Contemporary Art - Turner Prize

What is the Turner Prize?
The Turner Prize is a contemporary art award that was set up in 1984 to celebrate new developments in contemporary art. It is awarded each year to ‘a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding’.
The four shortlisted artists present works in a show normally held at Tate Britain before the winner is announced in December. This year, the prize will be held in Derry~Londonderry as part of the
City of Culture 2013 celebrations. This is the first time the prize has been held outside England. Over recent decades the Turner Prize has played a significant role in provoking debate about visual art and the growing public interest in contemporary British art in particular, and has become widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the visualarts in Europe.
http://www.turnerprize2013.org/

Art News - Francis Bacon painting sells for record $142m

Francis Bacon's three-panelled painting "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" has become the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction when it was bought for $142.4m (€105.9m).

 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1113/486318-francis-bacons-study-of-freud-sets-new-art-record/




Francis Bacon's work and original London studio is on permanent display in the Huge Lane Gallery in Dublin.  http://www.hughlane.ie/history-of-studio-relocation

Student of the Month - October 2013

Upcoming Art Competitions 2013/2014

The Galway Advertiser
Closing date for entries is Saturday 7th December

JCSP Competition - Digital Photo Story

Point, shoot and narrate!

 A narrated digital photographic story in response to the Competition theme -
‘My place and my community’

 Closing date: December 10th 

http://www.google.ie/doodle4google/
Closing date for entries is Friday 13th December

http://www.texacochildrensart.com
THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE COMPETITION IS Friday, 22nd February 2013.

Junior Cert Art Projects 2013

PCA ART DEPT's photostream on Flickr.

Congratulations to all the PCA Art students who achieved fantastic results in their Junior Cert Art, Craft & Design Projects. To view some examples of  projects click on the images above.

Student of the month - September 2013

Each month the Art Department will nominate the Art ‘Student of the Month’ from each year group. Each student will have their work posted on the PCA Art Blog and on a special display corner in the art room. 

To be considered for this award students must have:

• worked well consistently
• behaved well in class
• completed all homework assignments on time
• be prepared for class and of course
• be creative.....
  
  
  
  
  Congratulations to the following students for all their hard work and commitment this month.

A New School Year!

Welcome back to all students, especially all our First Year students!
To all our Art Students remember to check the blog for regular news about Art Competitions, Student of the Month, JC Project and LC Artwork examples, Gallery Trips and inspirational quotes to keep you motivated!

2nd Yr - Animations

JCSP - Make A Book Exhibition 2013

Make a Book  is an annual celebration of reading, writing and the creative imagination of students and teachers involved in the Junior Certificate School Programme This year the exhibitions took place in

Dublin - 13th to 15th March 2013, Civic Offices, Wood Quay

Cork -10th to 12th April 2013, Millennium Hall, City Hall, Cork  

Musical Birds - JCSP PCA 2013

There were hundreds of books on display often accompanied by amazing art and craft work. Some of the schools involved whole class groups in writing one big book, while in other schools everyone wrote their own individual books. There were huge, three-dimensional books, dainty little books, and collections of beautifully crafted and decorated texts that had been painstakingly put together. The books give us a great insight to the fascinating world of the Irish teenager.

Five PCA art students participating in the JCSP programme, completed a beautiful wire sculpture book, entitled Musical Birds. The paper machie birds contain the personal writings of the five students who created this book. Through the birds the students express their love for music. The project was created and cross linked through several departments: English, I.T. Music and Art. Ms Kelly travelled with the students to Dublin and had a fantastic day visiting the exhibition. The project was also selected to be on display in the Cork exhibition.

Musical Birds is now on display in the art room and students experimented with photography and digital media, by photographing the book to the backdrop of different landscapes and skies.

Congratulations to JCSP students Michelle Helebert, Shauna Marchant, Linnis McInerney, Karl Flaherty and Cathal Quill on completing a fantastic project.