BA CVC assist in National Print Museum exhibition and DSCA Symposium, May 2017

Third year student Rebecca Quinn has been working with the National Print Museum in preparation for the Green Sleeves exhibition which opened on May 4th and runs until October. Rebecca helped with press and publicity in the lead up to the exhibition. 
BA Contemporary Visual Culture students also helped out with the accompanying symposium, organised by Dublin School of Creative Arts research group Typography Ireland.

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