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

Tuesday, May the5th 09
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.