A great crowd gathered on May 18th for the Opening of the YAADA Showcase 2023 which runs until May 25th 2023. Thanks to everyone involved in making it such a great evening. Congratulations to all the graduating students who participated and…
Dylan McGloin has been awarded the annual Abbey Theatre Design Internship at this year’s exhibition of work by the final year BA in Performing Arts Design Specialisation. The award was made at the Year 4 Theatre Design Graduate Exhibition in the…
by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project 4th Year Performing Arts students present The Laramie Project as their graduation show 2023. Performance will take place at The Factory Performance Space Sligo at 8pm on May 19 2023. There…
We are thrilled to share the news that Interior Architecture & Design has been invited to be published on Dezeen Schools Show. Dezeen is an online platform for architecture and design. It is one of the top websites and featuring there by…
Thrum, a solo exhibition by Ronnie Hughes opens in the Molesworth Gallery on May 18th and runs until June 15th.
Then and Now – an exhibition by Elizabeth Kinsella in response to the Limerick Lace Collection curated by Maurice Quillinan – takes place at Limerick Museum from May 5th to June 1st 2023. Opening hours Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm…
on Thursday June 1st The Launch of Tell Me What I Am, by Una Mannion will be launched by Sinead Gleeson on Thursday June 1st at 6pm in Hodges Figgis, Dawson Street, Dublin. Una Mannion is a member of the Writing…
3rd year Performing Arts students would like to cordially invite you all to view our production of After Magritte, written by Tom Stoppard, directed, designed, and acted by 3rd year Performing Arts students. Dates, time, and place are as follows: Monday,…
Exit the King was performed in the Black Box by Year 3 students on April 26th and 27th 2023
The Only Jealousy of Emer and The Death of Cuchulain were performed by Year 4 Performing Arts Acting Students with Theatre Design by Performing Arts Design specialisation students on March 22nd and 23rd 2023 in the Black Box.
Meanwhile, in the Architectural Studio’s of Block 8, Mary Byrne and Dara Burke have been working with Year 3 students looking at low carbon construction in renewable materials. After a site visit to Liam McCormick’s auction house in Killybegs. This building…
of the Heaney-Miłosz Residency We have fantastic news to share with you all thiw week – Writing and Literature Lecturer – Alice Lyons has been awarded a residency for her writing! The Estate of Seamus Heaney, Krakow Festival Office (KBF) –…
Dr Keith Hopper, who lectures on the Writing & Literature programme at YAADA, published a review of two books by the Northern Irish writer Ian Cochrane: ‘Something wasn’t right’, [review essay of The Last Word: Selected Short Stories, and A Streak…
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome our two new acting Heads of Department: Dr Salem Gharbia as acting Head of Civil Engineering & Construction and Dara Burke as acting Head of YAADA. Good luck to you both in…
This weeks Meet the Team is coming from YAADA. Say Hello to our new acting Head of Department DARA BURKE! A little bit about Dara… I am registered Architect with a particular interest in high density housing design. I am also…
We have fantastic news to share with you all thiw week – Writing and Literature Lecturer – Alice Lyons has been awarded a residency for her writing! The Estate of Seamus Heaney, Krakow Festival Office (KBF) – operator of the Krakow…
YAADA are running a Free Virtual Portfolio session on Monday January 16th at 7.30pm. This information session will cover how to photograph the portfolio well and on uploading portfolio to the portfolio portal. We’ll also look at the portfolio guidelines for…
Our Christmas Faculty Mingle took place on campus today. It was a fantastic event and positive to see so many of you attending. It was also brilliant to have so many attending online too, this we believe is the way forward…
Meanwhile, in the Architectural Studio’s of Block 8, Mary Byrne and Dara Burke have been working with Year 3 students looking at low carbon construction in renewable materials. After a site visit to Liam McCormick’s auction house in Killybegs. This building…
Programme Chair for Architecture, Bernadette Donohoe has been nominated by the RIAI Council and Board of Education to be part of a National RIAI Education Taskforce that will review the current standard for Architecture Education ( RIAI Standard of Knowledge Skill…
Creative Design students recently visited the Rejoyce exhibition in Dublin which was celebrating 50 years of the Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI), established in 1972 to highlight the importance of design and to support Irish designers. As part of the…
YAADA were thrilled to have a visit from 4th class students from Strandhill National School recently. They came to see our 2nd Year Performing Arts students present MACBETH as part of module acting for heightened text. This was a fantastic opportunity…
The Writing and Literature students enjoyed a day with this week with playwright Deirdre Kinahan. Deirdre is a member of Aosdana and a well-established playwright who has a play forthcoming in the Peacock in early 2023. This was a very exciting…
Interior Architecture and Design students travelled to Dublin on the 23rd November to visit the British Contract Furniture Association’s (BCFA) Expo. The event where over 30 international leading manufacturers of interior furnishings exhibited their latest products attracts hundreds of professionals every…
This year two Interior Architecture and Design students have been shortlisted for the IDI graduate Awards: Ibtisam Dhafer, BA(Hons) in IAD graduate; and Karen Keaney BA in IAD graduate. Karen has been commended in the Interior Design category, and her graduate…
The Open Days took place on Friday and Saturday last and they were a HUGE success. It was fantastic to see such a buzz on campus both days and to see the huge support from all our staff. Visitors came from…
The 4th Year Performing Arts Acting students had a great performance in The Black Box Theatre TODAY at 4pm. Well done to the students and of course their Director, Lecturer Anges Pallai. We do hope many of you had the chance…
As part of the Live Art Module in Y3 Performing Arts, our students create, design and research various Live Art Performances and then on certain dates these events take place throughout the campus. You may have seen a walking Trash Man,…
We had a great Lunch and Learns event on Monday last. We learned about the amazing academic journey and work of Dr Susan Galavan from YAADA, it focus’s on the architecture in Dublin but also across Europe. Our second presenter was…
YAADA Lecturer Declan Drohan is holding a 1 day workshop on December 10th in Sligo. This workshop entitled ‘The Actor is the Theatre’, is now open for bookings. This promises to be an exciting day of actor training led by Declan….
The first presentation of work by our students in the M.A in Creative Practice is happening TODAY, November 10th in the Yeats Building. The exhibition is a mixture of different disciplines from interior architecture, theatre design, fine art, and writing. The…
Y2 Fine Art students recently enjoyed a trip to The Model Art Centre to see the super exhibition Portrait Lab. The group also enjoyed meeting with two of our Graduates who are busy working for the centre. The group were accompanied…
The R&I Forum of the Faculty of Engineering and Design are holding a “3-Search” event in A0005 from 12:30 – 2:00pm on Thursday 27th October. In the “3-Search”, you have 3 minutes and 3 slides to tell us about your Research…
We are DELIGHTED to bring back our popular Meet the Team feature this week! This feature is coming to you from YAADA. WELCOME SUSAN GALAVAN! A little bit about Susan… I’m a Dublin-born architect and architectural historian, my passion is working…
We must start by mentioning that this is not a repeat but ANOTHER shortlist announcement for Karen Keaney, graduate BA in Interior Architecture and Design. Karen has been shortlisted for yet another award with her project for the Batchelors Building –…
The European Council of Interior Architecture (ECIA) general assembly and round table discussions took place in Florence last week, in the opulent Palazzo Medici Riccardi. YAADA Lecturer Masa Ruane Bratusa travelled to the event. ATU was amongst a selected few patrons…
The first series in the new term of ‘THE WORD’ streamed live on Facebook last night. Our YAADA lecturer Elske Rahill was in conversation with renowned author Donal Ryan. The comments from last nights event were extremely positive. Well done to…
Huge congratulations to Karen Keaney! We’re delighted to share that Karen Keaneys design for the Batchelors Building has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Student Awards in Japan! This is one of the largest international student competitions, promoted through Arch Daily…
Dr Keith Hopper, who lectures on the Writing & Literature programme at YAADA, published a review of Louise Kennedy’s new novel, Trespasses, in the Times Literary Supplement (20 May 2022). Keith will also be hosting a public discussion on the Belfast-born…
It was a busy summer for ATU YADDA lecturer Ciarán McCauley who performed in a show entitled “In Pieces” this was a cabaret of poetry, drama prose and installation with live music. The piece was directed and produced by Rhona Trench…
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