NCAD Postgraduate Research and Development Day

Mon. 14th Dec. 09.30 – 17.00 Harry Clarke LT, NCAD 100 Thomas St.

09.30    Coffee in Gallery lobby

10.00    Guest Lecture:  Professor Alex Milton, Programme Director, Irish Year of Design 2015

Year of Design 2015 as a threshold to developing a research led design profession in Ireland
             
11.00    Student presentations Panel 1.
              Glen Olmen (Medical Device Design, 2015
              Pierre Jolivet  (MFA  Art in the Digital World, 2015)
              Kate Buckley (Design History and Material Culture, 2015)

12.30    Lunch : participants are invited to attend two MFA shows:

              MFA Yr1 Good tidyings we bring at Frawleys, curated by Elisa Nocent

              MFA Yr 2 We are nonetheless always under the influence of gravity at the Annex,  curated by Lee Welch

13.30    Student/Staff presentations Panel 2.  Chair Prof. Des Bell

              Angela McDonagh  (MFA Fine Art graduate, 2015)

              Emma Creighton  (developer MA Interaction Design/PhD student in Design)

              Una Campbell (new entrant Structured PhD programme, Director,  Gailearaí na gCroisbhealaí Teo, Gweedore, Co.Donegal)

15.00    Coffee

15.30    Panel discussion and round up: Research strategies for aligning studio practice and critical contextualization in Art and Design

             Dr. Declan Long  (Visual Culture)
             Dr. Helen McAllister  (Applied Art)
             Sarah Durcan  (Fine Art)

17.00    Drinks reception Gallery Reception area, join us to celebrate Christmas