The National College of Art and Design’s Access Programme has, since 2004, developed a programme of engagement with 14 primary schools and 15 secondary schools in Dublin. This engagement is primarily aimed at raising awareness of art and design as career options as well as introducing the National College of Art and Design to children and young adults from our community.
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Up-date: 18th January 2012
Future Creators
The Future Creators programme commenced in September and is offered by the Digital Hub in association with the National College of Art and Design’s Access Programme.
Future Creators provides a range of programmes designed to develop 21st century skills through project-based learning activities using a range of digital media tools. The philosophy of the programme is to provide 24 young people with an environment where they can make new applications and digital content.
Using a project-based learning approach, the participants work in teams to complete complex tasks in their chosen digital media field. They have an opportunity to develop skills such as teamwork, problem solving, communication and responsibility. Future Creators participate in a series of modules where they will be introduced to a range of digital tools and platforms including: Gaming, Phone Apps, Digital Content Production TV/Video/Music and Social Networking.
In June the Future Creators will participate in a celebratory event where their work will be exhibited. For an update on Future Creators please see HERE.
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Up-date: 15th January 2012
Arts Mentoring Exhibition launched 14th December 2011 by Professor Declan Mc Gonagle, NCAD Director
Details of Participating Schools, Art Teachers and NCAD Mentors HERE.
See some photos from the exhibition HERE.
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Access Day - March 2011
NCAD Access were delighted to welcome 110 pupils from 12 secondary schools that are linked to the College Access Programme for our annual Access Day that took place on Friday 4th March 2011.
Working closely with the art teachers in our linked secondary schools, NCAD Access aims to provide a practical opportunity of engagement to pupils with staff and students from Faculties throughout the NCAD. Access Day allows pupils to make informed choices when it comes to making decisions about whether or not they wish to apply to art college and in particular to the NCAD.
Pupils that attend Access Day are nominated to do so by their art teachers and it is hoped that this opportunity will inspire and motivate pupils to pursue their interest in art and design.
NCAD Access would like to thank staff and students from the College for their ongoing support and engagement with the Access Programme.
This year our art and design workshops included Printmaking, Photoshop in Media, CD Collage in Visual Communication, Cuttlefish Casting in Metals, Drape Draw Design in Fashion, Paper Ball in Textiles, Hot Glass Cast in Glass, Digital Photography and Drawing through Printmaking in Education, Sculpture, Chairs: The Sketch and the Chair and Designer for the Day in Industrial Design.
NCAD Access would also like to thank teachers and pupils from the participating schools:
• Hartstown Community School
• CBS Synge Street
• Loreto College, Crumlin
• St Marks Community School, Tallaght
• Mercy College, Coolock
• Presentation Secondary School, Warrenmount
• Collinstown Park College, Clondalkin
• CBS James Street
• Trinity Comprehensive School, Ballymun
• Firhouse Community College, Tallaght
• Killinarden Community School, Tallaght
• Mercy Secondary School, Goldenbridge
Photos from ACCESS DAY 2011 Workshops HERE.
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Primary Schools
NCAD Access aims to support the primary school visual art curriculum through developing projects that underpin the work of teacher’s in the classroom and where possible incorporating the six strands of;
- Drawing
- Paint & Colour
- Print, Clay
- Construction
- Fabric & Fibre.
Secondary Schools
The NCAD Access’ Secondary School Programme offers four main projects to the secondary school that have links with the College. NCAD Access liaise closely with art teachers from each of the schools, with teachers nominating pupils that have demonstrated potential and an interest in exploring their creative options.
ARTS MENTORING PROJECT
The Arts Mentoring Project (2008) and Arts Mentoring Project (2009) involved art and design students mentoring senior cycle pupils from our linked secondary schools. NCAD students spent six weeks in the schools, assisting pupils to develop a scheme of work that was exhibited in the Faculty of Education.
STUDENT SHADOWING PROJECT
The Student Shadowing Project allows teachers to nominate two pupils from their school to visit NCAD for two days. During their time at NCAD pupils “shadow” an art and design student in their studio practice and visual culture lectures in order to gain an insight into what life as a busy art and design student is like!
ACCESS DAY
The annual Access Day is a major part of the College Access Programme. Each year for one day during March staff and students from every Faculty work on designing and delivering studio-based workshops that are aimed at fourth and fifth year secondary school pupils. Our linked schools are invited to nominate up to ten pupils and each group avail of two workshops over the day.
PORTFOLIO PREPARATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
The Portfolio Preparation Scholarship Programme awards a number of scholarships to the CEAD Summer Portfolio Preparation Course that takes place in NCAD during July. This Programme is open to senior cycle art pupils that attend any of our linked secondary schools.
ACCESS LINKED SECONDARY SCHOOLS 2011
Full Details on our ACCESS PROGRAMME HERE.
View a sample of work from participating schools HERE.
For more information contact Finola McTernan; mcternanf@ncad.ie
______________________________________________________________For more information contact Finola McTernan; mcternanf@ncad.ie
Most Recent Projects
A Space For Learning
Primary School Access Elective 4 – 14 January 2011
The Irish Architecture Foundation’s A Space For Learning exhibition was shown at the NCAD Gallery from November 5th 2010 – January 29th 2011. This exhibition showcased the top ten designs from a competition whereby architects/architecture graduates worked with Transition Year students on the design of educational spaces.
This exciting exhibition presented the NCAD Access Programme with an excellent theme for it’s annual Primary School Access Project, as it highlighted issues such as sustainability, light, shape and the use of colour in educational spaces.
Eight primary schools schools participated and sixteen students from the Faculties of Art & Design Education, Textiles, Visual Communication, Painting, Industrial Design, Sculpture and Ceramics worked together on developing their individual projects.
The students prepared for their primary school placements with lectures from Fiona King and Rachel Mc Aree, Education Curator at the Irish Architecture Foundation. The students also had inputs from the architecture graduates who worked on the LIVING ROOM Project in Mercy Secondary School in Coolock.
The primary school children responded with great enthusiasm to the Space For Learning theme and the art and design students used a variety of methodologies that included using blind contour drawing to help the children understand the initial drawing process utilised by an architect. The children explored, through the use of cameras, how learning takes place outside the classroom and within their own community. The project also demonstrated how contemporary artists such as Olafur Eliasson’s work could be used as a visual stimulus to give children an understanding of how to differentiate between real and imaginary space.
The children were encouraged to explore the concept of their favourite space in school and in doing so to rethink their spaces and come up with alternative designs with which to enhance their learning experience. Another project involved the children devising and structuring a visual narrative, the results of which can be seen in this humorously executed animation.
View the list of Participating Schools, Teachers and students HERE.
NCAD Access would like to thank the Irish Architecture Foundation, Fiona King for facilitating the Access Elective, Tony Murphy for documenting the children’s artwork, and all of the participating primary school children and their teachers for their hard work on this years project!
A samples of the work produced by pupils can be seen HERE shortly.
A samples of the work produced by pupils can be seen HERE shortly.
