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Burren College of Art
Location
Map
The Burren

Ballyvaughan
,
County Clare

Ireland
Coordinates53°06′14″N 9°10′09″W / 53.103861°N 9.169228°W / 53.103861; -9.169228
Information
Typenon-profit
Established1993
FounderMichael Greene
PresidentMary Hawkes-Greene
DeanConor McGrady
CampusRural
Websitehttp://www.burrencollege.ie

Burren College of Art is an Irish non-profit independent art college specialising in undergraduate and graduate Fine Art education, located in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland. The Master of Fine Art programme is accredited by the University of Galway. The college has a substantial gallery space.

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The Burren College of Art was founded by Michael Greene and his wife Mary Hawkes Greene in 1993. They renovated a Norman tower house, called Newtown Castle, and its grounds. Buildings were added over time, including a new graduate studio and the largest gallery space in County Clare.[1][2]

The Burren region of Ireland where the college is located.

"The Burren College of Art is a unique experiment in art education, based in a unique rural landscape." – Eimear McKeith, Circa Magazine

The college hosted summer classes and study abroad students from the US. It started the first Masters of Fine Art in Ireland in 2003 and the first studio-based PhD in 2007, both conferred by the National University of Ireland, Galway. In 2007 Circa Art Magazine described the college as a "high-standard, third-level art education cheek by jowl with Clare’s grykes and clints".[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b McKeith, Eimear (Autumn 2007). "To the Waters and the Wild: The Burren College of Art" (PDF). Circa. 121: 64–71. doi:10.2307/25564834. JSTOR 25564834.
  2. ^ "The Whole Picture". showerofkunst.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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