DOI issue:
Nr. 190 (January 1909)
DOI article:Art school notes
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20965#0353
Art School Notes
to the year 1901 the school was managed by a
Board of Governors. It did some good work, and
many designers in the local industries, as well as a
number of artists well known in London, received
training in its classes. In the year named, however,
the school was handed over to the municipality,
and becoming merged in the Technical Instruction
scheme, it was entirely reorganised. It was lately
housed on the topmost floor of the new Technical
Institute and occupies an exceptionally good series
of rooms, twenty-six in number, with adjustable
PANEL BASED ON EARLY IRISH ART
BY EDITH E. WILSON
(Belfast Municipal Technical Institute)
top and side windows throughout, an up-to-date
system of electric light, and special furniture
adapted to its needs.__
From being the recognised centre of the linen
weaving and white embroidery industries, Belfast
has come to be known as the birthplace of the
largest ocean steamers, and has added lithographic
printing and many growing minor arts to its list of
industries. Hence, it is to be expected that its
Municipal School should have a bias towards deco-
rative art and that its courses of study should aim
largely at training art-workers to meet the local
needs ; but although designers, craftsmen and
architects are being trained, every facility is given
to the student showing ability in painting and
sculpture, and an important branch of its work is
the training of teachers for the schools of the
surrounding districts. Classes for various handi-
33°
crafts have been established, such as enamelling,
metal-work, embroidery, lace-making, stained glass,
and the school has become one of Art and Handi-
craft for Belfast and the province of Ulster.
With the approval of the Department of Tech-
nical Instruction, Dublin, under whose administra-
tion it falls, the school has organised its work to
suit local requirements. Students have great in-
dividual freedom in selecting courses of study, but
certain knowledge is required before complete
specialisation in any branch may take place. The
Lower School provides a general foundation and
forms a preparation for entering the Upper School,
In the latter there are four divisions or sections,
an arrangement commenced in 1901 and now
becoming usual, namely, Design and Handicrafts,
Drawing and Painting, Modelling, Architecture.
Drawing and painting is carried on side by side with
the more practical branches until the time for
complete specialisation is reached. Lectures and
practice go hand in hand for a time ; the electric
lantern and a large collection of slides are in con-
stant use, especially in the applied art division.
DESIGN FOR FRONT PANEL OF DRESS IN IRISH
CROCHET BY MARY MCDERMOTT
(Belfast Municipal Technical Institute
to the year 1901 the school was managed by a
Board of Governors. It did some good work, and
many designers in the local industries, as well as a
number of artists well known in London, received
training in its classes. In the year named, however,
the school was handed over to the municipality,
and becoming merged in the Technical Instruction
scheme, it was entirely reorganised. It was lately
housed on the topmost floor of the new Technical
Institute and occupies an exceptionally good series
of rooms, twenty-six in number, with adjustable
PANEL BASED ON EARLY IRISH ART
BY EDITH E. WILSON
(Belfast Municipal Technical Institute)
top and side windows throughout, an up-to-date
system of electric light, and special furniture
adapted to its needs.__
From being the recognised centre of the linen
weaving and white embroidery industries, Belfast
has come to be known as the birthplace of the
largest ocean steamers, and has added lithographic
printing and many growing minor arts to its list of
industries. Hence, it is to be expected that its
Municipal School should have a bias towards deco-
rative art and that its courses of study should aim
largely at training art-workers to meet the local
needs ; but although designers, craftsmen and
architects are being trained, every facility is given
to the student showing ability in painting and
sculpture, and an important branch of its work is
the training of teachers for the schools of the
surrounding districts. Classes for various handi-
33°
crafts have been established, such as enamelling,
metal-work, embroidery, lace-making, stained glass,
and the school has become one of Art and Handi-
craft for Belfast and the province of Ulster.
With the approval of the Department of Tech-
nical Instruction, Dublin, under whose administra-
tion it falls, the school has organised its work to
suit local requirements. Students have great in-
dividual freedom in selecting courses of study, but
certain knowledge is required before complete
specialisation in any branch may take place. The
Lower School provides a general foundation and
forms a preparation for entering the Upper School,
In the latter there are four divisions or sections,
an arrangement commenced in 1901 and now
becoming usual, namely, Design and Handicrafts,
Drawing and Painting, Modelling, Architecture.
Drawing and painting is carried on side by side with
the more practical branches until the time for
complete specialisation is reached. Lectures and
practice go hand in hand for a time ; the electric
lantern and a large collection of slides are in con-
stant use, especially in the applied art division.
DESIGN FOR FRONT PANEL OF DRESS IN IRISH
CROCHET BY MARY MCDERMOTT
(Belfast Municipal Technical Institute