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Successfully competing at an international level

Successfully competing at an international level

Conor McDonald, a student of Gorey School of Art’s Core Year (Fine Art) course, has been accepted by Glasgow School of Art directly into year 2 of their prestigious fine art degree programme. Conor McDonald received the news last week by letter, following a recent interview in Glasgow. Glasgow School...
Portfolio Preparation Course

Portfolio Preparation Course

This full-time FETAC Level 5 course covers portfolios for: Fine Art, Visual Arts Practice, Visual Communication Design, Photography, Animation, Fashion, Interior Design, TV & Film Production, Design for Screen & Stage, as well as Model Making, Design and Digital Effects. Over the years, students from this one-year full-time course have...
Core Year (Fine Art) Course

Core Year (Fine Art) Course

This one-year fulltime FETAC Level 6 course focuses on fine art disciplines such as Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Digital Video, Photography, Printmaking and Cultural Studies. Successful students from this course can apply directly to second year of a degree programme in Art, Fine Art, Visual Arts Practice, Ceramics or Art &...
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GSA Newsletter 2012

GSA Newsletter 2012

Download our NEWSLETTER by clicking here… It’s packed full of information for perspective students as well as interested parents, career guidance teachers and the general public. ENJOY!
LIMITED PLACES for 2012/13 courses

LIMITED PLACES for 2012/13 courses

We are currently open to receive applications for places on all of our courses for the academic session 2012/13. Full-time Courses available include: Portfolio Preparation Core Year (Fine Art) Part-time Course available: Visual Arts The links above will bring you to information about each available course. Application forms can also be downloaded by following these...
OFFSET Update: Only 2 weeks to go

OFFSET Update: Only 2 weeks to go

  Check out the MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE to help you plan your weekend! We will updating this section to include a very interested and jammed packed SECOND ROOM schedule very soon too! DAY TICKETS NOW ON SALE! Can’t make it for the whole weekend of OFFSET fun? Try not to be too upset, there’s still...
ROOM for more...

ROOM for more…

The discussion over the past year has been centred around the re-establishment of the Gorey Arts Centre. With recent developments and the dwindling funds for cultural spaces, I have revised the initial proposal. My main focus hasn’t changed. The town lacks a dedicated cultural space for tourists, the local and wider community. The potential for...
NEW Education access route for GSA students

NEW Education access route for GSA students

We are delighted to confirm that the National College of Art & Design have accepted our request to allow our Core Year (Fine Art) students at GSA to apply for DIRECT ENTRY places to YEAR 2 of the BA (Hons) Degree in Art and Design Education. Since our Core Year (Fine Art) course began 5...
Peripheries Opening Night in Cork

Peripheries Opening Night in Cork

PERIPHERIES – Cork 2012 Speaking Gorey The initial idea for this event, was derived or seeded from an event titled ‘Gatherings on the Grounds of Art’ as part of the Cork Caucus that took place in Cork city, while it hosted the European City of Culture 2005. During one of those ‘Gatherings’ Sarat Maharaj (Royal College...

Peripheries 2011 is traveling to Cork

  Peripheries 2011 show is set to travel to Cork next month. C.P.R CRAWFORD PROJECT ROOM will host an exhibition of selected artist’s work from the Peripheries 2011 exhibition at Gorey School of Art in August. C.P.R is a dynamic art space supported and operated by Crawford College of Art & Design. The artists participating...
Supporting our friends at OFFSET 2012

Supporting our friends at OFFSET 2012

    Originally an initiative of The Small Print when it begun in early 2009, OFFSET has quickly grown into an strong entity in itself. Run by Peter O’Dwyer, Bren Byrne and Richard Seabrooke (all creatives living and working in Dublin) it has become Dublin’s premier creative festival attracting speakers and visitors from all over the world. In...

Update: National Campaign for the Arts

Dear supporter, Happy New Year from all of us in the NCFA. I hope you are starting the year refreshed with the energy and determination to survive and thrive in whatever you do. We’ve just had our first Steering Committee meeting of the year. We’ve looked at our priority areas of work and sketched an...
Core Year (Fine Art) students visit Cow House Studios Nov. 2011

Core Year (Fine Art) students visit Cow House Studios Nov. 2011

Recent visit by Core Year (Fine Art) students to Cow House Studios in Wexford. Many thanks to Frank and Rosie for providing such a warm welcome. Also a huge thank you to the 4 resident artists we met. Shiro Masuyama (Japan) Antony Clarkson (UK) Sabina Mac Mahon (Ireland) Hilary Wilder (USA)
Peripheries 2011

Peripheries 2011

The initial idea for this event, which will become part of our annual programming, was derived or seeded from an event titled ‘Gatherings’ as part of the Cork Caucus which took place in Cork city while it hosted the European City of Culture 2005. During one of those ‘Gatherings’ Sarat Maharaj (Royal College of Art,...