New wave of artists in the light

Three creatives explain their work to Tina O’Sullivan as they prepare for their graduate degree shows

AS the academic year draws to a close, art students around the country are preparing for their degree shows. These eagerly anticipated events are the summation of four years of third level art training. Gallerists, buyers, journalists, family and friends will all pour into the colleges to cast an eye over the work of the next wave of Irish artists.

The Galway Mayo Institute of Technology runs one of the best regarded textile courses in the country. Jean Power from Castletownbere, Co Cork will graduate this year before travelling to London to participate in the New Designers exhibition on Jun 27 & 28. Power has also been selected for the Volvo Ocean Race festival art exhibition in Galway in July.