Gala Concert Poster Competition

Jane Mackay
Jane Mackay is a synaesthetic artist who sees colours when she hears music

Once again the music department are looking for both junior and senior cycle artists to get involved with the 'Gala Concert Poster Competition'.

The entries are due in by Wednesday March 6th and the winning poster will be announced at the Music Prize evening a few days later.

 

The following information must be included on the poster;

 

St. Columba's College

 

Gala Concert

 

Saturday April 27th  2013 at 8pm

 

Mairead Buicke, soprano and Anthony Byrne, piano

 

Proceeds to Habitat for Humanity

 

The poster should be completed in a portrait format and A3 in size.

 

Previous examples of poster designs can be seen HERE. See your art teacher for any more information.

What is synaesthesia?

Your brain usually interprets signals from the eyes as light, and those from the ears as sound. But a few people experience sounds as colours, smells as colours or even colours as smells. Around one in a hundred people have some form of this 'mixing of the senses' or synaesthesia. Almost any combination of two of the five senses is possible, although it is most common to see a certain colour when you hear a particular sound.

Junior and Leaving Certifcate Art Examinations

 

Over the past three days the examination of the Junior Certificate project work and Leaving Certificate craftwork has taken place. We wish the best of luck to all of the Leaving Certificate candidates with their results in August and the Junior Certificate candidates with their results in September.

Examinations

The Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate Exams are now over. They were held last week and now our Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate pupils are feeling very relieved!

Senior cycle pupils took the craft paper and disciplines such as clay modelling and batik were explored. The Junior Certificate drawing exam allowed for a number of man made or organic objects to be drawn. These were then added to their projects along with their life drawings and the envelopes were sealed.

Art Prize Evening

Old Columban and renowned photographer James Fennell (pictured left) visited the college last night to speak to the pupils about his work as a professional photographer and to adjudicate the art pupil's work and award the Art, Craft and Photography Prizes. Following a very stimulating talk about his various photography projects and published works from Interiors of Sri Lanka to the Vanishing Ireland series, James then awarded the following prizes.

 Janet Boyd, Form I, won the Junior Craft Prize and Ciaran Chisholm, Form I, was awarded a commendation for his work in the area of craft and painting. Samuel Clarke, Form II, won the Junior Art Prize. Amelia Shirley, Form VI, won the Photography Prize. There was a joint Senior Craft Prize awarded to Imogen Wardell and Toni Hoffmann and Daniel Roden won the Earl of Meath Senior Art Prize. Due to the large amount of quality work in a number of disciplines from photography to craft and fine art, Daphne Wright, Form VI, was awarded a commendation. There were also a number of distinctions awarded throughout the forms, the names of which will be published here in the coming days.

Painting by Daphne Wright (Form VI)

Clay Modelling By Imogen Wardell (Form VI)

  

 Clay Modelling By Toni Hoffmann

Senior Prize winning pupils photographed  with guest speaker James Fennell and Mr Watts.

Our Ancient Past

Today Form V and Form VI artists will visit the National Museum in Dublin and Newgrange in Co. Meath. There are a number of online resources which pupils can look at to reinforce the experiences from their trip. Suggested sites include the official website for Newgrange, shee-eire, Encyclopedia of Irish and World Art, and the Knowth website.  The unique site at Newgrange and its neighbouring Knowth and Dowth  has proven to be a continuous source of inspiration for Historians and Artists alike. Indeed many of the motifs found at these sites have been incorporated into numerous objets d'art that have come to constitute part of our national identity.