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.