CIT Crawford College of Art and Design is one of the leading colleges of
artArt is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings...
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designDesign is the planning that lays the basis for the making of every object or system. It can be used both as a noun and as a verb and, in a broader way, it means applied arts and engineering . As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product,...
in Ireland. The college is a school of
Cork Institute of TechnologyCork Institute of Technology , formerly Regional Technical College, Cork, is a college located in Cork, Ireland opened in 1973. The institute has 17,000 students in art, business, engineering, music and science disciplines...
. Today the college has facilities for 300 students and offers well-recognised courses in
Fine ArtFine art describes any art form developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than utility. This type of art is often expressed in the production of art objects using visual and performing art forms, including painting, sculpture, music, dance, theatre, architecture, photography and...
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Ceramic DesignA ceramic is an inorganic, non-metallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling. Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous...
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Art TherapyArt therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses art materials, such as paints, chalk and markers. Art therapy combines traditional psychotherapeutic theories and techniques with an understanding of the psychological aspects of the creative process, especially the affective properties of the...
and Art & Design
EducationEducation in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual...
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Located in
CorkCork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster...
, Ireland it has been provided education in the arts for over 200 years. The college has its origins in the Cork School of Design of 1850 associated with the
Royal Cork InstitutionRoyal Cork Institution was a Irish cultural institution in the city of Cork from 1803-1885. It consisted of a library of scientific works, a museum with old Irish manuscripts and stones with ogham inscriptions, and lecture and reading rooms. A lack of funds resulted in its closure in...
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CIT Crawford College of Art and Design is one of the leading colleges of
artArt is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings...
and
designDesign is the planning that lays the basis for the making of every object or system. It can be used both as a noun and as a verb and, in a broader way, it means applied arts and engineering . As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product,...
in Ireland. The college is a school of
Cork Institute of TechnologyCork Institute of Technology , formerly Regional Technical College, Cork, is a college located in Cork, Ireland opened in 1973. The institute has 17,000 students in art, business, engineering, music and science disciplines...
. Today the college has facilities for 300 students and offers well-recognised courses in
Fine ArtFine art describes any art form developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than utility. This type of art is often expressed in the production of art objects using visual and performing art forms, including painting, sculpture, music, dance, theatre, architecture, photography and...
,
Ceramic DesignA ceramic is an inorganic, non-metallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling. Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous...
,
Art TherapyArt therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses art materials, such as paints, chalk and markers. Art therapy combines traditional psychotherapeutic theories and techniques with an understanding of the psychological aspects of the creative process, especially the affective properties of the...
and Art & Design
EducationEducation in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual...
.
History
Located in
CorkCork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster...
, Ireland it has been provided education in the arts for over 200 years. The college has its origins in the Cork School of Design of 1850 associated with the
Royal Cork InstitutionRoyal Cork Institution was a Irish cultural institution in the city of Cork from 1803-1885. It consisted of a library of scientific works, a museum with old Irish manuscripts and stones with ogham inscriptions, and lecture and reading rooms. A lack of funds resulted in its closure in...
. The building that originally housed the college was built in 1724 as Cork’s
Custom HouseA Custom House or Customs House was a building housing the offices for the government officials who processed the paperwork for the import and export of goods into and out of a country. Customs officials also collected customs duty on imported goods....
. In 1979 the college was transferred to the former Technical School on Sharman Crawford Street, near
Saint Finbarre's CathedralSaint Finbarr's Cathedral, is a Church of Ireland cathedral located in Cork City, in the Republic of Ireland. The site of the cathedral has been a place of worship since the 7th century. The three spires of the cathedral are one of Cork's main landmarks. It is the seat of the Bishop of Cork,...
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Irish landscape painter James Brennan (RHA) was headmaster of the school from 1860 to 1889 when he went to manage the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, Brennan influenced William Horatio Crawford from the famous brewing family to invest in the School, leading to the 1884 extension and the renaming of the school the Crawford Municipal School of Art.
Under the Institutes of Technology Act 2006, Crawford College of Art and Design became a designated School of the
Cork Institute of TechnologyCork Institute of Technology , formerly Regional Technical College, Cork, is a college located in Cork, Ireland opened in 1973. The institute has 17,000 students in art, business, engineering, music and science disciplines...
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Notable alumni
- Hugh C. Charde
- Alice Maher
Alice Maher born at Kilmoyler, a rural area between Bansha and Cahir, County Tipperary, 1956 is an Irish painter and sculptor.Alice Maher received her early education at Ballydrehid National School and at Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cahir. She later graduated from the University of Limerick and the...
- Anthony Ruby
Anthony Ruby is an Irish artist. He studied Fine Arts at Crawford College of Art and Design and completed his BA in 1999...
- Robert Richard Scanlan
Robert Richard Scanlan sometimes known as R. R. Scanlan was an Irish painter and portraitist.A resident of Dublin in the 1820s, he exhibited portraits at the Royal Hibernian Academy , and was later Master of the Cork School of Design.He painted portraits and watercolour portrait groups, described...
(1801 - 1876)
- Brian Smyth
Brian Smyth is an Irish painter from Cork.Smyth studied art at the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork, graduating in 1995. His work has been widely exhibited both in Ireland and abroad .-External links:*...
- John Keating
John Keating may refer to:* John Keating * John Keating born 1927, Scottish musician* John Keating , Irish National League / Cumann na nGaedhael / Fine Gael politician from Wexford...
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