Digital Photography and Storytelling
When: Semester Two. Course commences 20th January 2025 and runs on Mondays from 6.30pm - 9.00pm
Course Application Open Date: 1st December 2024
Course Application Deadline: 17th January 2025
Course Fee: €300
Tutor: Colette Lewis
What is the course about?
This course explores the concepts, practices and resources used in fine art digital photography with particular reference to narrative. It develops the student’s knowledge and practice of visual storytelling through photography. Emphasis is on project work where students develop a topic or theme and apply a narrative approach to create a sequential series of photographic images. Students are expected to develop their projects outside of class-time for group analysis and discussion within class time.
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Colette Lewis is a visual artist and educator in lens-based digital media and socially engaged art practices. With over a decade of experience teaching lens-based media across institutions in Ireland, she holds an MA in Visual Art Practices from the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology. Her work has been exhibited and screened internationally, including at the Short Irish Film Showcase, Liverpool Irish Festival, IndieCork Film Festival, EV+A International in Limerick, and TULCA Visual Arts Festival in Galway. Colette has received multiple grants from the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork City Council to support her practice. She maintains a studio with the Cork Artists Collective, where she also serves on the Board of Directors, and is a founding member of The Guesthouse arts space.
Accreditation
Students have an opportunity to submit their work for assessment should they wish to gain the CIT Single Module Certification.
This course is accredited 5 credits on the National Framework of Qualifications, where 60 credits equate to the workload of a full-time academic year on a degree programme. It may be possible, therefore, to use these credits as part of one of our full-time programmes in the Department of Fine Art and Applied Art. Students interested in pursuing this option should contact crawford.enquiries@mtu.ie
Contact
Course Enquiries:
crawford.enquiries@mtu.ie
For more information & to apply:
https://www.cit.ie/course/CRACCXXD7