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Diploma in Community & Group Music Teaching at the RIAM
In response to Music Generation, the RIAM has created a Diploma that aims to develop appropriately skilled musicians to teach in the community and classroom setting.
This one-year programme will be run over 6 intensive weekends on RIAM premises inDublinbetween September and June of each year.
On-site work in schools or community settings will also be undertaken by participants. The six weekends are as follows:
2012
September: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th
October: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st
November: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th
2013
February: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th
March: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th
April: Saturday 13th
For further information visit www.riam.ie or email generaloffice@riam.ie
NCAD MA Art in the Contemporary World : Invites Applications
An exciting postgraduate opportunity at National College of Art & Design, Ireland. Applications are now being accepted for the 2012-13 academic year. Art in the Contemporary World is an intensive masters programme focusing on contemporary art practices and their critical, theoretical, historical and social contexts. Participants will interrogate the relationship between theory and practice in the context of our well established network of artists, writers and curators. We welcome graduates from a variety of backgrounds, including: fine art; art history; philosophy; literature; film studies; architecture; communications; and design. Art in the Contemporary World regularly collaborates with key cultural institutions in Ireland such as: Irish Museum of Modern Art; Irish Film Institute; Dublin City Gallery; Kerlin Gallery and The Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Art in the Contemporary World regularly hosts public events (in Dublin and abroad) and invites contributions from key international speakers. In recent years guests included: Massimiliano Gioni, curator at the New Museum in New York; Katrina Brown, director of the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art; Kathrin Rhomberg, curator of the 2010 Berlin Biennale; Frieze magazine senior editor Dan Fox; film-maker Kenneth Anger; writer Rebecca Solnit; eminent American art critic Irving Sandler; art writer Maria Fusco and artists Lynda Benglis, Liam Gillick, Phil Collins, Susan Philipsz, Duncan Campbell and Walid Raad. External Assessor: Vivian Rehberg, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam and Frieze Magazine. Graduates from Art in the Contemporary World have gone on to receive international awards and residencies, to take up respected curatorial positions and to publish writings in prominent academic journals and art magazines. Students can apply for one of two pathways available in both full and part time options: (i) Visual Culture Pathway (a theory only option); (ii) Combined Fine Art / Visual Culture Pathway (run as a collaboration between the Faculties of Fine Art & Visual Culture and intended for practicing artists). For more information contact the course team: Declan Long E: longd@ncad.ie or Francis Halsall E: halsallf@ncad.ie | Further info: www.acw.ie
NCAD Diploma / MA in Community Arts Education : Deadline Approaching
Graduate Diploma/MA in Community Arts Education – Level 9 | This one year course is suitable for individuals interested in working in a range of diverse settings, that are educational, participatory or collaborative in nature. The programme attracts students who have an undergraduate qualification in art and design or related areas and who intend to develop a practice that places participation, education and/or social engagement centrally. On completion of the one-year Graduate Diploma course, students may choose to progress to masters level through a second year of study, linked to the MA in Visual Arts Education (MAVA) programme. Application deadline: 1st May 2012. For more information contact Course Coordinator Fiona Whelan at E: whelanf@ncad.ie | See our facebook page Community/Arts/Education/ Graduate Diploma-MA
MA in Arts & Heritage Management
The aim of the Masters in Arts & Heritage Management is to address specific and identified needs within the arts and heritage industry for management training in the area of cultural administration, and to provide you with the necessary skills for effective cultural leadership and management. It offers you an opportunity to reflect on your professional practice (work placement) and gain a theoretical and critical perspective on managing organisations and events in the cultural/heritage sector.
The Masters in Arts & Heritage Management is a 90-credit programme suited to Arts graduates, Business graduates with a particular interest in arts/heritage, and practitioners of the arts/heritage sectors.
Mandatory Modules
- Irish Arts, Heritage & Cultural Studies (10 credits)
- Strategic & Financial Management (5 credits)
- Cultural Tourism & Public Policy Studies (5 credits)
- Professional Development & Research I, including Minor Placement (5 credits)
- Events Management (5 credits)
- Employment & Legislative Studies (10 credits)
- Public Relations (5 credits)
- Professional Development & Research II, including Minor Placement (5 credits)
- Major Placement (15 credits)
- Minor Dissertation (15 credits)
Electives in Semester 1
- Museum & Gallery Studies I (5 credits)
- Arts in Context I (5 credits)
Electives in Semester 2
- Museum & Gallery Studies II (5 credits)
- Arts in Context II (5 credits)
Entry Requirements
- A 2nd Class Honours Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
- Access to a cultural organisation where your work placement and research can be carried out
Closing Date for applications
Friday 15th June 2012
How to apply
Please go to the online application facility at www.pac.ie
For academic enquiries:
Please contact Dr. Rachel Finnegan Email rfinnegan@wit.ie or telephone 051-834116
New Certificate in Child Protection and Welfare
The NUIM Certificate in Child Protection and Welfare is offered by the Dept. of Applied Social Studies National University of Ireland, Maynooth in partnership with the National Youth Council of Ireland’s Child Protection Programme. The course aims to provide those with a professional interest in, and responsibility for, child protection and welfare with the knowledge, skills and competences related to the key issues involved for their organisation. This 100 hour specialist certificate at level 8 is being offered at €800 per person and will run from September 2012 to April 2013
For more information see http://www.childprotection.ie or contact Olive Ring, National Child Protection Manager, NYCI olive@nyci.ie 01 4255943/01 4784122
Closing date for applications is 11th May.
International Physical Theatre Laboratory
May 21 - 25 in Tuscany, Italy
The Lab is open to performers from different creative genres and techniques inspired by Physical Theatre as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to contemporary theatre performance. The programme opens the door towards the new collaboration project in Russiain autumn 2012 - the six-week period of performance creation in a Russian repertory theatre together with Russian actors and performers from different countries.
There are Scholarships for dancers and actors supported by ArtUniverse.
Each scholarship amount is 300 EUR and covers part of the participation fee.
To apply for the scholarship, candidates should send CV with photo and a letter of motivation to iugte.projects@gmail.com
http://www.iugte.com/projects/physicaltheatre
NSF Technical Workshop Programme Spring-Summer 2012
As part of our commitment to providing services and resources to visual artists, the National Sculpture Factory has programmed a series of technical workshops to support visual artists and their practice. These sessions aim to address the technical needs of artists working in a professional environment.
More Information & Bookings: contact Elma O’Donovan, Artists’ Liaison / Administrator @ elma@nationalsculpturefactory.com
Or t: +353 (0) 21 4314353
Workshop fees must be paid at the time of booking - fees are non refundable.
In order to proceed with the workshops a minimum of 6 participants is required per workshop. In this respect, if closer to the date of the workshop, if we have less than six participants, it may be necessary to cancel the workshop. In this instance, fees will be refunded.
Free Professional Learning Day for Artists
Date: 3 May
Time: 11.00am - 2.00pm
Venue:No Grants Gallery Temple Bar
Practice.ie, in partnership with TBCT, is running a professional learning day for artists working with children and young people, to explore the value of critical and reflective practice. This is a free half-day discussion and workshop-based session, which aims to equip artists with the tools and resources necessary to embed reflection and critical thinking into their ongoing work.
This event is open to 15 artists; spaces are limited so please book early to secure a place.
For more information and booking please contact
Orla or Jo at Kids' Own: 07191-24945, info@kidsown.ie
This day is part of the Young Makers touring exhibition, which launches in The Culture Box on 3rd May. Practice.ie held a similar event in Kilkenny Arts Office in April please visit http://www.practice.ie/memberprojects/1751
More information for artists:
As part of the day participating artists will be invited to share their work, in the style of Pecha Kucha http://www.pecha-kucha.org
We are asking artists to present only 10 images, each artist will have 20-seconds per image. This will provide a dynamic and informal approach for the participants to introduce each other.
The rest of the session will be exploring approaches and tools to support individual reflective practice.
Listowel Writers’ Week 2012
30th May to 3rd June 2012
Listowel Writers’ Week is now taking bookings for their Literary Workshops, book early to avoid disappointment. Places on workshops are limited to 15. We have in place a magnificent array of Workshop Directors who will guide, direct and enthuse every workshop participant.
Short Fiction with John MacKenna
Creative Writing Getting Started with Gabriel Fitzmaurice
Creative Writing Advanced with Ronan Bennett
Novel Getting Started with Aifric Campbell
Novel Advanced with Eoin McNamee
Poetry Getting Started with John Hartley Williams
Poetry Advanced with Paul Perry
Writing for Theatre with Mark O’Rowe
Writing for Screen with Mark O’Halloran
Songwriting with Mickey MacConnell
Writing Funny with Jeremy Sheldon
Freelance Journalism with Sinead Gleeson
Non Fiction & Memoir with Molly McCloskey
Travel Writing with Manachán Magan
Full details of our 2012 festival will be announced in April 2012.
Contact Information:
Enquiries regarding competitions, entry to workshops and all other information should be addressed to:
Writers’ Week Ltd
24 The Square
Listowel
Co Kerry
Telephone: +353 (0) 68 21074
Fax: +353 (0) 68 22893
Email: info@writersweek.ie
Website: www.writersweek.ie
Shakespeare Performance Project for Directors
Russia - 2012
Four Scholarships for professional directors available
More details: http://www.iugte.com/projects/shakespeare
Coracle - the Work It! Youth Theatre Development Programme.
The Programme includes:
- Setting Up a Youth Theatre Seminar
- Child Protection Training
- Youth Drama Facilitation Training
- Networking
- Skillshare
- Mentorship and Development
- Cross-Border Collaborative Youth Theatre.
All workshops are free and should attract people in the Southeast who are working, or interested in working, in a youth drama/theatre context with young people; beginner and experienced youth theatre facilitators, senior youth theatre members, youth workers, volunteers from local amateur drama groups, community workers, teachers and parents etc.
Please find a brochure attached. For bookings, further information or if you would like us to post you a brochures please contact arts@wexfordcoco.ie or 053 - 9196369.
Places are strictly limited and will be assigned on a first come first served basis - early booking advised so you don't miss out!
To find out more about Coracle and to upload a profile as an individual practitioner, youth theatre or arts organisation visit www.coracle.eu.com
Upcoming Events & Professional Development Training – Dublin, Bray, Belfast & Newtownards
Click on the following links for further information and to register for these events:
For Northern Ireland events see: http://visualartists.org.uk/services/professionaldevelopment/current/
For Dublin, Bray & Ennistymon events: http://visualartists.ie/education/register-for-our-events/
Poetry and Practicality – how you pitch your Ideas with artist Ruth E.Lyons
Tues 1 May (09.30 – 13.00)
This short masterclass session will focus on Communicating your ideas in a clear
but inspirational way to commissioners, curators or others within the context of an Open Call.
@ Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow
Cost: €60/€40 (VAI, BX & DAS Members)
6 Places
Proposals Intensive - Do's Don'ts, Q & A and examples of good proposals, with artist Neva Elliott.
Tues 1 May (09.30 – 13.00)
These simultaneous sessions, coinciding with the launch event of Fugitive Papers #2
@ Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow
Cost: €25/€15 (VAI, BX & DAS Members)
20 Places
Positioning your Practice in Challenging Times
- with Gwen Stevenson
Wed 9 May (10.30 – 16.30)
This session will look at how artists might develop
work opportunities that support their practice and
livelihood
Cost: £30 / £15 (VAI, BX & DAS Members)
@ Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards
12 places
Visual Artists & The Law
Thurs 17 May (15.00 – 18.00)
Visual Artists Ireland in partnership with The Bar Council of Ireland – learning and exchange event for artists and the legal profession. Keynote speaker: arts lawyer, Henry Lydiate from The Henry Lydiate Partnership. Also,artists providing case studies on contractual issues, copyright, dispute resolution and intellectual property rights.
@ The Bar Council of Ireland, Church St, Dublin 7
FREE
50 places
The Art of Collaboration
Thurs 24 May (10.00 - 15.00)
Seminar and Artists talks on collaboration between literary and visual art forms.
Confirmed speakers: Gregory McCarthy and Alice Lyons - others tba
@ Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards
Cost: £5
30 Places
TO REGISTER AND FOR INFO SEE:
For Northern Ireland events see 'Professional Development' on http://www.visualartists-ni.org
For Dublin & Bray events: http://visualartists.ie/education-2/current-programme/
Monica Flynn / Professional Development Officer
Visual Artists Ireland
Central Hotel Chambers,
7/9 Dame Court, Dublin 2
T: +353 (0)1 672 9488
E: monica@visualartists.ie
http://www.visualartists.org.uk
http://www.visualartists.ie
http://www.printedproject.com
http://www.thecommonroom.net
Twitter: VisArtsIreland
My office hours are part-time and vary week to week so please refer to the information links above and/or contact VAI at the number above.
For full details of our current Professional Development Training for Visual Artists see:
http://visualartists.ie/education-2/ or follow our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/VAIProfessionalDevelopment
H2 Studio Spring/Summer Courses 2012
May 12th -13th | Bronze casting course painters palette, Moycullen co Galway see http://www.thepainterspalette.ie
June 9th-10th | Introductory Bronze Casting Course | Cost E 200 includes materials, tea/coffees.
July 13th-15th | Contemporary Art and Ancient methods | Cost E 295.
Aug 11th-12th | Introductory Bronze Casting Course | Cost E 200 includes materials, tea/coffees.
Aug 25th -26th | Life Modelling / Bronze Casting (1day of modelling without casting also an option for this course) | Cost E 245 (€100 for 1day) includes all material, model, tea/coffee |
For further information on each of these courses, please contact Helle Helsner T: 353-238849223 | 0863256689 | http://www.h2studioart.com
'Diversifying your Funding Landscape,'
Business to Arts - Carrick on Shannon- Monday 14 May.
This workshop is a great opportunity for any artists / arts organizations within the area who would be interested in learning about how it is possible to diversify their funding streams in the current economic climate.
Please note that there are limited places available so early booking is recommended.
For more information please contact info@businesstoarts.ie
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 toBelfast, 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 1st round of applicants will be interviewed in Mar 2011.
The deadline is ongoing.
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/
Notice from Dublin Institute of Technology
BA Visual and Critical Studies: New Degree at Dublin Institute of Technology
BA Visual and Critical Studies is a 3 years Honours Degree (Level 8) programme on the study of contemporary visual culture. The programme provides students with up-to-date histories and theories of art and design; methods of research; practical skills of documentation in new media and; real-world experience in sectors that cater to the public mediation of visual and material culture such as publication, heritage, exhibition and design industries. Full information on the curriculum is available at: http://bavacs.blogspot.com/
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME 2012
Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim
Digital Printmaking Workshop
Dates: Sat 1st & Sun 2nd December
Digital Design & Graphics Workshop
Dates: Sat 6th & Sun 7th October
Contemporary Printmaking Masterclass
Dates: Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th June - Masterclass
Traditional & Contemporary (Intaglio) Printmaking Workshop
Dates: Sat 21st & Sun 22nd July & Sat 6th & Sun 7th October
Bronze Casting Using Solid Investment Workshop
Dates: Fri 16th to Mon 19th November
Sandcasting in Bronze & Aluminium Workshop
Dates: Sun 28th October
Metal Fabrication Workshop
Dates: Sat 6th & Sun 7th October
Patination and Finishing of Metal Workshop
Dates: Thur 31st May to Fri 1st June & Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd September
Woodcarving Workshop
Dates: Sat 5th to Mon 7th May & Fri 7th to Sun 9th September
Woodturning Workshop
Dates: Sat 19th & Sun 20th May – Spindle & Sat 29th & Sun 30th September - Bowl
Stone Carving Workshop
Dates: Sat 2nd to Mon 4th June & Fri 28th to Sun 30th September
Stone Lettercutting Workshop
Dates: Sat 8th & Sun 9th September
Glassblowing for Beginners Workshop
Dates: Sat 15th & Sun 16th September & Mon 17th & Tue 18th September
Sand Casting with Hot Glass Workshop
Dates: Mon 24th to Wed 26th September
Hot Glass-casting into Zircar Moulds Workshop
Dates: Mon 24th to Wed 26th September
Reproduction Moulding for Artists & Architects Workshop
Dates: Thur 25th & Fri 26th October
Refractory Mouldmaking for Kiln Cast Glass & Bronze Casting Workshop
Dates: Sat 2nd to Mon 4th June & Sat 27th to Mon 29th October
Patination and Finishing of Metal Workshop
Dates: Thur 31st May to Fri 1st June & Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd September
Portfolio Development & Professional Practice Workshop
Dates: Sun 7th October
Pottery and the Art of Ceramic Construction Workshop
Dates: Sat 19th & Sun 20th May
The Use of Glazes in Ceramic Art Workshop
Dates: Sat 8th & Sun 9th September
If you are interested in any of these courses, please contact:
Leitrim Sculpture Centre
info@leitrimsculpturecentre.ie
Telephone: 071 985 5098
"Legislative Theatre: using performance to promote political participation"
Approved by the LLP National Agency and it is published in the Comenius - Grundtvig Training Database with the reference number "IT-2012-845-001"
Trainer: José Soeiro fromPortugaland Roberto Mazzini by Giolli .
Main language of the course: English, but also French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Place: in Casaltone, northItaly, close toParmatown.
Date: from 4th to 8th December 2012, more one day for travel both arriving and leaving.
Participants: from all overEuropeor overseas, speaking English (or Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese).
Subsistence and accommodation: we provide biological meals at the same structure of the training as well as accommodation (in multiple beds rooms).
More information about the training at this address:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/search.cfm?fuseaction=R
or this:
Or more information about us, visiting our website: www.giollicoop.it . Here you can choose a rough translation of each page by clicking on the top right of the page (there are several possible languages).
Costs: 500,00 Euro for the course and 250,00 for the board and lodging and 50,00 for the space use. This cost should be paid even if you don't eat or sleep there, because is a “lump sum†of all costs divided for the number of participants.
Deadline to apply to your National LLP agency is 30th April 2012.
If approved, your costs (language preparation, travel, subsistence and accommodation, course fee) will be covered by the Agency.
Find your LLP National Agency here: http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc1208_en.htm#irl
After your e-mail that is a pre-submission, we will send to you a confirmation that is often necessary in order to apply the Agency
Places are limited to 25 people, so as early you subscribe as easy is to have a place.
Irish Youth Choir /RTE performing groups Conductor in Training Scheme
To mark the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Irish Youth Choir and building on the success of the IYC Conductor in Training Scheme, RTÉ Performing Groups have come on board in a unique partnership to offer a funded and extended trainee choral conducting programme for 2012/14. In addition to access to IYC’s artistic director Greg Beardsell and to the all activities and programmes associated with the Irish Youth Choir, the successful applicant for this new programme will have access to the RTE performing groups, in particular to the RTE Philharmonic Choir and Orchestras. For the first time, a bursary is to be made available to assist the 2012/14 conductor in training to engage with this unique opportunity.
The Irish Youth Choir 2012 residential course will run from 23rd June to 1st July. At its conclusion two concerts will be given - 30th June as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival and 1st July in St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin. In addition, the IYC will perform at Kilkenny Arts Festival on August 11th. The Irish Youth Chamber Choir will reassemble in the autumn of 2012 for a number of performances. The successful candidate will play the fullest part possible in all IYC activities as performer (s/he will sing with the choir) and understudy for Greg Beardsell. There will be an opportunity to conduct the IYC in one piece in public performances: other opportunities will arise to give additional support and training to singers during the annual residential course, during Irish Youth Chamber Choir rehearsals and in other Irish Youth Choir training contexts.
The successful candidate will also have access to the widest range of experiences in RTÉ. S/he will work the RTE Philharmonic Choir, taking line and sight singing rehearsals and s/he will deputise for RTÉ Philharmonic Choir Chorus Master and IYC artistic director from time to time. S/he will have access to range of key RTE performing groups personnel including the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir Chorus Master, RTÉ Choral Officer, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir accompanist, Feargal Caulfield as well as access to a range of expertise across radio production, sound/technical staff, marketing and PR. The RTÉ Philharmonic Choir will give a series of concerts though out the 2012/13 season and these will be announced at the end of April 2012. In addition to the concerts listed above, IYCC will give concerts in the autumn, details of which are to be finalised.
Irish Youth Choir/ RTE performing groups are seeking applications for the position of Conductor In Training for 2012/2014 with a closing dates of Thursday 17th May 2012. Shortlisted applicants will be notified on Tuesday 22nd May and interviews/auditions will take place in early June (probably 9th June t.b.c.) inDublin.
This competitive mentoring opportunity is open to musicians in the early stages of their conducting career who have had some experience of conducting choirs. Candidates should be aged 35 years or under on Saturday 23 June 2012. As part of the audition process, short-listed applicants will be interviewed and will be invited to conduct singers from the Irish Youth Choir and the RTE Philharmonic Choir in a prescribed piece, the title of which will be provided closer to the date of interview and audition.
Further information is available from www.aoic.ie/ Interested conductors should submit a letter of application, along with a CV outlining their conducting experience to date to Liz Kelly, CEO (acting), Association of Irish Choirs, University Concert Hall, Foundation Building, Limerick, or email aoic@ul.ie.
Final Call for applications for Music Network CPD Programme 2012
There are just two weeks remaining until the deadline for receipt of applications to participate in Music Network's Continuing Professional Development Programme 2012. Applications are sought from professional performing musicians and composers working or interested in working in community/outreach settings. The CPD Programme aims to provide Irish and Ireland-based professional musicians and composers with the appropriate skills, resources and materials to deliver high-quality, interactive and fun musical experiences in a range of outreach settings including:
- schools (primary and post-primary)
- healthcare settings (e.g. mental healthcare or older people in residential care)
- community groups (e.g. active retirement groups or youth groups),
- early years music (working with children from 18 months)
Further information about Music Network's CPD Programme, including application forms and information on supporting bodies is available here or contact Aisling Roche, Email: development@musicnetwork.ie.
European Training Session: Music in Health Settings, Paris
Musique & Sante (Paris) will deliver European Training Session: Music in Health Settings in partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester) in Parisin June 2012. The objective of the training is to understand and imagine the place of music and of the musician in health settings and to explore the theoretical and practical competences necessary to carry out quality musical actions
Dates: 25 – 29 June 2012
Location: Paris (France)
Working language: English
Registration fees:
€750 for residents of European eligible countries (outside of France)
€900 for residents of France
The European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme offers the opportunity to apply for a Grundtvig In-Service Training Grant. Anyone involved in adult education can participate in the programme including adult learners, teachers and trainers from a variety of organisations.
Click here for further information.
Graduate Diploma/MA in COMMUNITY/ARTS/EDUCATION – Level 9
This one year course is suitable for individuals interested in working in a range of diverse settings that are educational, participatory or collaborative in nature. The programme attracts students who have an undergraduate qualification in art and design or related areas and who intend to develop a practice that places participation, education and/or social engagement centrally.
On completion of the one-year Graduate Diploma course, students may choose to progress to masters level through a second year of study, linked to the MA in Visual Arts Education (MAVA) programme.
Application deadline: 1st May 2012
For more information contact Course Coordinator Fiona Whelan at whelanf@ncad.ie or see our facebook page Community/Arts/Education/ Graduate Diploma-MA
Sustaining the Arts/Writing Movies
As part of its policy for Sustaining the Arts, Roscommon County Council are inviting expressions of interest from members of the public who wish to participate in a course entitled Writing Movies. The course will be facilitated by Director/Writer Laurence Henson.
This course is one of immersion in the world of imagination and storytelling. It provides stimulation and ideas for anyone interested in telling stories through pictures. Award-winning filmmaker Laurence Henson’s love of film and his experience and understanding of his subject matter makes this a very interesting course for anyone interested in the world of film making, writing for screen and documentary.
The references and content are wide-ranging, from Aristotle to recent TV programmes and Ads. Even if you haven’t read that book or seen that film his explanations are very clear. He also uses video to demonstrate how every line of dialogue and every image used are essential to telling the story.
He explains plot development and shows how character drives the plot. He talks about ‘protagonist’ and ‘antagonist’ and how the story weaves around them and, when well done, seems to produce the inevitable but not glaringly obvious conclusion.
He shows familiar examples of screenwriting devices, such as ‘audience superior position’ where the audience knows more than the characters and, as he does, we are reminded of the pleasure of watching a well-made film. It is his expert deconstruction of the film making process that so enhances one’s understanding of cinema. Looking out for the things he shows us deepens one’s appreciation of the screenwriter’s craft.
To finish off he gives each participant a book of additional ‘Course Notes’ which supplement the copious notes you are encouraged to make. The course is entertaining, interesting and fun.
The cost is €150.00 and in order to facilitate participation, the course is scheduled to be held over a four week period, each Tuesday evening from 7.00pm – 9.00pm in Roscommon County Library, Abbey Street, Roscommon, beginning the week of 21st May 2012. Payment can be made by cash, cheque or credit card at Roscommon County Council’s Cash Office located at the Motor Tax Office,Abbey Street, Roscommon. Opening hours Monday to Friday: 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
All enquiries and bookings to Mary Mullins, PH 090-66-37321 by 5.30pm Thursday 17th May or email: mmullins@roscommoncoco.ie.
The delivery of the course is subject to sufficient numbers registering.