Salvatore Scalore will present an illustrated lecture on European and American Outsider
Art at the Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan on Wednesday 12 April at
7.30pm. This talk is open to the public and no admission fee is charged.Academic Council
at launching of Student-housing Development Plans
Friday 14th April 2000
The Burren College of art will launch its new student-housing development plans on Friday
14th April. This event will coincide with the College's annual meeting of the Academic
Council. The housing project, designed by Michael Healy and Associates of
Limerick, will be built in two phases. The first phase of development will see six houses
ready for the coming academic year while the second phase is due to happen over the
following year. The project will comprise of twelve student houses and one communal
building and all are designed to fit aesthetically into the award winning campus layout.
Each house will be capable of accommodating eight students in single rooms. This will be a
timely addition to the campus to facilitate its growing student numbers.
Professor Christopher Frayling will present a lecture at the College on Friday 14th at
4.00pm in the Lecture Hall. Professor Frayling, himself a Council member, is well known
for this work on Radio and Television as well as for his writings and scholarship. His
lecture is entitled 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and is about Frayling's biography on
Sergio Leone of Spaghetti Western fame. The talk will be an exciting end to Friday's
schedule for the Academic Council's visit as well as a great
opportunity for any interested members of the public.