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Digital Art Week is Coming

03.21.2012 · Posted in News, Visual Arts, digital art week

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After last year’s great success, Digital Art Week will take place from 23rd – 27th April 2012. Children all over Ireland will have the opportunity to share their own creations with the world. We’ve teamed up with Éigse, Carlow’s International Arts Festival, who will be hosting all children’s work in a ...

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Review: Classroom Art and Crafts (Prim-Ed)

05.26.2011 · Posted in Reviews, Visual Arts

When I first saw this book, a feeling of dread came over me.  Art and crafts brings me back to how art used to be taught in primary schools – lots of paper plates, templates and 30 identical pieces of work stuck to a wall – no creativity or individuality.  Had the author called this ...

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Digital Art Week on Tour!

05.26.2011 · Posted in Featured, Visual Arts

When Damien, Fred and I came together to plan out Digital Art Week (#tap2011 on Twitter), I don’t think any of us expected it to have been such a great success!  With great support from loads of teachers around the country, we now have a permanent digital art gallery with 365 original images.  The report ...

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