Congratulations to MA alumnus Kevin O’Dwyer (2006), who was recently awarded this year’s Crafts Council Bursary. An accomplished sculptor and silversmith, O’Dwyer is also founder of Sculpture in the Parklands, a public sculpture park in Co. Offaly opened in 2002.
Does art make you smarter?
The recent book ‘Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education’ published by Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education grapples with mixed results of a study on the benefits of visual arts education. (more…)
Brave new world…
Greetings! This blog has been set up as a new forum and resource for folks working professionally in the arts in Ireland– reporting on issues of arts management and cultural policy across the country and including links to interesting articles and sites worldwide.
Got event notices, job announcements, or any other tasty tidbits of goings-on in the arts sector? Drop us an email and we’ll post them here…