NCAD CEAD (Continuing Education in Art and Design) has published it’s part-time course handbook for 2010/2011. (Download pdf via www.ncad.ie website)
My course entitled ‘Website design and promotion for visual artists and craftspeople‘, is offered by NCAD CEAD in 2 separate 5-week runs on Monday nights. The course runs from Sept 27th – Nov 1st and Nov 8th to Dec 6th.
We can cover a lot in 5 weeks, have a read through the course overview and learning outcomes for more info. (Click image to enlarge)
A version of this course was taught in Clare in association with the Clare County Council Arts Office and VAI, and the website promotions module was delivered during both the NSF and VAI’s annual artists training programmes last year.
‘red line – yellow line’ is a part of a visual investigation of accidental compositions produced from sorting random pieces of coloured paper and card, the paper is filmed on the studio floor and the shapes are explored for compositional potential, some moments of footage are kept and sorted into relationships, various modernist motifs are exploited, a library of elements is generated, to be archived or reused
1. Identify, acquire and manage a quality website hosting account
2. Construct a visually appealing feature-rich website with own blog
3. Prepare images for display online and create image galleries
4. Sell products online via e-commerce and promote your work via Social Media and SEO
I drew some maps recently for a new book by Raymond Barrett called ‘Dubai Dreams: Inside the Kingdom of Bling‘, it got great reviews, was The Irish Times book of the day upon it’s release and is available to buy on Amazon. The maps are nothing fancy, just clear and concise, illustrating how the UAE fits into the Gulf region, and it’s proximity to it’s neighbours, especially Saudi-Arabia and Iran.
Raymond is a journalist who has lived in Kuwait for ten years and writes on Middle Eastern affairs for The Sunday Business Post, Foreign Policy and The Guardian amongst others.
This is one of a series of images I made recently called ‘Consequences of Love’, after the beautiful novel by Sulaiman Addonia.
The image arose from my observation of the early evening ritual of the men and women of the Moroccan town of Essaouira, many of whom take a stroll about the battlements of it’s sea wall before nightfall. The men are typically alone, the women in small groups, I thought there was something poetic and melancholy about it. It certainly ads a palpable atmosphere or frisson.
It reminded me very much of Addonia’s book, which is set in Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia, a place where contact between men and women outside the home is all but impossible (but especially for the poor), and all public contact between the sexes is controlled by Sharia.
I loved this show in the RHA recently, an inspired and generous effort, and a great use of the large upstairs space at the RHA. Everyone I spoke to about it was hugely impressed.
Nevan’s work has had a strong popular following, and despite an overall positive critical reception for the show, the reviews while positive in tone, were with a few exceptions somewhat less generous in spirit than the exhibition itself. On the evidence of the overall response to this show though, I think even his critics may be starting to warm to him.
NCAD CEAD (Continuing Education in Art and Design) has published it’s part-time course handbook for 2010/2011. (Download pdf via www.ncad.ie website)
