Worth a stop to experience this lovely gallery and carefully restored castle tower. It will give... read more
“Lovely location of a carefully restored castle”
Worth a stop to experience this lovely gallery and carefully restored castle tower. It will give... read more
Set in a beautiful setting, right next to Newtown Castle, BCA offers a terrific program to... read more
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Worth a stop to experience this lovely gallery and carefully restored castle tower. It will give you an excellent sense of the environment and fortified homes of the time.
Set in a beautiful setting, right next to Newtown Castle, BCA offers a terrific program to undergrads, MFA candidates and visiting artists. Terrific staff, comfortable lodging for students, extraordinary and inspiring location, encouraging and inspiring curriculum - something all art students should check out !
Way back in 1995 when Burren College of Art was just starting out, I did a summer undergrad program here, and it was fabulous. I did photography mainly with a bit of sculpture and also got to learn about the history of the area from...More
Just up the road from our favorite Irish B&B, Cappabhaile House, and located on the sight of an old castle, Burren College is ridiculously beautiful, with a good cafe, history galore, and brilliant young artists. There are also many local hiking trails that intersect at...More
Our son had attended this College for 3 months years ago so we had to stop by. Very small art college. Fun to walk around and see the students work. We saw them preparing/hanging work for a show the next day.
The castle tower was ancient, built in the 14th century. It is undergoing some restoration by the Art College students, but as you climb up to the third level rooms, you can picture how life might have been there. And the views are terrific!
Attending the Burren College of Art was enjoyable because of the location and the fellow students/professors, but unfortunately my graduate degree is not recognized as a United States equivalent. All of the graduate work I completed and paid for is not recognized by my current...More
Burren College of Art graduate degrees are awarded by the National University of Ireland, Galway and recognised internationally. US students have successfully applied their completed Masters degrees to further education and employment in the US since the programme began ten years ago. This is the...More
Always interesting to visit the exhibitions each summer. Art is a matter of taste and some yoears the variey is so limited that it does not 'catch' me but it is an exiciting place to visit
If only my art college had been like this. Fabulous space. Excellent live chickens. Gorgeous girls in the cafe , delicious bacon wraps and proper tea. Thankyou. And the castle was good exercise !!! X
This is a 3rd level Art College attached to NUI Galway with many international students, but which has spaces for groups/ conferences as well. We were all inspired by the lovely surroundings ..there is a 15th C. tower on the site as well as other...More
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