Burren College of Art

Burren College of Art is an Irish non-profit independent art college specialising in undergraduate and graduate Fine Art education, located in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland. The Master of Fine Art programme is accredited by the University of Galway. The college has a substantial gallery space.

About
The Burren College of Art was founded by Michael Greene and his wife Mary Hawkes Greene in 1993. They renovated a Norman tower house, called Newtown Castle, and its grounds. Buildings were added over time, including a new graduate studio and the largest gallery space in County Clare.

"The Burren College of Art is a unique experiment in art education, based in a unique rural landscape."

– Eimear McKeith, Circa Magazine The college hosted summer classes and study abroad students from the US. It started the first Masters of Fine Art in Ireland in 2003 and the first studio-based PhD in 2007, both conferred by the National University of Ireland, Galway. In 2007 Circa Art Magazine described the college as a "high-standard, third-level art education cheek by jowl with Clare’s grykes and clints".

Academic partners

 * University of Galway
 * Royal College of Art, London
 * The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
 * The University of Colorado Denver
 * The Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Memberships and affiliations

 * Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
 * College Art Association
 * European League of Institutes of the Arts
 * NAFSA: Association of International Educators
 * National Association of Schools of Art and Design