.

With the CSN student art and design work already selected for the show, AA students have been led in an "exhibit title" brainstorming session, by CIT graduate in Graphic Design, Paul Delaney. Emphasising team working, allowing the entire class to explore possibilities for graphic design "interpretive planning" for the exhibition - hundreds of words, branching off of the title "BACKSTORY" were splashed across a classroom white board. Everyone participated.

Project Managers for the exhibition are Tadgh Crowley, LSAD graduate and Caitriona Considine, graudate of Cork School of Music. They will delegate jobs to the other class members.

Management skills, Customer Service, Marketing, Exhibition Techniques and Design, accompany the inherent "nurturing of skills" necessary for successfully dealing with the public - creatively organising the hang, the opening, weekend programming and tour guiding throughout the month of February 2010 will be fulfilled by the motivated group.

Hands-on, practical modules are a hallmark of this innovative course. CSN Arts Administration is validated by CHNTO, UK, formerly the Museum Training Institute. Watch this BLOG space.
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Lets become professional

The Professional Arts Diploma will run again this year, with 1 Textile and 4 Furniture Design students, after funding has been confirmed by the Cork City Enterprise Board.

After a successful year in 1007/8 with an end of year exhibition in the Rubicon Centre, CIT, the course is running again to facilitate students that are ready to prepare for self-employment.

Looking back and ahead

7 out of 9 Creative Ceramics students have successfully transferred ino second Year Ceramics at the Crawford College of Art and Design. The end of year show was a great success and included wall pieces, large scale scupltures and small decorative vessels and pieces from the new sculpture module. A selection of work will be on show in February in the Vision Centre. A new group of first year students is scheduled to start on the 14th of September.

Access All Areas!!

This year Access with Design applications were very high. We’re looking forward to the 21st of September when we meet our new students and welcome back our second year class.

Congratulations to all, results were fantastic and you can look forward to celebrating them at the graduation in November. Good luck to those of you pursuing further studies in CSN and Crawford College of Art. This year watch out for our touring exhibition in St Finbarres Cathedral and our participation in the Lifelong Learning Festival in March 2010.

New Beginnings

Firstly we would like to congratulate last year’s students on their excellent results and on their college placement. So far it looks like most people have been placed on their first choice college course. Well done and good luck in your new course!

We would also like to welcome our new students; we have an exciting programme ready for you and are looking forward to getting started on the 14th. Competition for places was very tough this year especially in the September round of interviews. I would advise anyone interested in applying for next years programme to apply early, last year we interviewed in March and again in May. If you would like to have a look around the art area and have a chat about the course, e-mail me at l.phelan@csn.ie and I will be happy to make you an appointment. Also check out our slideshow and ex student feedback also on this site. But most importantly keep making art.

Well done textile students!

Well done to last years students who had a wonderful show in May. The students are now invited to exhibit their work in the College of Music gallery space. The Textile Exhibition titled ‘The Long Note’ will open in November.

Congratulations to textile graduate Anne Kiely who won first prize (Print) in the RDS Craft Competition. Anne’s bespoke chairs and soft furnishings can be viewed on this blog. The winners of the competition will in the Sirius Art Gallery in November. Congratulations also

to graduate Carmel Creaner who was elected to the board of the Craft Council of Ireland.

Arts Admin Student Profile, Sinéad Foley 07-08

Sinéad Foley is a past student of the Arts Administration course. Originally from West Cork, she now lives and works in Darwin, Australia.

"I graduated from Limerick School of Art and Design, in 2005, with a B.A. in Printmaking. A past student of CSN told me about the Arts Administration course. I was a student at CSN from 2007-2008. During the course, I did Work Experience with the National Sculpture Factory in administration and also volunteered for Art Trail. I also had the opportunity to act as Project Manager, with fellow-student, Anna Crudge, for the CSN May art and design exhibition, entitled "Up the Walls". Overall , my experience on the course was broad and varied and covered all aspects of working in the arts industry. I found the course challenging, but overcoming each challenge was thoroughly rewarding".

"I am now working for the Mbantua Gallery, Darwin (www.mbantua.com.au) as a Gallery Assistant. The gallery specialises in contemporary aboriginal art from the Utopia Region near Alice Springs. I decided to move to Australia as I believe it offers better job and lifestyle opportunities. All the skills I learned on the Arts Administration course are relevant and being put into practice in my current job. I got a lot out of the course thanks to the tutors' passion for the subject, which working in "it", I now understand."

IN THE NOW OPENING - Art and Design Exhibition CSN: a huge success for everyone involved

IN THE NOW, annual exhibition of art and design, opened to the public Thursday evening 21st of May to a crowd of over 700 people. Friends and families enjoyed speeches by Senator Mairín Quill, who is retiring from politics; and official opening speaker Mags Geaney who thoughtfully spent time looking at all of the work in the show to prepare a moving speech - paying tribute to the teachers and students, the arts administration students who organised the event and the management for providing a creative atmosphere for this type of important exhibition in troubled times. Taking refuge in the magic of the world of art is a positive pass time for adults and children alike. The variety of work on view in this exhibition of over 400 works has been created by the following CSN courses: Art, Craft and Design;
Multimedia; href="http://www.csn.ie/htms/art/c-ar-textiles.htm">Creative Textiles; Creative Ceramics; Furniture Design and Access with Design.

Puppets created by students of ACCESS with Design 1 have been featured on the Back Page of The Irish Examiner 22nd May 2009. The hard work and planning that goes into an exhibition of this size and calibre paid off with a happy crowd on the night of the opening. Music in the garden was performed by students of Music, Management and Sound from CSN.

For further information, contact: Carol White, Arts Administration, Course Director, exhibitionscsnprojmanag@hotmail.com

Raku Firing

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The students of the Creative Ceramics Course had their second Raku firing today with Rainer Marcinkovsky at Colaiste Stiofain Naofa.
Raku is an experimental firing technique first developed in Japan. The glazed ceramic work is fired to end temperature ( here1050°C) and taken out of the kiln when red hot and reduced in sawdust. The glazes crackle and vary in colour and effect while the body turns black. The technique is very immediate and gives participants the opportunity to experience the process of firing directly.
Two firings were fitted into a busy day and the ware included small vessels, wall pieces and sculptures. The most successful pieces can be seen at the end of year exhibition ‘In The Now’ opening on Thursday night, the 21st of May.

IN THE NOW - May Exhibition

IN THE NOW, 21st Annual Exhibition of art and design by CSN students will open to the public on Thursday evening, 21st May, 7-9 PM at the college (CSN) on Tramore Road, Cork. Courses on view will be Art, Craft and Design; Textiles; Ceramics; Multimedia; Graphic Design; Furniture Design and ACCESS with Design. The exhibition will feature the best student work selected from this year's course-modules. Arts Administration students will organise the event, hang the art and design exhibitions as well as style the show, including all label copy, interpretive planning and working with Graphic Designer, Olga Tiernan, from Galway (former student of CSN).

The title was selected from over 100 possibilities to represent the csn art and design ethos, the time in our popular culture and the symbolism of bravery in the light of uncertain odds. We are living IN THE NOW.

Music at the opening will be provided by students of Music, Management and Sound at CSN.

Over 400 works will be on display to the public, from 22nd May (Friday) through Thursday 28th May, 9:30 AM - 4 PM daily. The show will be taken down, Thursday 28th May, 4 PM.

For further information and details, please contact: exhibitionscsnprojmanag@hotmail.com, Carol White, Course Director, Arts Administration. (021) 4961020 On-line application forms are available for all courses: www.csn.ie

PRESS RELEASE
“Angels and Arches: Access with Design 1 at CSN”
Cork Life Long Learning Festival


Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, College of Further Education, is delighted to announce the opening of an exhibition showcasing new and exciting work by emerging talent from Access with Design 1 course 2008 - 2009.

“Decorative architecture inspires art students and takes their creativity to new heights.” Jenny Monks

The joy and fulfilment of returning to education is celebrated for the Lifelong Learning Festival in this exhibition. Clare Hennessey, Director of the Cork Printmakers, will officially open the exhibition on Tuesday, 31st March, at 10.30 AM, ground floor foyer.

Be dazzled and enchanted by ‘Angels and Arches’ a stunning collection of beautifully stitched and printed work by first year students on the Access with Design course. Sewn threads, glistening layered fabrics and embellished details entrance the viewer and showcase the talent of this unique class.

The decorative architectural beauty of St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral is the starting point of the students’ creative journeys. Research drawings, undertaken on site, have been developed into a majestic collection of inspirational prints and stitched pieces. CSN welcomes the public to view this exhibition that celebrates students’ newfound skills and creativity in the interpretation of one of Corks, most famous landmarks.

Access with Design promotes art for the learner at beginners’ level. The course encourages all participants to reach their full artistic potential, giving them self confidence and fulfilment in achieving skills in various design processes. If you are interested and require further information or would like to interview for a place on the course we currently welcome applicants. www.csn.ie

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Event: “Angels and Arches”, Access with Design 1
Contact: Jenny Monks jennylmonks@gmail.com
Telephone: 021 4961020
Fax: 021 4961320
Venue: Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Tramore Rd., Cork
Dates: Monday March 30th – Friday April 10th 2009
Opening Hours: 9.30 AM – 4.30 PM (Monday – Friday)
Opening Reception: Tuesday 31st March, 10.30 AM
Opening Speaker: Clare Hennessey, Director, Cork Printmakers

CUES Kite-Making Saturday at the Vision Centre

Organised by Arts Administration student, Jeanienne McCarthy, the kitmaking workshops proved to be a wonderful experience for the attending families. A short tour was provided first and the children had an art student (here we see Laura Perrem, Art, Craft and Design CSN with Ethan) working with them to help with glue and organising materials. Being able to take home the kite was a big hit with the attenders. Parents stayed on to listen to the music from 1-3 with their young ones, making a day of it on N. Main Street. FREE to the public, workshops will be held on Valentines's Day AM 10-12 noon (Card Making) and music follwing 1-3 PM. 21st Feb will be a morning art workshop to make percussion shakers (10 AM - 12 noon) followed by a Trad session and rhythm workshop with Aodán Coyne and friends, from Ennis Co. Clare (1-3PM) for further information, contact: exhibitionscsnprojmanag@hotmail.com

Experimental Projects - Textile Student, Anne Kiely's Clingfilm Dress and Stillettoes - CUES impact piece

Experimental project work varies from course to course in the Department of Art and Design. Anne Kiely's cling film dress, with embedded hydrangea leaves and recyclable materials, including the skirt. The dress provided a point of interest as it appeared to be floating and set off other pieces of work, including textile panel by Carmel Creaner. The colour of Carmel's piece carried a wall that was a perfect fit for its length and width.

CSN offers a course for everyone's talents. Working with members of all courses is an advantage for students of Arts Administration students who write about the arts, photograph art work and people, practice customer service and work with arts and the community.

Grazed, group show of Creative Ceramics students at Patrick Street Gallery

The students of the Creative Ceramics Course 2008 presented a show of their end of year ceramics at the Patrick Street Gallery in June. The show was organized by students ( as part of their marketing module), curated by Course director Stefanie Dinkelbach and opened by Cork based sculptor Kevin Holland. A variety of pieces including vessel shapes, wall pieces as well as small and large scale sculptures were on display for a week before the midsummer festival.

Creative Textiles

Creative Textiles provides training in a diverse range of skills on paper and in studio based work. Students who participate in this course will learn how to develop ideas from the planning stage through to the final product in a variety of different subjects and techniques. Personal projects allow for the cultivation of an individual style in the resulting portfolio and artifacts produced.

The course is a multi-disciplined area of study and covers a range of skills such as Printed Textiles, Fabric Manipulation and Stitch, Drawing, and Colour and Dyes in the creation of seemingly effortless textiles suitable for fashion, accessories, interiors, and fine art.

Graduate profile: Louise Roberts

Louise Roberts is a past student from Art, Craft & Design currently teaching Art at Colaiste Daibheid Cork. Louise completed her Higher Diploma in Education at Crawford College of Art and Design and has a Bachelor of Arts in Painting from Limerick School of Art and Design.

I attended Colaiste Stiofain Naofa in 2001-2002. Personally I enjoyed the experience immensely and found that it prepared me for art college life by improving my technical and creative skills and building my confidence. Students are exposed to all areas of Art and Design and benefit from the varying specialist skills of individual tutors. Tutors strive for standards of excellence from their students and nurture each individuals particular strengths. It was here that I discovered my love for painting.

An Art and Design Student is always welcomed back to visit the college. The staff are always interested in a students career and are willing to facilitate past students in whatever way possible.