NCAD move
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was anyone at this last night, i couldn’t go; the times article implied popular support for common sense. maybe the board is being very clever and this is just a shake down, if they aren’t being very clever then they are being really dumb: moving is a stupid idea.
That’s a nice rendering of what was proposed. It would be ludicrous if the NCAD were to move out of the city centre. It could be seen as a kinda snobbish act by the board. An almost middle classing of the location of the NCAD. Thomas Street is a superb street with some fine architectural gems and a substantive history. I love this street, even though it’s kinda rather neglected and run down, however, it has great potential. It’s also a great location for student artists to study; plenty of human subject matter with its ”Dirty Dub, salt of the earth” characters, shop keepers, traders, shoppers, immigrants, flat dwellers, winos, horse and wagoneers and the odd street wise dog, etc… Curse on the NCAD board if they move out. Bloody pompous upstarts!
I am sure the NCAD board have their reasons for wanting to move from their current location but a move to the suburbs will in no way enhance the college.
I am currently studying as an ACCS student in the IADT (an art college in the ‘burbs). Outside of the college itself the area is culturally desolate. A trip to a gallery or museum is a major undertaking. The social life of the day students, in the context of the college at any rate, appears to be rather poor. There is little in the area that would provide stimulus to an aspiring art student. The UCD campus would fair little better. It cannot match the vibrancy and variety of the city centre to stimulate and encourage art students or provide the ready access to the galleries and museums that a staple source of influence for artists and students alike.
And now Aosdana has added its voice to the debate at its AGM yesterday, passing two motions unanimously that a) NCAD should stay in Dublin city centre and b) the Crawford School should stay in Cork city centre.
Also, to back up a point made by Conal (and others), as a former Art History student in UCD I recall being jealous of my contemporaries in Trinity and NCAD for their ease of access to galleries etc. If they want to see a painting in the NGI all they have to do is stroll around the corner, whereas UCD students must travel into town. Nonsense.
According to the Times the NCAD board has rejected this terrible proposal; a good result for the college and for the city.
From the times:
“The board of the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) is understood to have decided not to pursue the plan to relocate from Thomas Street in Dublin to the University College Dublin (UCD) campus in Belfield.
Indications that such a decision was made follow a board meeting last Friday and a statement to that effect is expected shortly. Ever since it emerged late last October that NCAD had been involved in exploratory discussions with UCD about such a move, the proposal has attracted widespread opposition from NCAD students and staff, and from the membership of Aosdána. . . .”
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2006/0515/733898221HM5COLLEGEOFART.html
And DCC since it highlighted the new developments at NCAD as a flagship project for SoHo. This is good news…a sensible decision.
There seems to be some construction related activity at the NCAD in the last couple of weeks. Both the fire station building (which seems to have been behind hoarding since forever) and the wall beside it. What’s being done?
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