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Add-on
Limerick School of Art & Design
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
Ceramics
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Design
What is the programme about?
The Ceramics programme covers a wide range of expressive practice, reflecting the diversity of contemporary
ceramic approaches; from the individual maker making functional, decorative, figurative or conceptual objects,
to the designer producing products that are informed by social, cultural and lifestyle issues. The programme
enables students to engage with the full breadth of ceramic processes to find inventive solutions with an
awareness of design, context and responsibility and encourages new ideas, challenges and risk taking in the
conception and realisation of creative ceramic work.
Ceramics at LSAD is the largest specialist ceramics programme in Ireland with a dedicated staff reflecting the
diversity of contemporary ceramic practice. This, coupled with a superbly equipped light-filled Ceramics
facility allows the programme to cover a range of approaches to this diverse medium.
The programme endeavours to provide students with the necessary subject specific and transferable skills,
vocabulary and contextual knowledge to enter the professional world of ceramic practice, be that through art,
craft or design. This is assisted through numerous initiatives, such as an in-house residency programme and
the Irish Contemporary Ceramics Collection, both of which afford students the opportunity to work alongside
and engage with professionals in practice.
Who is the programme suited to?
Ceramics is a wonderfully flexible material that can accommodate a wide range of approaches. We are looking
for students with enthusiasm for art, for making, for materials, problem solving, and for the exploration of
aesthetics and culture through this amazing material.
Entry Requirements:
Entry into Ceramics is by competition
and selection during LC110 First Year Art
& Design (Common Entry).
Applications will also be considered for
direct entry to Year 2 from those with a
FETAC Level 6 qualification or relevant
prior learning.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact: Ms Mandy Parslow,
Programme Leader
Tel: 061 293388
Email: mandy.parslow@lit.ie
View our dedicated Ceramics course
page and galleries at:
www.lit.ie/Courses/Ceramics
Facebook.com/CeramicsLSAD
Modules
Year 2: Ceramic processes, research strategies, design process, product development, professional
practice, critical & contextual studies. A research trip abroad.
Year 3: Ceramic processes, research strategies, design process, product development, professional
practice, critical & contextual studies. During Year 3, students have the opportunity to take part in learner
exchanges with colleges in Europe through the Erasmus scheme or a professional placement.
Year 4: Ceramic processes, research strategies, design process, product development, professional
practice, critical & contextual studies. A body of work is produced for the final examination, together with
supporting development material and a professional practice portfolio.
What can I do after the programme?
Graduates from the Ceramics Department work as designer makers, studio potters, ceramic sculptors and
teachers and are involved in a wide range of activities within the culture sector.
Undergraduate Prospectus 2018/2019
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