Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
If you aspire to a career as an artist, our course will support you to produce an exciting, competitive and creative art portfolio to help you explore your creative and artistic skills. It will allow you explore all aspects of fine art and prepare for a career as an independent artist. Our students work as independent artists in independent art studios, businesses and work in the area of art and craft.
You will explore core practical skills including drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media which are essential skills to prepare you for art colleges. You will use your creative thinking, ideas, style and visual communication throughout the creation of your portfolio.
Our practical projects and exhibitions include opportunities to work with professional artists, and to experience the professional world of the artist.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Collage Techniques
Combined Materials
Drawing
Painting
Printmaking
Sculpture
Communications
Work Experience
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a possible progression route, click below:
| QQI Code |
| 5M5011 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
- Artist
- Art and Design Teaching
- Fashion & Textiles
- Fine Art
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture