Visit to ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Enschede

Poster in the Entrance Hall of the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Enschede

I was in Enschede, The Netherlands earlier this month for my exhibition opening, and also at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, (Aki/ ArtEZ) to give a lecture about my work, specifically on the development of a body of work and the refining of thought through a reflective practice. Following the lecture I met with students and gave tutorials.

I first visited the college last year to co-deliver a workshop using large format film cameras in the photography department as part of their multi-institutional Memento project. It was a delight to to meet staff I had met previously and to discuss the possibility of further staff exchanges between AKI & CIT/Crawford College of Art & Design in the future. My involvement is with the print, ceramics and photography departments there, and they are innovative and enthusiastic to share their time with us in CIT/ Crawford and we talked of some interesting projects we would like to develop together.

Thanks again to the Dean & Staff of ArtEZ Academy of the Arts (AKI) for the invitation to come to Enschede, and to Erasmus and Culture Ireland for helping to fund the visit. It was a very successful & interesting trip both as an artist and educator.

Memento III

At the end of May I traveled back to Enchede, Holland, for the grand opening of Memento III. It was great to be there to see the result of all the hard work. The exhibition was spread over 3 locations and it was very interesting to see the response of 7 different art institutes to the same theme. I'm happy to say that the Crawford did itself proud. Once again the Dutch were wonderful hosts and it was lovely to meet the tutors from the other institutes. Marcel, Rudi and Eric even introduced me to their 10 x 8 camera and there are plans in the pipeline for me to return in the future to run a workshop & make some work with it. I look forward to it!

Congratulations to everyone involved in Memento III, it was a great success.

Memento Project Award

I'm just back from a wonderful week teaching in Enschede, Holland. The photo above is of myself, Trish Brennan (Head of Fine Art in Crawford College of Art & Design) and the Dean and members of the AKI ArtEZ Institute for the Arts responsible for the Memento project, after they received the Orange Carpet Award. CIT Crawford College of Art & Design is a partner in the Memento Project.

Dutch Mementos

This week I'm in Holland teaching a workshop in the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Enschede as part of the Memento Project. The Memento Project is an international educational exhibition which a number of European art colleges take part in, including the Crawford College of Art & Design here in Cork. The theme of the project focuses on memory and recollection. Marcel, a photography tutor here, has written about it on his blog. (You'll have to use Google Translate unless you can read Dutch!)

Tasio having his hair cut for a photoshoot (Courtesy of Marcel Vos)

ArtEZ recently won the Orange Carpet Award for the Memento project. It is awarded to the University in the Netherlands who does the best to ensure the well being of their International Students.