Painting - BA (Hons)

Program Overview

The BA (Honours) in Fine Art Painting from TUS emphasizes hands-on studio practice and conceptual development through diverse mediums, including painting, photography, and video. Students benefit from instruction by working artists, international exchange opportunities, and a supportive studio environment that fosters creativity and peer learning. Graduates pursue careers in art, education, and other related fields, and many have gained recognition as successful artists in the contemporary world.

Program Outline

Painting – BA (Hons) - TUS

Degree Overview:

The BA (Honours) in Fine Art Painting is a 3-year full-time program housed in purpose-designed spacious studios, with workshop studio and an audio-visual demonstration seminar space. The program emphasizes active learning through the continual use of materials and processes in a studio environment. The studio environment is active as a place of individual visual research for making and presenting works allowing for continual peer learning. The lecturers and technical officers who deliver this course are all professional working artists, ensuring the program is focused on providing knowledge that is up-to-date and relevant to the contemporary world.

Outline:

Year 2:

• Students are given a comprehensive introduction to project-based learning in studio painting practice.
• Students are enabled to expand and diversify the range of technical and conceptual approaches through engagement with photography, video, and collaborative project formats.

Year 3:

• International study is facilitated through the Erasmus program.
• Students spend up to one semester in a European Fine Art school.
• Incoming European students are integrated into the department, enhancing dynamic peer learning.

Year 4:

• Students are mentored individually and through group formats of dialogue, critique, and workshops to achieve a successful outcome of research and practice.
• Final BA degree exhibition.

Teaching:

• The program emphasizes hands-on material exploration.
• Lecturers and tutors are working artists, guiding students through technique and context.
• Technical officers ensure students are equipped with the materials they need to grow their creativity.
• The program bridges art with the contemporary world, ensuring what students learn today is applied tomorrow across many different mediums.

Careers:

• Graduates have pursued successful career paths in a wide variety of art and related fields, including:
• Education and outreach
• Curatorial practice
• Animation
• The film industry
• Establishing a contemporary art practice
• Famous graduates of the Painting program at LSAD include:
• Conor Harrington
• Amy O’Riordan
• Amanda Coogan
• Emmet Kierans
• Ann Ryan
• Diana Copperwhite
• Nevan Lahart

Further Study:

• Successful graduates are eligible for Level 9 and 10 postgraduate programs within TUS or elsewhere.

Other:

• The program is housed in purpose-designed spacious studios, with workshop studio and an audio-visual demonstration seminar space.
• The studio environment is active as a place of individual visual research for making and presenting works allowing for continual peer learning.
• The program is focused on providing knowledge that is up-to-date and relevant to the contemporary world.
• Students can exhibit works with local galleries and museums such as the Hunt Museum, to our Graduate Show, fuelling their creativity.
• Limerick’s vibrant atmosphere and dynamic art scene is a fantastic location for fostering creativity.