Limerick School of Art & Design TUS Teacher Education 2024 exhibition and conference
Image: Adam Stoneman (l) and Rosie O'Gorman
Limerick School of Art & Design TUS
Date: Thursday, 9th May
Limerick School of Art & Design TUS Teacher Education presents their 2024 exhibition and conference ‘Beyond Bog Standards‘? The art room and its relationship with today’s world’ in conversation with Rosie O’Gorman & Adam Stoneman.
The official opening and conference will take place on Thursday 9th May 5.00 – 7.30pm. LSAD Teacher Education are delighted to welcome Rosie O’Gorman and Adam Stoneman to share their insights on alternative and expanded curriculum in relation to visual art in 2nd level schools.
The exhibition will be open to the public 8th-15th May, showcasing work from second level students who have engaged with student teachers on the B. Ed. and PME in Art Education in LSAD over this academic year. All schools, staff and students are welcome to attend.
Venue: LSAD Church Gallery, Limerick School of Art and Design-TUS, Clare St. Campus, Limerick, V94 KX22
Rosie O’Gorman is co-director of Cow House Studios in rural Wexford. She received her BA in Art and Design Education from NCAD in 2000, receiving the Larkin Memorial Award for her teaching and the Taylor Art Award for her painting. During her time there, she became committed to making contemporary art relatable and personally meaningful to her students. In 2004 she received her MFA from San Francisco Art Institute, supported by a Fulbright Scholarship. While in San Francisco, her drawing and painting practice grew to include installation, sculpture and performance, and her ideas of what art can be were challenged and cultivated. In 2007, with her husband Frank Abruzzese, she established Cow House Studios at her ancestral home, giving form to what Rosie and Frank value most; facilitating a genuine sense of connection with their home, heritage, and landscape; nurturing curiosity, community and meaningful exchange to serve artists at all stages, exploring a novel model for building a sustainable life in the arts.
Adam Stoneman is an educator and cultural worker based in County Galway. Studying at the University of Kent, Canterbury and subsequently at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, he graduated with an MA in Art History in 2011. He has worked in both formal and informal education settings, initially as a classroom teacher in London, and later at The Science Museum, The Hunt Museum, and The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Since 2020, his work has focused on the social and pedagogical implications of technology in the gallery and classroom, and how digitality is transforming the production and reception of culture. This included developing a series of virtual reality education workshops in Limerick, and working with Open University to develop a ‘Citizen Curation’ platform at IMMA. In 2021, with support from the Irish Museums Association and the Irish Museums Trust, he initiated the Muse-Tech Working Group, to investigate technology in a cultural context, with the research published as Museum Technology: A Critical Primer. His writing on arts, culture and technology has appeared in publications such as Jacobin, Tribune, Engage: Journal of Visual Art and Gallery Education, Museum Ireland, Visual Artists Newsletter, and Arts in Education Portal. He currently works as Creative Communities Engagement Officer, for Galway City Council’s Creative Ireland programme.