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