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Help with College

  • 16-06-2010 5:20pm
    #1
    rainbowcountry8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi, I have just recently finished a level 5 fetac course in Photography and been offered a place to go onto 2nd year for the higer diploma. Which I was lucky to have recieved and am extremly grateful for the opportunity but the thing is I am unsure as to what to do as my main interest is Fine Art Photography and Photography as an Art. I love surrealism, concepts and ideas behind an image. 2nd year involves me having to shoot a wedding etc and thats not really what I want to do and am half thinking of giving up my place to someone who will be more deserving and who will work harder as I may not as I am not that interested in wedding, commercial etc photography. I'd happily do it but its not what I want to do in the future. Anyways I was just wondering if anybody on Boards.ie knows if there is anywhere in Limerick or outside (like an Art college etc) that I could apply to that do visual communications or something like that. Im so lost and dont want to do 2nd year if I feel I wont give it 100%. LSAD dont do anything to do with Photography or anything along the lines to do with Art Photography as a course. Any help would be kindly appreciated. Thanks x


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  • #2
    artyeva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭artyeva


    um... i went to LSAD [admitedly a few hundred years ago now] and went into sculpture in 2nd year.. but my diploma show was mostly photography and my degree show was performance and photography, so unless it's radically changed since i was there i'd say that'd be yer best bet. i can PM you a name of a guy to talk to if you like...


  • #3
    rainbowcountry8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭rainbowcountry8


    hey, I emailed them ages ago and they said photography is only a small part of the course. I have until the 1st July to change my mind on the CAO so I might change it to the 1st year Art & Design and I have also started building up my 'art' portfolio with drawings, paintings etc (they are crap) but I guess it is worth the shot. Thanks so much, if you could PM me the contact details of that person that would be great. Cheers for the advice.x


  • #4
    Chorcai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Chorcai


    rainbowcountry8 wrote: »
    hey, I emailed them ages ago and they said photography is only a small part of the course. I have until the 1st July to change my mind on the CAO so I might change it to the 1st year Art & Design and I have also started building up my 'art' portfolio with drawings, paintings etc (they are crap) but I guess it is worth the shot. Thanks so much, if you could PM me the contact details of that person that would be great. Cheers for the advice.x

    You have 2 choices, either take the place or don't. You can't use "change of mind" to apply for a new course, that is restricted. In other words if you want to do Fine Art, then your going to have to wait untill next year 2011. Submitting your porfolio next Feb 2011.


    CAO :

    "Restricted-Application Courses which are added for the
    first time via a Change of Mind are invalid choices and
    will not be considered"

    NCAD:

    In 2010, applicants to CAO Course Code
    AD111 in NCAD must submit a portfolio to:

    The National College of Art
    and Design
    100 Thomas Street
    Dublin 8

    by 5pm on Friday 5th February, 2010.

    Applicants must also have applied prior
    to 1st February to the Central Applications
    Office.

    You should consult the current
    CAO Handbook which is available online
    at http://www.cao.ie/

    Course AD111 is a restricted course and
    late applicants cannot be considered.


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