Art Schools in Leinster
Visual Arts Guide

Leinster Art Schools

Excluding Dublin Art Schools, the province of Leinster (which includes the counties of Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow) still offers a useful selection of commercial and fine art courses, designed to furnish students with the necessary foundation or specialist skills to pursue a career as a solo artist (in painting, sculpture, printmaking, or applied arts), or as a commercial or graphic designer, or in Ireland's visual arts industry.

More Information About Third Level Art Courses

For details of necessary qualifications, syllabus, art facilities and future career potential, please contact the following institutions, or visit their websites.

County Carlow

Carlow Institute of Technology, Kilkenny Road, Carlow
Phone: 059-9170400; Website: itcarlow.ie
Provides a BA Degree course in Industrial Design.

County Kilkenny

Ormonde College, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny
Phone: 056-22108
Offers a Higher National Diploma in Fine Arts (with drawing, figure drawing and figure painting), plus post-leaving certificate foundation courses.

Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent (KCAT), Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Phone: 056-7755115; Website: kcat.ie
Provides VEC Art courses for people with and without special needs as well as an artists studio for people with special needs.

County Louth

Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co Louth
Phone: 042-9370200; Website: dkit.ie
Offers BA Degree courses in Cultural Studies, and Video and Film.

County Wicklow

Bray Institute of Further Education (Bray Senior College), Co. Wicklow
Phone: 01-286-6233; Website: bife.ie
The college provides post-leaving certificate courses in Portfolio Preparation, Fine Art, Ceramics, Graphic Art, Computer Aided Design, TV/Film Production and Multimedia, Fashion Design, Furniture Design and Interior Design.

More Art Courses

Ireland
National College of Art & Design (Dublin)
Crawford College of Art & Design (Cork)
Munster Art Schools
Connacht Fine Art Courses
Ulster Art Colleges

UK
London
Scotland
England & Wales

• For facts about painting and sculpture in Ireland, see: Irish Visual Art

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