IADT Students Create Artwork for Electric Picnic

This year, Electric Picnic exclusively invited IADT students to showcase their wild and wonderful creations to a 70,000 strong audience. 

Students from the Institute of Art, Design + Technology, Dún Laoghaire designed and created a menagerie of fantastical wild animals and curious things for this year’s Electric Picnic. These wonderful sculptures adorned the forest Art Trail section in Stradbally at the three-day festival this summer. The theme for the Art Trail was “Reawakening”, students have drawn inspiration from nature, the pandemic, contemporary culture and art. 

Designed to be colourful and appealing the pieces were constructed using recyclable and sustainable materials. At night the artworks lit up, adding to their overall appeal and magic. 

These artworks came directly from the students’ imaginations and brought to life by hand in their studios at IADT. Designed to fit in perfectly with the Electric Picnic festival vibe, they were created bursting with colour, energy and imagination.

Click here to see more of the artwork created by IADT students for Electric Picnic.

Does this career sector appeal to you? Click here to discover a course in IADT that could help you progress into this sector. Learn more about the day to life of a Fine Artist who creates pieces of art such as paintings, sculptures, mosaics, or photography.