Masters of art: New crop of Sherkin gradutes show their work in Skibbereen
Graduates of the MA Art and Environment Course on Sherkin Island: Hina Khan, Fiona Hayes, Ann Davoren (Uillinn West Cork Arts Centrer), Niamh Seana Meehan and Niamh Ní Chearbhaill. Picture: Emma Jervis
It says much for TU Dublin School of Art and Design BA in Visual Art (BAVA) degree programme on Sherkin Island in West Cork that two of its graduates have won the prestigious RDS Taylor Art Award for their degree projects in the past seven years. Mary K Sullivan won in 2018 for her installation, At Home, At War, while Sorcha Browning has just been announced as the 2024 recipient for her film installation, Eden.
Such has been the success of TU Dublin’s BAVA programme, developed in collaboration with Uillinn: The West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen and the Sherkin Island Development Society, that the three partners launched a Master’s Programme in Art and Environment in 2020.
