Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology ( ga, Institiúid Ealaíona, Dearadh agus Teicneolaíochta Dhún Laoghaire), more commonly known as IADT Dún Laoghaire or simply IADT is an

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with a focus on art and design located in

Deansgrange Deansgrange () is a southern suburb of Dublin, centred on the crossroads of Clonkeen Road and Kill Lane. The area shares the name Clonkeen () with the area further east, known as Kill of the Grange (i.e. "Church of the Grange of ": referring t ...

near

Dún Laoghaire Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town was built following the 1816 legislation that allowed the building of a major port to serve Dubli ...

, Ireland. It was established in 1997 and incorporated the former Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design as its School of Creative Arts.

Academic work

Approach

The institution has an emphasis on

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and

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with the National Film School (NFS) located on campus. The college offers programmes in

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, arts and humanities, business, arts management,

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, computing and

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technology. Emphasis is placed on the convergence of the arts, technology and enterprise. A flagship campus incubation centre called Media Cube supports the graduate enterprise development programme and accommodates start-up business in the media and digital media sectors.

Organisation

IADT has two faculties: *Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies *Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities.

Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies

Courses include: *BSc (Honours) in Creative Media Technologies eplacing the BEng in Audio Visual Media Technology*BSc (Honours) in Creative Computing eplacing the BSc in Computing in Multimedia Programming and BSc (Honours) in Computing Multimedia Systems/ Web Engineering*BSc (Honours) in Applied Psychology *BA (Honours) in Design in Model Making for Film and Media *BA (Honours) in Design for Stage and Screen *BA (Honours) in Animation *BA (Honours) in Film & Television Production *BA (Honours) in Photography *BA (Honours) in Design in Visual Communications *BA (Honours) in Visual Arts Practice *MSc in User Experience Design *MSc in

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*MA in Screenwriting *MA in Visual Arts Practices *MA in Broadcast Production for Radio and Television

=National Film School

= The National Film School is part of the Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies. It was launched in 2003. It acts as a "centre of excellence" for film, animation, broadcasting and digital media. The School offers the only BA Honours in Film and Television Production in the country, although the Huston School in Galway, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and

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in Dublin do offer diplomas in film-related studies. Notable visiting lecturers include

Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright and filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed two critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, '' My Left Foot'' and '' In the Name of the Father'', and later directed the fi ...

Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Sc ...

John Boorman Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, best known for feature films such as '' Point Blank'' (1967), ''Hell in the Pacific'' (1968), ''Deliverance'' (1972), '' Zardoz'' (1974), '' Exorcist II: The Heretic'' (1977 ...

Neil Jordan Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, '' Night in Tunisia'', won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. He won an Academ ...

Stephen Frears Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English director and producer of film and television often depicting real life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply drawn characters. He's received numerous accola ...

Stephen Rea Stephen Rea ( ; born 31 October 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in films such as '' V for Vendetta'', '' Michael Collins'', ''Interview with the Vampire'' and '' Breakfast on Pluto''. Rea was nominated for the Academy Aw ...

and

John Landis John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American comedy and fantasy filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed – such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978 ...

Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities

Formerly the School of Business and Humanities, the Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities focuses on the knowledge, media and entertainment sectors. Courses include: *BA (Honours) in English, Media and Cultural Studies *BA (Honours) in Business Studies and Arts Management *Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Entrepreneurship & Management *Bachelor of Business in Entrepreneurship *Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Entrepreneurship *Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Event Management *MA Public Culture Studies

Campus

The institute is located on Kill Avenue, about two kilometres west of Dún Laoghaire, close to Bakers Corner and Deansgrange. It is served by several bus routes. The former Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design (now part of the Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies at IADT) moved to the campus in the early 1980s. This move facilitated an expansion of facilities and led to the creation of IADT in 1997. The college had strong ties with artist

Diarmuid Larkin Diarmuid Larkin (1 April 1918 – 25 June 1989) was an Irish artist and art educationist, who was predominantly a painter of landscapes. Becoming more abstract over time, his work reflected the warmth and sensitivity of his own personality.

and his son Seán, who later became its director. The college has developed amenities such as the Media Cube for enterprise projects and

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in the technology sector and is expanding its campus to incorporate further departments and students. Sports facilities such as a full sized all weather floodlight soccer pitch have been added in recent years.

Campus history

The institute's site was a Christian Brothers home, Carriglea Park Industrial School, from 1894 to 1954. In the 2009 Report on child abuse, the Christian Brothers were found to be seen in a relatively favourable, if incompetent, light, in comparison to abuses in other industrial schools, and still play a key part in the Dún Laoghaire area, albeit entirely separate from the Dún Laoghaire campus. Prior to being bought by the Christian Brothers, Carriglea was a Georgian residence owned by the Goff Family. The Reverend Robert Goff purchased the estate in 1826 for use as his principal residence. The Reverend Goff died in 1844 and the estate passed to his wife and family. Both the Reverend Robert Goff and his wife are interred in the church in Monkstown. IADT has a collection of diaries written by the Reverend Goff from the late 18th Century until his death.

Facilities

*Library *Computer labs *Outdoor

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pitches *Car parking (pay & display) *The chapel (Student Union area) *Canteen *Cafes:

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Student projects

Some student projects in IADT Dun Loaghaire have achieved acclaim such as a project by Gobias productions, a group of five students from IADT. The students developed a student film called, "On the cutting room floor." They went on to win all the judges categories in the student film competition at the Dare2Bdrinkaware awards ceremony. The award ceremony is for third level students in Ireland and is organised by the Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA).
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Clubs and societies

The college is also home to many clubs and societies including, the golf, soccer, enterprise and music society.

References

External links

Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology official siteIADT's Student Union websiteIADT's Centre for Creative Technologies and Applications (CCTA)The Media Cube websiteThe FIS (Film in Schools) website
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