http:// www. nrc. ac. uk 4 Art & Design FACULTY 1 The NRC Art & Design students reinforce their professional approach to business in their successful new partnership with McGurk Architects Magherafelt as they launched their interior design exhibition last term. The students were set the exciting task of designing the layout and interior of a room/ space in a show house for the proposed housing development at Mill Mount, Randalstown. Their designs were to be based around a range of contemporary and classic themes that would appeal to a variety of clients viewing the show house. Colm McGurk Managing Director of McGurk Architects along with Sean McGivern, Architecture lecturer Queen's University Belfast visited the display to judge the best designs and awarded students for their innovation and technical expertise. Incredible Interiors at NRC

Northern Regional College Art and Design student, Ruth Boyd was announced as the winning student in a competition to design NRC's 2010 calendar. Students from NRC's Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art & Design were invited to take part in the competition to design NRC's 2010 calendar, with the winning artwork to be placed on the front cover and a selection of the best entries to be included in the calendar. The brief and competition were outlined and judged by chartered Graphic Design Company, Rodney Miller Associates. Students had to create artwork around the theme of " Sporting Achievement". The brief presented to students was to depict outstanding sporting achievement and explore within their artwork the words, Aspire - Aim - Achieve that are synonymous with student experience at NRC. 1,000 copies of the calendar will be produced and many of these sent to organisations linked to NRC across the world, as an alternative to a Corporate Christmas Card, demonstrating the talents of art and design students at NRC. A selection of the student images used in the calendar have also been printed as limited edition prints for future use by the college. NORTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS ACHIEVE ARTISITIC SUCCESS Best Student National Diploma Art & Design Michelle Millar Michelle is an excellent student who tackled her course with enthusiasm and determination gaining Distinctions in every unit. A friendly, well mannered student with a natural creative flair. Michelle worked extremely hard throughout the two years of her BTEC National Diploma. Best Art & Design Student 2008/ 2009 Michaela Walls AS Level Art & Design Michaela attended Hazelwood Integrated School and continued her studies at NRC doing Applied GCE Art & Design. She completed her AS level in June 2009 and achieved a grade A/ A. She is currently completing her A2 level and I expect that she will continue to maintain her high standard of work. She is also applying to Universities to continue her Art education at that level. Michaela is very talented enthusiastic and competent. I anticipate that she will succeed in achieving her ambitions to develop her talents and eventually pursue a career in Art & Design. Michaela is a very colourful student who is interested in fashion and has a wide range of other hobbies. Michaela has evolved into a mature and able young lady and has a wonderful enthusiasm for life generally. Kris Crockard First Diploma in Art & Design Kris Crockard completed his GCSE's at Carrickfergus College; in 2008 he began studying BTEC Art & Design at NRC. Kris obtained a distinction on completion of the course and has progressed onto the BND in fine Art. Kris is a very talented student both technically and creatively. He has always been interested in Graphic Design and would like to pursue a career in illustration producing Graphic Novels. He hopes to apply to University in the future to specialise in the field of Graphic Design where he can pursue his passion for illustration. Andrew Tuff Foundation Studies Art & Design Andrew has been an outstanding student who has worked his way through the Art and Design department achieving Distinctions on 1st Diploma, National Diploma and the Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art & Design where his work was highly commended by the external moderator. He is now studying Ceramics within the Fine and Applied Department at the University of Ulster. Karolina Januskaite National Diploma Art & Design Karolina came onto the National Diploma in Art and Design when her family moved to Northern Ireland from Lithuania. Throughout her course she gained Distinctions. In one of the live projects Karolina developed a strong interest in interior design and was highly recommended for her work by both Queens University and McGurk Architects who set this project. Karolina has been an inspiration to many of her peers and is someone who we as teachers have been very proud to support her in her studies. Karolina has progressed onto NRC's Foundation course and wishes to follow her dream of completing a BA Hons in Interior Design and becoming an Interior Designer. The students are able to visually communicate their creativity to a high standard... Roisin Magill Foundation Studies in Art & Design Roisin was awarded for her achievement on the Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design because working with her over that academic year was a delight. Roisin is a good and disciplined student with a communicative, humorous and enthusiastic personality and she has made excellent advances throughout the year, through an adventurous and experimental but thoughtful approach to making art work. Rosin's commitment in combination with her warm and generous personality will make her an excellent student at the University of Ulster and a sure bet for a bright future in her chosen field of graphic design.