Course General Description

Fine Print is a central discipline within the School of Fine Art that spans the autographic arts, mechanical reproduction and digital media. Fine Print overlaps with a broad range of disciplines including sculpture, installation and media, whilst maintaining a distinct culture of its own. The Fine Print programme encourages students to explore printmaking and ‘expanded printmaking’ and seeks to develop each students creative potential. You will be encouraged to work across a range of disciplines. You will explore a variety of modes of expression and visual installation using a variety of techniques and skills - lithography, etching, screen-printing, monoprint through photoshop, photography, final cut pro, animation, audio visual installation.

School General Description

The National College of Art and Design occupies a unique position in Art and Design Education in Ireland. It offers the largest range of Art and Design degrees in the State at undergraduate and postgraduate level and is the only Irish University institution specialising in Art and Design. Many of the most important Irish artists, designers, and art teachers have studied or taught in the College and it has long been central to art and design education in Ireland. Artists and designers of international repute are invited to teach or give special lectures in the College. Exchange programmes with colleges and universities in Europe and the United States now take place annually and individual staff members are linked to numerous professional organisations at home and abroad.