Why Sherkin Island has become a haven for art students
On any given weekend, in normal circumstances, the ferry from Baltimore to Sherkin Island off the West Cork coast is bustling with people. Islanders, holidaymakers, day trippers and often, quite distinctively, artists.
Since being launched by the then Dublin Institute of Technology as a pilot programme in 2000, more than 100 students have graduated from the four year BA honours degree programme in Visual Arts based on the idyllic three mile long fuschia infused island.
