Students are encouraged to operate to a professional standard of visual awareness and competent understanding of expressive modes and interpretative factors applicable to traditional and contemporary sculptural practice. Fourth year students also participate in a series of professional practice lectures.

The culmination of the students year work is the Degree Show, which displays the student's ability and achievement .The show involves a variety of solo sculptural exhibitions that include: object making, assemblage, installations, public art projects, environmental art, performance art, drawings, video, audio and photographic works.

LIFE AFTER COLLEGE

Students need to think of life after collage - How will you make a living? We source Public Art Projects on a regular basis, which all Sculpture & Combined Media students may submit their ideas for selection. These projects provide students with experience in preparing and facilitating public art projects.

The department also offers opportunities for students to work on European funded Projects. In 2001 students and staff worked in Lapland, in 2002 they will work in the Aran Islands and Athens. In 2003 in Lithuania and in 2004 in Gibraltar.

We also provide Work Experience Programmes for 2nd, & 3rd Year students, in the form of Internships at Limerick City Gallery of Art, The Belltable Arts Centre, The University of Limerick Arts Office, Limerick County Council Arts Office, The Fresh Film Festival and Limerick City Council Arts Office.

The Course provides graduates with a broad range of skills & experiences, check out our graduate pages:

Sean Lynch

Alexis Rufus

Regina Gleeson

It is our aim that individual students leave with the conceptual, intellectual and perceptual skills to respond to changing criteria within sculptural practice, and to reflect critically on their own achievements.

DEGREE ADVANCEMENT

Sculpture & Combined Media Course can provide advancement to post graduate degree courses in Education, Fine Art and Multi Media practice, such as: Masters in Art Education, Newport, South Wales. Masters in Fine Art, University of Ulster. MA in Fine Art Chelsea Art Collage, London. Duncan of Jordanston Dundee, Scotland. The Masters in Interactive Media, University of Limerick. Masters in Virtual Reality, NCAD.

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