Nuacht & Deiseanna Eile | Other News & Opportunities - Workshops/Masterclasses/Training Courses

"Stagecoach Mayo say Happy Birthday Shakespeare this midsummer!"

Stagecoach Mayo, part of the successful children's theatre school network in it's 26th year have confirmed they will perform, Dream On! by Malcom Sircom,  the smash hit musical adaptation of A Midsummer Nights Dream which has been re-worked into a version suitable for Junior and Secondary Schools.

Principal Eliz Lucey said" It's simplified so that Junior actors will not be overstretched but is suitable for 6 to 16 year olds" she explained" It's actually the 450th anniversary of the bard this year so what better way to brush up on shakespeare and the song and dance routines will be brilliant fun also!"

Stagecoach Mayo runs each Saturday from 10am to 1pm at Sacred Heart School Westport where children and teenagers train in all three disciplines of drama, dance and singing each Saturday morning.

Each part time school recruits a total of 45 students, divided by age into three groups of fifteen. For the first hour, one group learns to dance, the second to sing and the third to act. When the hour is up groups rotate. All groups are trained by experienced teachers who are professional choreographers, performers, directors and musicians.

The summer term runs from Saturday April 26th to June 28th with an additional bonus workshop involving students from Stagecoach Galway and Clare on Sunday 6th July. Two week taster sessions are available and there are limited places available for the forthcoming season.

 The Mayo centre also officially launched their Summer Camp programme with five day camps for 4 to 6 year olds and 6 to 17 year olds running 21st July to 25th July at Sacred Heart School Westport. Open to Non Stagecoach students, applications are strictly on a first come, first served basis and early booking is advised.
 
More information on Summer Term and Summer Camps at www.stagecoach.ie/mayo
or call Eliz and John at the office on 091 556274

Writing Workshops, Spring - Summer 2014 

• April 30 to June 4 Kinlough Women's Writing Group Kinlough, Co Leitrim. An ongoing group, warm and welcoming to newcomers.  

• May 2 Creative Writing Taster Session Belleek, Co Fermanagh. Would you like to be part of a new writing group in Belleek? Come along on May 2nd to find out!
• May 17 Tell It Slant: Poetry Workshop Kinlough, Co Leitrim. Innovative writing prompts and explorations of the craft of poetry (in response to feedback, this poetry writing workshop replaces the poetry manuscript response workshop planned for Ballybofey on the same date).       
• May 24 The Craft of Writing Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. A day of  writing and structured craft exercises (fiction, memoir, creative non-fiction...)

For more information about workshop content, location and cost, click on the links or go to www.monicacorish.ie. Or contact me by phone or email, details below.

Mindshift - Professional Development for Published Authors | THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER

10am - 4pm, 17 May, €60/€50 IWC members

What type of funding and supports are there for writers? Who is eligible for artist tax exemption?  How can writers set themselves up as a business? What are the ways to generate alternative sources of income?

Sarah Bannan (Arts Council), Jim Doyle (Dublin City Council), Jane O'Hanlon (Poetry Ireland), Gaby Smyth (Gaby Smyth & Co accountants)
Mia Gallagher and others reveal and unpack the mysteries of funding and finances in literature. A must for the enterprising writer.

Booking:  01 872 1302 or on IWC site.

Still Places Left on Irish Writers’ Centre Summer Courses

Our summer workshops and courses are now live on our website! http://bit.ly/1p5vNLn

Our range of courses cater to writers of every level and they will inspire and encourage you to try new things. 

Take a look at our website and choose what's right for you.

We've got old favourites as well as new courses such as:

- Continuing the Story with Nessa O'Mahony 

- Finish Your Novel with Conor Kostick

- Introduction to Crime Writing with Declan Burke

- Introduction to Playwriting with Jessica Traynor 

- Weekly Intensives: Siobhán Parkinson & Claire Kilroy

We are also offering Creative Clinics, a new professional development initiative offering one-to-one access to experienced writers in a variety of genres and types over two days with:

- Celine Kiernan (Sci-fi / Fantasy)

- Sean O'Reilly (Fiction & Short Stories)

- Jessica Traynor (Theatre script)

- Lauren McKenzie (Film & TV script)

- Louise Phillips (Crime / Thriller)

- Henry McDonald (Memoir) 

- Oisín McGann (Children's Writing)

- Conor Kostick (Rights & Contracts)

Courses begin late April/early May and weekly courses take place on Tuesdays to Thursdays, mostly in the evenings, and run for 6 to 10 weeks.

We also have some Saturday courses on offer, most of which take place over one or two full days.

For bookings and further information, please feel free to get in touch at info@writerscentre.ie or by phone at 01 8721302.

Writing Historical Fiction with Jo Baker, as part of the Dublin Writers' Festival

18 May, 12 noon 

From Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall to Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries, the historical novel is very much in vogue, but writing one comes with its own particular challenges. 

How do you go about researching the novel, and how do you know when to stop? How closely should you stick to the facts? In this informal discussion, Jo Baker shares her experiences of writing and researching Longbourn, her acclaimed retelling of Pride and Prejudice from the servants' point of view.

€5 booking fee. Click here to book your place. 

Poetry Workshop with Ciaran Berry

Sat 24 May, 2.30 pm

Fresh from his reading with Tess Gallagher on Friday evening, award-winning Irish poet Ciaran Berry leads an advanced workshop for published poets, exploring some of the key techniques in depth. 

Presented in association with Poetry Ireland and the Irish Writers' Centre.

Booking fee is €25 and click here to book your place. 

ACTING SHAKESPEARE by Max Hafler (Core Theatre)

Every Tuesday night from 3^rd June- 22^nd July

Venue: Galway city

Fee: €150/€120

With the massive rise in Shakespeare productions in Ireland of late, Core offers this not to be missed course in Approaching and Acting Shakespeare to actors and directors. Max Hafler, a well known theatre director and international theatre coach, will work on voice, exploring imagery, character, scenes, story, working with soliloquies and the challenge of playing for real in a poetic style. There will be a heady mix of exploring the text and using the physical Chekhov technique. The course is primarily for performers but is also useful for directors and teachers. Some theatre experience is necessary. Appropriately as we are training in summer, the main play Max will work on is Midsummer Night’s Dream. This play offers you a chance to explore a very wide range of characters and styles within the same piece.

Max Hafler trained at LAMDA and worked as a professional actor for fifteen years in radio, theatre and television. He ran a highly successful small scale ensemble classical company called COMMONWEAL in London. In the last 25 years he has taught all over the world Voice, Chekhov Technique, Classical Text and Ensemble.

In Ireland he teaches the Chekhov Technique at The Lir Dublin, the MA and BA drama course at NUI Galway and he is the Artistic Director of Core Theatre College.

Through the years Max has directed Middleton and Rowley’s The Old Law (own adaptation), Faustus, Waiting For Godot, Blood Wedding ,The Maids, The Human Voice, The Glas Menagerie, Measure for Measure, Yerma, Macbeth and Midsummer Nights Dream.

Free one day workshop on Joker Skills

Venue:                        Áras na MacLéinn, NUI Galway

Date:                           Saturday 10th May

Fee:                              Free but donation of €25 will be appreciated

Requirement:           A basic knowledge of “Theatre of the Oppressed – Forum Theatre”

Facilitator:                 Annette Tierney

Workshop details:   Start time 1000, finish 1700.

The workshop is aimed at facilitators who understand Forum Theatre however are relatively new to facilitating interactive forum plays, or wish to refresh their skills.

Workshop objectives:

1. Enable exploration and understanding of the role of the joker
2. Enhance key facilitation and interpersonal skills to engage and empower audiences
3. Develop confidence in participants to facilitate public forum theatre performances

Annette Tierney – Theatre-Based Learning Producer and Facilitator

Annette Tierney is a specialist in the field of theatre-based learning. She developed her skills in Forum Theatre following tuition with Augusto and Julian Boal in New York and Ireland, and has since adapted the techniques to create trans-formative learning events in private, public and voluntary sectors.

Annette has used theatre with community projects in Ireland in areas like disability, mental illness and addiction rehabilitation. Following a project with ALâ in 2009 which included the development and facilitation of a forum play with asylum seekers, she has designed and facilitated several programs for the group in recent years including workshops in Theatre of the Oppressed techniques. Additionally she has provided individual mentoring for facilitators new to TO who are active in the community.

For organisations of all kinds Annette also produces and facilitates theatre-based programs in fields like diversity, equality and safety. In addition to live theatre events this work includes using film as a communication and storytelling tool and has brought her to Europe, Asia and the U.S.

Further information

Email:                       alagalway@gmail.com

Website:                    http://www.ala-ct.ie/

Map of Venue:          http://www.nuigalway.ie/campus-map/?id=58&go=1

Inspiring Practice and building Capacity to nurture Global Citizens

CIT Crawford College of Art and Design

www.creativityandchange.info

ABOUT

Creativity & Change is about creativity and its power to ignite empathy, passion and learning about our interconnected and interdependent world.  It is about imagining more humane, just and viable ways to live in the world.  It connects how we think, live and act in the world and considers how we can live as connected global citizens becoming part of the changes we want to see.

COURSE CONTENT

The course has several main strands of learning within the context of global citizenship & global and local justice themes.

•Development of confidence in personal creativity

•Creativity & learning strategies

•Creative strategies for public engagement.

DURATION Seven 2/3 day blocks Oct 2014 to May 2015

WHO IS IT FOR?

Artists, community workers, youth workers, activists, educators, volunteers and anyone who is interested in exploring the connection between creativity, learning and change in the world and in nurturing possibilities to grow as connected global citizens.

APPLY

Applications accepted by email. Go website, www.creativityandchange.info and go to ‘get involved’ page to download application form. FEE €680.

Email creativityandchange@gmail.com with queries

This is a CIT approved Special Purpose Award at Level 8 (10 credits) certificate

How To Promote Your Youth Theatre – Training Day

NAYD are providing a training day on: How To Promote Your Youth Theatre, a seminar for marketing beginners, on Saturday the 24th May from 10.00 till 5.00pm, this will take place in The Fringe Lab, Sycamore Building, Sycamore Street, Temple Bar, Dublin.

This one-day training event will explore some of the basics of promoting your youth theatre in the 21st century. Through a series of workshops with leading industry professionals you will gain a greater insight into the best ways to attract new members, build your community profile and sell more tickets to your productions. The seminar will take the mystery out of marketing and show how you can do it effectively.

There is no fee for members, if you are Youth Theatre group that has not yet been affiliated there is a fee of 30 euro

Please return completed forms to: Alan King, NAYD, 7 North Great George’s Street, Dublin 1. Email:alan@nayd.ie

Closing date for return of forms is Friday 16th May.

Youth Arts Summer School 2014

“I had the most inspirational and invigorating three days with you all.  Just starting to process all I learned now! So many new ideas and concepts to mull over..." Previous summer school participant Delivered by NYCI’s Youth Arts Programme, Summer School is a 3-day residential youth arts practice summer school in NUI Galway, running from 11th-13th June 2014. It will offer workshops, evening events and lots more to stimulate your imagination and send you home with a wealth of ideas and techniques for developing creative approaches for your work with young people.

Download the brochure here: http://www.youtharts.ie/yass2014 

When:  Wed 11th - Fri 13th June 2014

Where: NUI Galway

The 3-day in-depth workshop experience will give you the inspiration, indepth practical know-how and skills to work in new ways with your young people and offer them high quality arts experiences.

Who is this suitable for?

Anyone working with young people in the non formal education sector who wishes to explore ways of introducing, enhancing and extending youth arts provision for the young people with whom they work. It is aimed both at those looking to improve their artform and delivery techniques or those totally new to youth arts.

What’s the damage?

The cost of attending summer school is highly subsidised by NYCI Arts Programme. It will cost 250 for members of NYCI and 300 for non members. This covers your accomodation, meals, all workshops and materials. In addition, we are offering an early bird promotion – if you book and pay before Friday, 9th May 2014, there will be an additional €50.00 discount. This brings the cost to €200.00 for members and €250.00 for non members.

Where do I sign up? 

Booking will open online on Wed 23rd April 2014 here: http://nycitraining.org/yass2014

ConCorda Scholarships

Time is running out to apply for the ConCorda Chamber Music Course! Applications close 30th May.
The course takes place 15th-23rd of August in Kilkenny College and normally costs €500 for full board and tuition with no deposit required. This year there are 2 scholarships for the course.
The Hugh Maguire Scholarship, will be awarded to an already formed string quartet and the Tricia Maguire Scholarship for an Individual string player.

IAYO Conducting Workshops 2014

Director: Robert Houlihan

Royal Irish Academy of Music

Monday 07 – Friday 11 July 2014

Apply online

Closing date for Applications: Monday 26 May 2014.

Conducting workshops for youth orchestra conductors will be held at the Royal Irish Academy of Music to run alongside their Summer Orchestra Academy. Participants will avail of tuition in baton technique and score preparation along with opportunities to observe sectional and full rehearsals with the RIAM summer orchestra academy, conducted by James Cavanagh.

The course is for mixed ability / experience and is suitable for beginners.

Workshops for Craft businesses in Mayo

Mayo County Enterprise Board is delighted to be offering a number of Craft Council of Ireland workshops to businesses in County Mayo.

Please see below a list with the various workshops to be offered along with expected dates. The cost of these workshops is €40 – non refundable payment.

If you are interested in attending any of these workshops please contact Mayo County Enterprise Board for an application form.  Applications should be returned with the appropriate payment. 

For further information please contact:

Paula Prendergast

Cedar House, Top Floor, Moneen, Castlebar, County Mayo.

E:    pprendergast@mayococo.ie       

W:  www.mayoceb.com                       

T:  +353 (0)94 904 7586        

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       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>

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.

Listowel Writers Week 2014 

28th May to 1st June 2014 

The programme for the 2014 Listowel Writers Week is now online.

Festival highlights include Booker and IMPAC nominee Donal Ryan, Goldsmith's Winner Eimear McBride and Belfast's inaugural Poet Laureate, Sinead Morrissey.

This year's international authors include IMPAC winner Gerbrand Bakker, Jim Crace, Tishani Doshi, Douglas Kennedy, Dinaw Mengetsu and Aminatta Forna.

The festival will celebrate Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney in a special Poetry Aloud event, where young award-winning students will read from the poet's best-loved work.

The New Writers' Salon will continue to showcase emerging poets and prose writers, and offer the opportunity for budding writers to read their work at an open-mic session.

Full programme details are available on the Listowel Writers Week website at www.writersweek.ie/festival-programme. Or download a copy of the festival programme here

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

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

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/

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/

"Music and Health" Training Workshop 

Closing Date: Friday 23rd May 2014

CALM (Ceol Agus Lán Maitheas), with the support of Meath County Council Arts Office FEACH Programme, is offering a 3 day intensive introductory training workshop for musicians in "Music and Health" with an emphasis on geriatric care, to take place between Wednesday 25th and Friday 27th June at the Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath.

Training Venue: Solstice Arts Centre, Navan and local healthcare settings.

More details here or contact Liam Merriman liamcalm1@gmail.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  

Applications of Socially Engaged Art | UCLAN – PHD Opportunity

Deadline: 16 May

Reference Number: RS/13/28

Applications are invited for a full-time PhD (via MPhil). The studentship is tenable for up to 3 years for a PhD (via MPhil route) [subject to satisfactory progress] and is open to both Home, EU and International applicants. The bursary will cover the cost of tuition fees at the Home/EU rate plus an annual maintenance grant of £2000 per annum . International Applicants may apply but will be required to fund the difference between Home/EU and International Fees. The successful applicant will commence on 1 July 2014.

Project Title – Applications of Socially Engaged Art

Project Description

The socially engaged arts have been developed in a number of fields as transformative interventions entailing specific forms of arts practice and methods of inquiry.

The combination of artistic and social elements gives rise to tensions between aesthetic, ethical and instrumental dimensions of the work.

This PhD will study the nature and significance of the socially engaged arts as an aesthetic and relational practice, a mode of inquiry and an agent for personal and social change. The precise field will be determined in consultation with the successful candidate but we would particularly welcome applications with an interest in addictions and recovery.

The Psychosocial Research Unit has a wide range of partners who can offer access to research sites for the successful applicant. However, we will also consider other proposals for the empirical component of the work. There are opportunities for paid teaching duties with this studentship

Applicants must submit a detailed research proposal, a CV, and a covering letter along with their application. Applicants should have, or expect to receive a minimum of UK 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Alastair Roy email: anroy@uclan.ac.uk

Requests for an application pack (quoting the reference number RS1328) should be directed to the Research Student Registry. Tel: 01772 895082 or email: researchadmissions@uclan.ac.uk

Provisional Interview Date: 3rd June 2014

www.uclan.ac.uk/research/study/studentships.php | researchadmissions@uclan.ac.uk

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

POP-UP WRITERS' RETREAT IN WEST CORK, 6TH TO 13TH SEPTEMBER 2014

Run by West Cork College, this is an exclusive week long retreat with a focus on finishing your writing, whether it is poetry, drama or fiction.

Prices start at €385 p.p. sharing and include three workshops with established authors, all your meals, and accommodation.

Based in beautiful Glengarriff, West Cork, Ireland, it will be laid back and peaceful as, unlike many retreats, much of the time is devoted to your own writing.

To read more, please visit www.irishwriters.ie  or phone 028 20620