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A four year part-time flexible degree in contemporary art practices - Year 1 entry and advanced Year 3 entry 2022. This course is designed to prepare students for professional art practice and to enhance the students employability options. The purpose of this part-time programme is to provide students with: Specialised education in contemporary art practices as a basis for a long-term professional career. A broad range of creative and community contexts. A basis for further academic and professional education. 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. Show less

Course Details

Year 1
Academic and Professional Skills (SC:CB)
5 credits

Contemporary Art Practices Core Visual Studies 1
20 credits

Contemporary Art Practices Art History 1
5 credits

Contemporary Art Practices Introduction to New Media
5 credits

Contemporary Art Practices Technical Application
5 credits

Art and Health
5 credits

Year 2
Contemporary Art Practices Core Visual Studies 2
20 credits

Contemporary Art Practices Art History 2
5 credits

Introduction to Contemporary Art Theory
5 credits

Contemporary Art Practices Digital Media
5 credits

Contemporary Art Practices Introduction to Print
5 credits

Contemporary Art Practices Contextual Studies
5 credits

Year 3
Contemporary Art Practices Core Visual Studies 3
10 credits

Contemporary Art Practices - Representing the West
5 credits

Arts Facilitation Skills
5 credits

Contemporary Art Practices Professional Art Practice
5 credits

Introduction to Art and Sustainability
5 credits

Advanced Visual Studies
10 credits

Contemporary Art Theory 1
5 credits

Community Cultural Development
5 credits

*Exit Award option available

Year 4
Contemporary Art Practices Self-Directed Project
15 credits

Community/Context-based Project
10 credits

Art and the Public Sphere
5 credits

Contemporary Art Theory 2
10 credits

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