Yellow by Monica Dunne on the Sherkin trail.
Sherkin Island off the coast of west Cork is to be the venue for an art trail on May 21-22. The graduate exhibition of final BA art students on the island is a biennial event that in the summers of 2012 and 2014 drew more than 1,000 people to an island with a population of 100. The trail offers an opportunity to view the freshest of contemporary art in a stunning scenic location in 13 indoor and outdoor locations throughout Sherkin. The work of 17 graduating students ranges in media as diverse as painting, drawing, photography, film, multi-media, digital work, installation, sound projection, sculpture and site specific work. Ferries will run regularly from the pier at Baltimore.
It will be on view at the Dublin Institute of Technology degree show in Grangegorman, Dublin from June 2-11 and at Uileann, the west Cork arts centre in Skibbereen from September 10 to October 15. The BA (tons) Visual Arts Programme based on Sherkin Island is accredited, managed and delivered by the Dublin School of Creative Arts, Dubin Institute of Technology in partnership with Sherkin Island Development Society and Uileann. It is partly funded by Cork County Council and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
