The Limerick School of Art and Design's degree and dimploma show is a vast undertaking, with seven departments represented. As such, with more than 250 students each showing a selection of recent work, it is safe to assume that all who visit will find something of interest.
The main focus is at the Clare Street campus. Here, degree-year ceramics work is characterised by a good mix between product design and fine-art concerns. Patrick Heaphy lies somewhere in between, as his brightly coloured and precise forms are reminiscent of spinning tops. Noreen Ramsay's mixed-media work sets figures in pristine architectural environments, while in the diploma year, Carol-Anne Floyd shows elegantly minimalist forms.
Mixed media is a strong feature in degree-year painting, with Arte Povera influencing Sorcha O'Brien, Mary Fahey and Paula Ni Chualain.
Of those who use paint, Gillian Kenny imbues household objects with a faded melancholy, while Rebecca Hughes explores female adolescence, tackling issues of self-image and the loss of innocence.
Degree printmakers demonstrate versatility. Alan Langan's computer rendered images recreate sterile urban environments where dark silhouettes lurk menacingly or carry out vicious assaults. A similar unease pervades Patricia Hurley's impressive installation.
The sculpture students can be seen at the George's Quay campus, where Sharon Lynch has recreated the sensation of a shoreline, manipulating salt into a beautiful pattern using a handprint motif.
This lyrical emphasis is contrasted by Emmet Bunting's irreverent, Candid Camera style shenanigans.
Runs until June 20th