Art and Ecology

The Art and Ecology program at University of Galway provides an immersive education in the development of professional practice as an ecologically oriented artist while the one-year MA provides a masters-level education in art appropriate for a diverse range of applications.

Students on the Art and Ecology program at University of Galway produce a final exhibition of both personal and collaborative work, which will demonstrate the skills necessary to survive and thrive as practising artists. Students will also demonstrate capabilities for critical enquiry through fine art, with the ability to evaluate their work through an informed grasp of the social, cultural and theoretical concerns shaping the discourse on contemporary art and ecological issues.

Art and Ecology students will also propose and implement an achievable, interdisciplinary collaborative project that engages with ecological/environmental concerns in the Burren or on a global scale.

Careers

Graduate artists find work in related fields, such as art curating, gallery administration and art education. The knowledge, skills and understanding developed in this program are transferable to a wide variety of applications, depending on the individual graduate.

Courses include

• Colonialism In Twentieth Century Cultural Theory
• Young Ireland to the Free State: Writing in English, 1849-1922
• Irish Drama and Theatre from Wilde to O'Casey
• Language, Gender and Power
• Ireland on Screen