AREAS OF EXPERTISE: ART & DESIGN EDUCATION
Mark Ewart is a Graduate of MTU Crawford College of Art & Design Cork, with BA (Hons) Fine Art, Dip Art & Design Teachers and MA Art & Design Education. He lectures in Art & Design Education within the Dept of Arts in Health and Education MTU and is also an art teacher in Ashton School, Cork. He has written extensively in local and national media including Irish Arts Review, The Irish Times and Circa Art magazine. He has also written a number of catalogues and exhibition texts for local and international artists.
As an educator/artist he explores the interface between physical and digital media to capture experiences from nature, childhood and the subconscious. He has contributed to NCCA curriculum reform as part of an Initial Teacher Education Working Group, School of Education, NCAD, Dublin. He has also coordinated and curated several exhibitions and contributed to the ATAI conference ‘Art Matters – Artist Teacher Activist’, Maynooth, 2016.
Selected Publications:
Catalogue / Essay:
https://www.solomonfineart.ie/usr/library/documents/main/20-hodder-catalogue-for-hi-res-website.pdf
http://backwaterartists.ie/elsewhere-mark-ewart/
Irish Arts Review:
https://www.irishartsreview.com/126795-2/
https://www.irishartsreview.com/123590-2/
https://www.irishartsreview.com/gaias-garden/
https://www.irishartsreview.com/eco-warrior/
Irish Examiner:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20322355.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20362499.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20318559.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20303286.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20293350.html
The Irish Times:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sculptural-exploration-1.273574
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/world-art-alliance-1.298335
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/peter-hendrick-1.163563
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/anita-groener-heartlands-1.263157
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/blaise-smith-sirius-arts-centre-cobh-1.231227
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/nine-paintings-1.185895
Circa Art Magazine:
https://circaartmagazine.website/backissues/autumn-2004-corkjaako-niemelauml-at-crawford/
Art Education Exhibition Coordinator:
https://arts.cit.ie/viewEvent?id=1326
https://www.cit.ie/newsarchive?id=748
https://www.cit.ie/newsarchive?id=203
PROFESSIONAL MASTER OF EDUCATION (ART AND DESIGN)