Course Summary
The Art + Research Collaboration (ARC) programme is a practical taught Masters delivered over 18 months in Dublin city centre. The programme connects art with many other disciplines and was developed in consultation with Dublin City Arts Office, led by the LAB.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
Entry Requirements
The course is open to graduates from any discipline area and all applicants must submit a Project Proposal. Please refer to the Preparing an Application for the ARC Programme guidelines (see course page) and contact [email protected] with any questions.
Applicants must have an undergraduate qualification of 2nd Class Honours or higher at Honours Degree level, or equivalent experience.
Shortlisted applicants may be called for interview.
Two references must also support your application.
Portfolio: Yes
Application Details
Application Deadline
2024 Applications are now open
IADT operates a rolling admissions policy for graduate taught courses, with decisions issued in 4 weeks after a submitted and complete application is received. An application is incomplete until you provide all required items on the checklist (including the application fee, if applicable).
Generally, courses will remain open to applications until all places are filled. Applications close in August.
All ARC applications must be submitted via the IADT online form.
Applicants will need to provide the names and contact details of two referees, a CV, Transcripts of Results (and Certificates of English Language Competence, if relevant).
You will also be required to submit a ‘portfolio’. Your Portfolio should be submitted as a PDF and must include a Project Proposal with the following elements:
A description of the concerns/ideas/materials/techniques you intend to explore in your project (approximately 500 words). You should indicate the project format most relevant to you. Do you want to make artworks, curate exhibitions/events, or write texts? If you’re interested in other formats that’s fine too – just let us know in your proposal.
Please include some references to examples of activities/research/work by others, either within or beyond the art field, relevant to your project (maximum 500 words).
If your project involves the making of artworks, you must include images of your own previous artwork (5-10 examples). Please caption all images with title, date and medium. You can also include links to documentation of your video/audio/performance works on your website/vimeo/soundcloud/tumblr.
If you wish to develop a specifically text-based project, please include samples of your previous writing (maximum 3,000 words) in your PDF
Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions about developing a Project Proposal for ARC.
Preparing an Application for the ARC Programme
All ARC applications must be submitted via the IADT online form.
Applicants will need to provide the names and contact details of two referees, a CV, Transcripts of Results (and Certificates of English Language Competence, if relevant).
You will also be required to submit a ‘portfolio’. Your Portfolio should be submitted as a PDF and must include a Project Proposal with the following elements:
- A description of the concerns/ideas/materials/techniques you intend to explore in your project (approximately 500 words). You should indicate the project format most relevant to you. Do you want to make artworks, curate exhibitions/events, or write texts? If you’re interested in other formats that’s fine too – just let us know in your proposal.
- Please include some references to examples of activities/research/work by others, either within or beyond the art field, relevant to your project (maximum 500 words).
- If your project involves the making of artworks, you must include images of your own previous artwork (5-10 examples). Please caption all images with title, date and medium. You can also include links to documentation of your video/audio/performance works on your website/vimeo/soundcloud/tumblr.
- If you wish to develop a specifically text-based project, please include samples of your previous writing (maximum 3,000 words) in your PDF
Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions about developing a Project Proposal for ARC.
Fees
International Fee: €16,000 total full course
The Student
Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
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.
Career Progression
Several ARC graduates have received major awards as artists, including Michelle Doyle (Arts Council Next Generation) and Isadora Epstein (Markievicz Award). Others have secured Percent For Art funding for site-specific projects (Becks Butler, Astrid Newman, Ciara Roche), launched new businesses in fashion and woodworking (Jai Thorn and J Ross & Sons), and published books (Theo Honohan and Fiona Gannon).
All ARC graduates become part of the extensive IADT Alumni network, which includes Helen Carey and Jennie Guy (Fire Station Artists Studios), Caroline Cowley (Fingal Public Arts), Mary Cremin (Director of Void Gallery), Mark Cullen and Gavin Murphy (Pallas Projects), Cleo Fagan (Hugh Lane Gallery), Georgina Jackson (Douglas Hyde Gallery), Rosie Lynch (Nimble Spaces), and Kate Strain (Graz Kunstverein).
Duration
Year 1, October - May (Thursday 10:00 - 17:00)
Year 2, October - January (Friday 11:00 - 14:00)
The Conferring Ceremony for this programme will take place in March after the end of Year 2