D.I.T Visual Arts Degree on Sherkin Island

18/04/2018

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'Visiting the B.A in Visual Art on Sherkin Island was one of the most inspiring educational contexts I have ever encountered. The level of critical thinking and rigor to which the students apply themselves in this remote geographical place really calls attention to the fundamental task of contemporary pedagogy. The localisation of critical thinking and the investment of practice in the community allows for a deeper thinking and an expansion of the imagination'.

Jesse Presley Jones
Irelands Representative at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017)

17/04/2018

'Visiting the B.A in Visual Art on Sherkin Island was one of the most inspiring educational contexts I have ever encountered. The level of critical thinking and rigor to which the students apply themselves in this remote geographical place really calls attention to the fundamental task of contemporary pedagogy. The localisation of critical thinking and the investment of practice in the community allows for a deeper thinking and an expansion of the imagination'.

Jesse Presley Jones
Irelands Representative at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017)

19/02/2017

Figures compiled by the Guardian paint a dismal portrait of women artists’ presence in major galleries, both in the UK and abroad. But are things now changing?

04/02/2017

DIGITAL SKIES: Art & Utopian thought in the 21st Century

2016 was the 500th Anniversary of Sir Thomas More's book Utopia (1516), and to mark this event the Dean of the College of Arts and Tourism John O' Connor and B.A.V.A Programme Chair Dr. Glenn Loughran have teamed up to develop the first Digital Painting course on Sherkin Island. Developed within the first year Art & Environment module, 'Digital Skies' will introduce students to the platform of Second Life as space in which to question the positive and negative aspects of Utopian impulses in Art and Technology.

Expanding upon John O'Connor's award-winning Module:
Virtual Environments: Is one life enough? students will engage philosophically with the idea of Utopia, its historical significance and how it relates to the digital world today. Alongside these considerations, the students will develop practical skills in digital painting that will be exhibited in second life and on Sherkin Island in May 2016.

Virtual Environments: Is one life enough?: https://virtualenvironmentsmodule.com,