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Limerick School of Art & Design
Add-on
Code: Add-on
Programme Level: 8
Duration: 3 year specialisation following LC110
First Year Art & Design (Common Entry)
Class Contact Hours: 23 hrs per week (Year 1)
As the programme progresses, the course of study
becomes increasingly self-directed.
Location: Clare Street Campus, Limerick
Entry Requirements:
Entry into Painting is by competition and
selection during LC110 First Year Art &
Design (Common Entry).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact: Ms. Áine Nic Giolla Coda,
Programme Leader
Tel: 061 293397
Email: aine.nicgiollacoda@lit.ie
View our dedicated programme page
and galleries at:
www.lit.ie/Courses/Painting
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Painting
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fine Art
What is the programme about?
The BA (Honours) in Fine Art (Painting) is a four year programme. The distinct qualities which characterise the
learning experience are active learning through the continual use of materials and processes in a studio
environment. The studio environment is active as a place of individual visual research, making and presenting
works and through this practice also enables peer learning.
Learning about art in the contemporary world and the experience of the practice of learning in a shared group
context is central to the programme. The Painting programme is housed in purpose-designed spacious
studios, with workshop studio and audio-visual demonstration seminar space. The lecturers and technical
officers who deliver the programme are all professional working artists and this perspective ensures that the
Painting programme is focused on the provision of knowledge which is up-to-date and relevant to the
contemporary world.
Modules
Year 2: Students are given a comprehensive introduction to project based learning in studio painting
practice. Progressing to Year 3, students are enabled to expand and diversify the range of technical and
conceptual approaches through engagement with photography, video and collaborative project formats.
Year 3: International study is facilitated in Year 3 through the Erasmus programme. Students spend up to
one semester in a European Fine Art school and incoming European students are integrated into the life of
the department and in so doing, greatly enhance dynamic peer learning.
Year 4: In Year 4, students are mentored individually and through group formats of dialogue, critique and
workshops to achieve a successful outcome of research and practice, exhibited in the final BA degree
exhibition.
What can I do after the programme?
Graduates from this programme have pursued successful career paths in a wide variety of art and related
fields, which bears testimony to the value of the Painting programme. Graduates can also progress to
postgraduate and Masters level study. Some recent graduates have continued to progress their study on
prestigious courses both in Ireland abroad.
Famous graduates of the Painting programme at LSAD include Conor Harrington, Amy O’Riordan, Amanda
Coogan, Emmet Kierans, Ann Ryan, Diana Copperwhite and Nevan Lahart.
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