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Spend One Year Fine-Tuning Musical Skills with The Galway Ensemble in Residence:  ConTempo Quartet

The Galway Music Residency begins the search for its Apprentice Ensemble 2014

The Galway Music Residency is calling musicians interested in becoming its Apprentice Ensemble 2014 to submit applications for the new season! Now in its 8^th year, the apprentice ensemble programme offers a group of musicians dedicated tuition time with the world renowned Galway Ensemble in Residence: ConTempo Quartet.

Over the past eight years The Galway Music Residency has hosted all types of ensembles – as part of this apprentice programme – everything from a ‘Cello Duo, Piano Quartet and String Trio to a Saxophone Quartet! Each of these ensembles was provided with practice space and resources to further their instrumental proficiency both as individual players and within ensemble playing. They were mentored, tutored and advised on a monthly basis by the residence ensemble,  ConTempo Quartet and also provided with a performance opportunity as part of The Galway Music Residency programme.  

The prestigious position of Apprentice Ensemble will take place from April 2014 to March 2015. The position is offered to established ensembles (Irish and International) wanting to further enrich their experience of ensemble playing and may also suit established musicians or teachers coming together as an ensemble for the first time. 

Closing date for the Apprentice Ensemble Scheme is 11^th April 2014 with auditions happening in Galway the following week. The Application form is available on the website at www.thegalwaymusicresidency.ie or by email.  For further information call + 353 91 586706 or send an email to info@thegalwaymusicresidency.ie

The Galway Music Residency delivers a year round performance, education and community based programme of events which includes visits by resident artists to local schools and universities. The Galway Music Residency is supported by The Arts Council, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway University Foundation, Bank of Ireland, Galway City and County Councils and Friends of The Galway Music Residency. 

Working Session: Tax, Self-Employment, Unemployment and Employment with Gaby Smyth

Tuesday 1 April 2014, 10.30-13:00

The New Theatre
43 East Essex Street
Temple Bar
Dublin 2

Now, more people in the performing arts are working freelance and making annual tax returns.  In response, Theatre Forum is organising this Working Session in relation to tax returns and self-employment, unemployment and PAYE employment.  Gaby Smyth of Chartered Accountants Gaby Smyth & Co will give an overview of how people working in the performing arts should treat all income for when making their tax return.  Gaby’s overview will be followed by a Q&A session where you’ll be able to discuss tax issues of particular relevance to you.  Participants will receive a reference guide to Tax, Self-Employment, Unemployment and Employment with worked performing arts examples.  Department of Social Protection representatives will also be invited to attend this session too.

This event is free for Theatre Forum members but we’d ask you to register just so we can plan for members.

See you on 1 April. Coffee and tea will available from 10.15.

Our thanks to Gaby Smyth and The New Theatre for generously supporting this event.

CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PRACTICES

This March we will build on our artist development work with a brilliant workshop on Contracts & Copyright with Linda Scales. Linda was one of our workshop facilitators at the hugely successful Profitable Artist Boot Camp that we ran with New York Foundation for the Arts in October. All of the artists involved found Linda's sessions so useful, having so many questions for her, that we knew we would have to get her back to help even more creatives with the legal side of their art practices. Linda's expertise speaks for itself. Don't miss this intimate workshop where her knowledge will be at your fingertips.

Workshop: Contracts and Copyright for Artists

Tutor: Linda Scales (Solicitor)

About: This workshop will help artists to read and understand contracts and to draft their own in plain language. It will be interactive, practical and jargon-free. Licences and other transfers of artists’ copyright will be covered. So will website terms and conditions.

Date: Friday the 28th March

Time: 12pm - 4.30pm  (tea/coffee break from 2pm till 2.30pm)

Fee: €60 (€50 concession for CFCP members, the unemployed, students and OAP's)

Participants: Maximum of 20

Booking: http://cfcp.ie/events/668

RESIDENTIAL Drawing and Painting Workshops on Coney Island, Sligo Bay,  with ARTIST NEAL GREIG

www.nealgreig.com

WORK IN THE NEW BATHOUSE STUDIO.

Staying on Coney Island for 3 nights, accommodation, meals and tuition.  Suitable for professional or amateurs artists. (Max 6)

Drawing and Painting workshops using a variety of mediums Oil and acrylic.

Location in the scenic surroundings of Coney Island in Sligo Bay.

Learn new drawing and painting techniques from a professional artist

RESIDENTIAL OIL PAINTING WORKSHOPS DATES

2014   APRIL 18 – 21: MAY 2 – 5: JUNE 6 - 9, 20 – 23   

To book a place email nealgreig@hotmail.co.uk  

Or call 087 620 7967

International Physical Theatre Laboratory in Italy

May 16 - 24, 2014

The Lab is the part of the multicultural artistic project which will creates a unique encounter, meeting point and artistic platform for artists and performers of different backgrounds, genres, techniques and skills in one team – theatre actors, dancers, choreographers, circus performers and multidisciplinary performers.

The most astonishing phenomena of arts appear on intersection of cultures, when languages and borders become conditional. Such cross-cultural fusion provides unique space for artistic exchange and encourages artists to search for contemporary universal theatre language in the performance, the methods of training and rehearsals.

Perfect practical conditions are organized for such encounter.

The group accommodation and food are organized at the seaside hotel centre.

The beach is just 10 steps from the hotel surrounded with the big territory of the pine tree park.

The nearest international airport is Pisa Galilei Airport.

From the airport participants can take a direct train to the town where the venue is located (about 60 min from the airport).

The train station is located six km from the workshop place.

Please bear in mind that the group is forming quickly. Participants should book their spots in advance.

Programme, practical information, accommodation, transportation details and application procedure are available on
http://www.iugte.com/projects/lab

International Summer School of Physical Theater July 7 - 12, 2014

Participants & Programme:

The annual residential programme is open to dancers, choreographers, physical theater actors, contemporary circus performers and movers with professional stage experience working in various genres, techniques and styles, interested to take part in practical creative research of Physical Theater together with colleagues from all over the world.

Participants will explore the connection between physical action and voice, gesture, movement, dance and word, composition of the form and the artistic space of the performance, gain practical tools and valuable tips for creating contemporary professional productions in limited rehearsal time.

Scholarships:

There are several partial scholarships available for professional performers.

Practical questions:

accommodation & meals

The group will stay and train at the same venue - at the beautiful refurbished castle in the landscape of natural beauty. The castle has its own guest house and restaurant. Participants can choose to stay at shared twin or single rooms. Three meals per day are organized for the group (both for vegetarians and non-vegetarians).

Transportation:

The summer school is based in the south-east of Austria.

The nearest airport - Graz (Flughafen Graz - GRZ).

Participants will get the necessary detailed directions to the venue.

 More information about schedule, registration conditions, contacts:

http://www.iugte.com/projects/physicality <http://www.iugte.com/projects/physicality>

Platform: Artist As Entrepreneur

Occupy Space are pleased to present another set of professional development workshops following on from the successful Un_Noted Workshops. For these workshops we have worked closely with Creative Limerick, Limerick School of Art and Design and Askeaton Contemporary Arts to create a well rounded, practical set of workshops with exciting speakers.

The first in this series is Submissions & Proposals with Adrian Duncan, 5th of March at 1:30pm in Unit 4, Parkview, Lord Edward St. Limerick. (See map below) This workshop looks at different types of proposals and submissions from visual art proposals to proposals for writing - with a focus on language, written and graphic.

Adrian Duncan is an artist and writer based in Berlin and Ireland. He studied and worked as a structural engineer for over a decade in the U.K. and Ireland. He received his chartership from the IEI in 2007, before returning to study fine art at IADT, Dún Laoghaire in 2008. He received a 1st class honour M.A. (Art in the Contemporary World, NCAD, Dublin) in 2011.

He has been published by The Dublin Review, The Irish Times, Sculpture and Enclave Review. He is co-editor of Paper Visual Art Journal and guest lectures at the UCD School of Architecture, NCAD, and Crawford College of Art.

In March he will be taking up a residency with Askeaton Contemporary Arts.

We will be offering the second instalment of our professional development workshops, Residencies with Jeronimo Hagerman & Michele Horrigan, next Wednesday, the 12th of March, at 1:30pm in Unit 4, Parkview, Lord Edward St. Limerick. (See map below)

Jeronimo Hagerman is an artist based between Barcelona and Mexico City. Hagerman has produced sculptural installations and vegetation interventions in public spaces and museums around the world over the last decade, investigating the relationships between nature and the manmade. He is commissioned to make Askeaton Contemporary Arts’ entry into the annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade.

Michele Horrigan is an artist who works primarily in photography and video. She was educated at HfBK Stadelschule, Frankfurt am Main and the University of Ulster, Belfast. She has exhibited in London, Dublin, Frankfurt am Main, Copenhagen and Buenos Aires. She lives in Askeaton, County Limerick and London. Since 2006 she is founder and curatorial director of Askeaton Contemporary Arts. 

Each workshop is free but donations will be gladly accepted.

Please book your place by emailing occupy.space@gmail.com.

LEARN & DEVELOP SKILLS TO LEAD YOUR OWN CEREMONIES and ACT as an INDEPENDENT CELEBRANT

Rites of Passage Midsummer School  led by Gilly Adams & Sue Gill

 20-23 June, £395 -  earlybirds less 10%  Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria

Many of us experience ritual and ceremony in our lives in an inarticulate way, plagued by anxiety and embarrassment: we may settle for a formulaic response to marking birthdays; we may give a glance to the changing of the seasons; we bear witness at weddings and funerals. Yet we may also experience the absence of ritual at key moments of change or loss when we yearn to find a vehicle for our emotions.

 This intensive 4 day course offers an opportunity to explore how ceremony and celebration feature, and have featured, in our own lives in order to empower ourselves to be bolder in honouring significant beginnings and endings and to facilitate that process for others in an imaginative and creative way.

 This is not a nuts and bolts course but one shaped to fulfil the needs and aspirations of everyone involved. Journey is always a key metaphor in the work and the focus is on rolling up our sleeves and making ceremony - both public and private - in a safe environment. Gilly Adams and Sue Gill have been working together for many years and bring their own particular brand of humour and insight to the task of sharing their practical experience of secular celebrancy.

Visiting artist Hannah Fox will lead a hands-on session, passing on simple techniques to enhance and transform the space for ceremony. 

Food is always a key element in ceremony and celebration, and since we will be eating home cooked lunches and evening meals together, feasting will be a special theme. The working day will be 10am – 9pm, finishing at 2pm on the last day. Fees include tuition, all materials, and meals throughout.

There are 12 places available at £395 with a 10% discount for the first  6 people who book and pay in full before March 1^st 2014. A few of these places have gone, but there are still discounts available. Email us for details of how to pay. Payment by instalments can be arranged. Accommodation and camping is available on site, but not included in the cost of the workshop.

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ONLINE SHORT STORY WRITING COURSE

After the success of both the Online Flash Fiction and Memoir Writing Courses, Fish is proud to announce the launch of the Fish Short Story Writing Course. This tailored online program will not only develop your general writing skills but will explore in depth the potential of the short story genre.

The course offers both new and experienced writers an extensive range of creative ideas and activities to help develop their craft.  Course tutor Mary-Jane Holmes will be on hand to offer advice on mastering technique and developing personal style. Each module concentrates on a key aspect of the form, such as shape and structure, narrative perspective and characterization and by the end of the program you will have completed a polished work of short fiction that will be submitted for the Fish Short Story Prize.

For further information please go to Short Story Writing Course or email: shortstorycourse@fishpublishing.com.

Creative Writing Course at Venues Across Ireland

Course available at venues across Ireland

Writing for Publishing is the title of a new educational initiative being spearheaded by The Manuscript Publisher and designed specifically for authors, writers, independent publishers. It aims to equip authors and writers with both the tools and the skills necessary to write and reach a public audience in today’s publishing environment.

It is a creative writing course for the modern publishing age, emphasising the all -important connection between writing and publishing: how one informs the other and how the two operate in today’s era of digital media and mass communication. Prospective authors and writers will learn how to develop their writing skills with a view to getting published. They will learn to seek out, identify and take advantages of writing and publishing opportunities that present themselves.

A complete course outline, including contact details and how to book a group seminar or presentation is available from the Writing for Publishing website – www.writingforpublishing.com

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME VISUAL ARTISTS IRELAND
Spring / Summer 2014

An Introduction into Intellectual Property with Shirley Madden, Madden and Black Ltd.

In partnership with Leitrim Enterprise Board and the Harnessing Creativity Programme

At the end of the workshop delegates will have: conducted an IP Audit on their own idea and created their own IP portfolio; identified the most appropriate form of protection for their IP; learned how to collaborate with others in business; a non-disclosure agreement template for future use.

@ The Barrack's Store, Enniskillen Castle

Fri. 14 Mar. (11.00 - 14.00)

Places: 10 – for Harnessing Creativity Participants, some places for interested others

For full details and to register: http://bit.ly/1hfSj44

@ Strule Arts Centre, Omagh

Sat. 15 Mar. (10.30 – 13.30)

Places: 10 – for Harnessing Creativity Participants, some places for interested others

For full details and to register: http://bit.ly/1gbiqGy

Peer Critique for Artists-Entrepreneurs with Mary Carty

In partnership with Leitrim Enterprise Board and the Harnessing Creativity Programme

Mary Carty will make a short presentation about her design and media work, discussing the development of her business Spoiltchild. She will then lead the group responses to participant presentations.  The session hopes to address both design and business concepts.

@ The Hive, Carrick on Shannon, Co.Leitrim

Fri. 21 Mar. (11.00 – 17.00)

Places: 6 – for Harnessing Creativity Participants but some places for interested others

For full details and to register: http://bit.ly/1cz7hdV

Peer Critique Painting with Vicky Wright

It is intended the session will create dialogue and openness between artistic peers and foster continued peer support amongst participants. Six artists will be asked to come prepared with a short presentation on their practices and on future projects they would like to  develop.  Vicky will also make a presentation about her own work.

@ Visual Artists Ireland, Dublin

Thu. 27 Mar. (10.30 – 16.30)

Places: 6 (1 remaining)

Fee: €80 / 40 (VAI Members)

For full details and to register: http://bit.ly/1evKmQs

Web & Social Media Strategies for Visual Artists with Mary Carty

In partnership with Dunamaise Arts Centre

Entrepreneur Mary Carty will discuss: how you keep the audience for your work engaged; strategies that you might employ to promote your fine art or design work and how social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can assist with audience development.

@ Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise

Fri. 28 Mar. (10.30 – 16.30)

Places: 10

Fee: €80 / 40 (VAI Members)

For full details and to register: http://bit.ly/1cz7Iov

Peer Critique for Artists-Designers with Shane Holland, Designer and Artist

In partnership with Leitrim Enterprise Board and the Harnessing Creativity Programme

Shane Holland will make a short presentation about his design work, discussing the development of his furniture design. He will then lead the group response to peer presentations.  The session hopes to address both the design and business concepts that participants are developing.

@ The Barrack's Store, Enniskillen Castle

Sat. 29 Mar. (11.00 - 14.00)

Places: 6 – for Harnessing Creativity Participants but some places for interested others

For full details and to register: http://bit.ly/1aZ2g3h

Developing Opportunities and Accessing Funding for Creative Enterprise with Lorraine Bowen

In partnership with Leitrim Enterprise Board and the Harnessing Creativity Programme

This highly interactive and engaging workshop aims to help participants to explore the full range of opportunities that may exist for their creative practice or business. It aims to support the development of strategies for researching and assessing these opportunities.

@ The Hive, Carrick on Shannon, Co.Leitrim

Sat. 10 May (11.00 – 17.00)

Places: 10 – for Harnessing Creativity Participants, some places for interested others

For full details and to register: http://bit.ly/1cz8Atg

Developing Proposals & Tender Documents with Marianne O'Kane-Boal

In partnership with Leitrim Enterprise Board and the Harnessing Creativity Programme

In terms of researching tendering online there is very little guidance available on this area and until you have written a tender it is difficult to know the way in. The talk will explore an approach to formatting of tenders and targeting opportunities accurately.

@ Strule Arts Centre, Omagh

Fri. 16 May (10.30 – 13.30)

Places: 10 – for Harnessing Creativity Participants, some places for interested others

For full details and to register: http://bit.ly/1bs79lZ

@ The Barrack's Store, Enniskillen Castle

Sat. 17 May (10.30 - 16.30)

Places: 10 – for Harnessing Creativity Participants, some places for interested others

For full details and to register: http://bit.ly/1bPpx2v

Peer Critique for Artists/Designers (Tutor TBC)

In partnership with Leitrim Enterprise Board and the Harnessing Creativity Programme

A lead artist will make a short presentation about his design work, discussing the development of his/her design practice. He/she will then lead the group response to peer presentations.  The session hopes to address both the design and business concepts that participants are developing.

@ Strule Arts Centre, Omagh

4 / 5 Apr (11.00 – 17.00)

Places: 6 – for Harnessing Creativity Participants, some places for interested others

For full available shortly at: http://bit.ly/1nw1KKi

Bookings  Payments for talks/clinics/Day long workshops

Booking and payment is required in advance for all sessions.  We encourage artists to register online where possible and if you wish to make payments off line following registration please do provide a mobile phone number on the registration form. We accept payment in the following ways: through PayPal online; by stg£ or Euro cheque made out to Visual Artists Ireland or by credit card over the phone.  N.B. Should you chose to cancel your attendance at a workshop, 7 working days notice must be given in order to receive a refund of your booking fee. If an event is not listed on our online system please email monica@visualartists.ie to register interest in an event. State the full title of the event, the location and date and provide your name and mobile number in your email.

To register online for Republic of Ireland training: http://visualartists.ie/education-2/current-programme/
To register online for Northern Ireland training: http://visualartists.org.uk/services/professionaldevelopment/current/

Fees:

VAI members receive preferential discount of 50% on fees for all training and professional development events.
Talks - €10/ £5  (VAI Members rate)
Clinics or Day-long Workshops - €40 / £20 (VAI Members rate)

Tell us about your training needs!
If you are interested in training please do get in touch with us directly or forward an expression of interest in a topic/s through the Professional Development Training web page.  We often repeat workshops when there is a strong demand for a topic. 

Artist & Tutors Panel
 Visual Artists Ireland has an ongoing open submission process for artists and arts professionals interested in being part of an available panel of tutors contributing to the VAI Professional Development Training Programme. For details go to our training registration page and click on Register for the PDT Artists Panel: http://visualartists.ie/education-2/current-programme/

Training: Evaluating arts, health & wellbeing initiatives

Willis Newson is the UK’s leading independent arts consultancy working with health, community and education partners in public spaces. Willis Newson have just launched a new training programme entitled Evaluating Arts, Health & Wellbeing Initiatives.

Are you currently working in the field of arts in health or arts and wellbeing?
Do you need to credibly demonstrate the outcomes and impacts of your work?
Do you want to want to develop and grow your professional practice or initiative in a way that is sustainable and exemplifies best practice?

Project evaluation remains a key challenge for practitioners and organisations. This course will provide an overview of evaluation techniques to support those managing and delivering arts, health and wellbeing initiatives and introduce participants to the theoretical concepts and practical tools they need to undertake their own evaluations. Our watchwords are Appropriate, Ethical and Credible, but we also encourage participants to think creatively about the approaches they use. Led by expert practitioners, the course will include teaching and case studies as well as group activities providing opportunities for discussion and feedback. Practical skills development will be combined with teaching and reflection. A suggested reading list will be provided.

Course details
Day 1: Appropriate, Ethical and Credible: An Introduction to Arts and Health Evaluation
Day 2: Anecdote to Evidence: Understanding, Accessing and Using the Evidence Base
Day 3: Making Sense of the Numbers: Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis
Day 4: Making Sense of What People Say and Do:Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis
Day 5: Getting the Message Out: Credible and Effective Reporting

The programme is open to project and programme managers working in the field of arts and health or arts and wellbeing, as well as artists, arts practitioners and creative professionals currently working in, or seeking to develop their practice in, arts, health and social care. It will also be of interest to a range of healthcare professionals including arts therapists, occupational therapists, nurses, doctors, activity co-ordinators and managers.

To book click here

Dates:

The course will run fortnightly from 9am – 3.30pm on:

Tuesday 25 March 2014
Tuesday 8 April 2014

Cost:

£450 for the full 5 day programme
£110 per day for individual days
While you can choose whether to attend the full five days or pick and choose individual sessions, Willis Newson recommends that all participants take the first introductory session.

As part of their commitment to improving the delivery of arts and health projects, Willis Newson offer a range of training and professional development courses to those working in the field. For details on other training click here.

Arts Courses at Newtownbarry House

The fully equipped Artists Studio is in the old Kitchen of Newtownbarry House. It has beautiful light from its two roof light windows making it an excellent painting and drawing studio. It has easels, a room with sinks and a separate room for painting boards or still life. It can accommodate 12 people on the art courses. It also has a separate room for lunch and discussions. Newtownbarry also offers B&B with a delicious dinner for anybody who wishes to stay. There are also plenty of opportunities to do landscape painting or drawing around the grounds and parkland of the house.

For details, please download the PDF of New Studio Programme 2010 (approx 1mb).

For more details check out http://www.newtownbarryhouse.com/

RIAM Diploma in Community & Group Music Teaching

The RIAM is delighted to present our Diploma in Community & Group Music Teaching programme. This Diploma is unique to the RIAM and is our way of supporting the vision of Music Generation of bringing music education to every community in Ireland with the generous support of U2 and the Ireland Funds.

The prospectus outlines a range of information from entry requirements, application procedures to assessments and academic components.  The aim of the programme is to equip musicians with the attitude and skills required to teach effectively in the community and classroom setting.

If you require any further information please contact the General Office.

DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN MUSIC EDUCATION (MA Mus. Ed.)

The Department of Arts Education and Physical Education in association with the Department of Music offer this specialised MA degree in Music Education. The degree involves an exploration of music teaching and learning processes from a range of social science perspectives and involves interdisciplinary studies in Education, Music and other related fields.

Who the course is for?

Anyone with an interest in music education including:

• teachers (at primary, post-primary and music school/college levels)
• policymakers
• community/outreach workers
• curriculum support personnel
• professional/community musicians

How long is the course?

• A one-year full-time or two-year part-time programme that requires completion of six modules and a dissertation

Are there entry requirements?

Applicants will normally hold either:

a) an honours primary degree with Music along with a post-graduate qualification in Education, or

b) an honours primary degree in Education with Music.

Applicants with equivalent, appropriate qualifications along with relevant professional experience may also be considered on a case by case basis.

How do I apply?

Please read application guidelines on the postgraduate application page.

You must fill in an application form which can be accessed from:

Admissions Office ,
Student Services
Mary Immaculate College,
South Circular Road,
Limerick
Tel: +353 61 204348
Tel: +353 61 204348
Email: admissions@mic.ul.ie

Or you can access the form here.

Further information on the course is available from:

Dr Ailbhe Kenny,
Course Coordinator,
Mary Immaculate College,
South Circular Road,
Limerick
Tel: +353 61 774721
Email: ailbhe.kenny@mic.ul.ie

ONLINE MA IN ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION AT LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN | CALL FOR APPLICANTS

The MA in Art and Design Education is a blended part-time programme that runs over two years.

The programme operates online through networked platforms with college-based seminars and workshops held during eight days over the two years. The next intake is September 2014 and applications from both national and international candidates are currently being accepted.

The programme is designed to meet the need for critically focused advanced-level study for art and design teachers within the contexts of professional in-career development and life-long learning; extend teachers’ learning in areas of creative art and design practice, research and teaching within an online community of practice; make learning experiences available to teachers that take advantage of Web. 2.0 technologies. The programme provides a platform to network with peers and agencies for the advancement of professional skills, personal capabilities and educational innovation and change in the field of art and design, and to provide teachers with pioneering learning and teaching processes that place a premium on contribution, collaboration, responsibility and autonomy.

This is a new type of MA programme, one that embraces new ideas about learning and the kinds of active social spaces that can be nurtured online. By stressing the importance of fostering a learning community of art and design teachers the new programme endeavors to meet the challenge of providing authentic educational experiences that expose participants to a rich network of content and dialogue.

For further information contact programme leader Maria Finucane (maria.finucane@lit.ie)

www.lit.ie/lsad/courses/mastersineducation/index.html

MFA at the Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster: Call for Applications

The two-year MFA at the Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster seeks to attract outstanding and highly motivated applicants. The MFA was established 1979, is based in Belfast and has a long and proven track record of providing a rigorous studio-based programme with access to the expertise of a core staff of nationally and internationally recognised visiting artists. Within the studio and wider environments the diversity of teaching input by staff and visiting artists reflects the range of approaches and contexts embraced.

We recognise contemporary Art practice as being open and pluralistic and encourages dialogue between diverse disciplines. A multi-disciplinary/ inter-media approach enables students to work in a flexible manner that offers the maximum opportunity for individual practice. Students are asked to engage with systems of enquiry that explore and embrace traditional exhibition formats alongside wider models of production, distribution and dissemination. Critical discourse on practice with an emphasis on analysis and self-reflection contributes to an understanding of contemporary art located within a larger cultural, social and political context.

The MFA supports committed, critically engaged and sustainable professional practice.

The 2010 Turner Prize was won by MFA graduate Susan Phillipsz (1994). Other nominated graduates include Phil Collins, Cathy Wilkes and Christine Borland. Graduates of the MFA have been substantially represented over the years in other high profile events and prizes, including the Venice Biennale, Becks Futures, The Nissan Art Award, New Contemporaries, The John Moores Prize and the Glenn Dimplex Award. Two graduates have been awarded the highly competitive Paul Hamlyn Award. Film production, art writing, gallery management and curation are allied areas where graduates have also been internationally successful.

Deadline: The application process has rolling deadline however we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible as places are allocated to suitable candidates on a first come basis.

For full details see: http://mfabelfast.wordpress.com/

MA Art in Public: University of Ulster, Belfast Campus

The MA Art in Public has evolved from current complex concerns for the role of art / artists in a changing society. The MA focuses on a wide set of contexts, it is based in and responds to Belfast, where engaged art practices have been developed in various “public” spaces for many years.

The programme seeks to develop testing modes of working that are dialogic, participatory, interventionist or collaborative in intention and structure.

Throughout the programme students will work with formal / informal external partners and be expected to develop self initiated, innovative practice based approaches.

The programme is run full-time over 3 semesters – a period of 18 months including a summer break. Part-time it is run over a 3 year period.

More details here: http://masterartinpublic.wordpress.com/

The deadline is ongoing.

Postgraduate and Part-Time Programmes in IADT Dun Laoghaire
IADT: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology have postgraduate and part-time programmes in the following areas: • Business: Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Cultural Event Management. • Humanities: -MA in Public Culture Studies. -Certificate in Creative Writing. -Certificate in Citizenship and Society. • Visual and Media Arts: MA in Visual Arts Practices. MA in Screenwriting for Film and Television | MA in Broadcast Production for Radio and Television.  IADT is also offering a number of scholarships for Masters by Research on the basis of research proposals in Creative Arts and Media, and Public Cultures / Entrepreneurship. More information on www.iadt.ie , or contact our Admissions Office on (01) 239 4621 or at postgraduate@iadt.ie

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing - American College Dublin in association with the Irish Writers' Centre

• A one-year course examining the process and composition of prose fiction.
• Critical workshops and one-on-one mentoring guide students to complete a novel or short story collection.
• The creative writing process considered from intellectual, psychological, economic, and cultural angles.
• Seminars presented by agents and publishers emphasise the professional environment of writing.
• Master classes by established writers.   

You can find full details of the MFA in Creative Writing here 

American College, Dublin, a constituent college of Irish American University, is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

For Further discussion and advice on the programme and guidance on submitting:

www.amcd.ie 01-676-8939 ADMISSIONS@AMCD.IE  

Scholarships announced for dancers, choreographers, physical theatre actors and contemporary circus performers

July 7 - 12, 2014

Discover, create and exchange the boldest ideas for contemporary Physical Theatre
at the annual International Summer School in Austria!

Performers are coming from all over the world.
Our working language is English.

The programme creates the international space for new experience and creative collaboration in multicultural and multilingual artistic environment, inspires performers to search for the universal “intercultural” language in contemporary performance, enables artists to explore the infinite possibilities of the actor’s psycho-physical instrument, provides a perfect place for trying new ideas and creative risks - light, creative and joyful creation in the circle of colleagues from different parts of the world.

The group accommodation and meals are organized at the beautiful refurbished castle located in the natural landscape of Austrian countryside. Participants can stay at shared twin or single rooms at the comfortable guest house. Three meals per day (both for vegetarians and non-vegetarians) are organized at the castle restaurant.

Participants will enjoy the nature during the outdoor morning warm-up and continue practical training and creation in the inspiring castle premises.

The programme is based in the south-east of Austria in the picturesque Styria region.
The nearest airport is located in Graz (Flughafen Graz - international code GRZ).

More information about the Summer School programme, registration and contacts:
http://www.iugte.com/projects/physicality