The following
article by Paul Ainsworth with the
above photo were published in the
South Belfast News April 15,
2012.
“A SOUTH Belfast
student has scooped a prestigious
award for her art coursework, which
is on display at the Ulster Museum.
Former Aquinas
pupil
Róisín
Tinneny, who now studies at the
Mackintosh School of Architecture in
Glasgow, has totaled an impressive
three awards for her A-Level work,
and recently received the “Most
Promising” award from the
Association of Art and Design
Education.
Gifted
Róisín’s
coursework was already declared the
joint best by exam board CCEA, while
the Arts Society of Ulster offered
her an official Highly Commended
certificate.
The work that
landed her the latest plaudit was an
exploration of the demise of the
human body, comprising of a painted
and sewn portrait of west Belfast
priest, the late Fr Paddy O’Donnell.
Titled ‘The
Disappearing Portrait’, the work is
on display in the Ulster Museum as
part of the CCEA’s True Colours
exhibition, showcasing the best
A-Level work from across the North.
Speaking of her
latest recognition,
Róisín
said: “I’m delighted to receive such
an accolade, it’s very special and
means a lot to me. I must also give
credit to the high quality of
teaching in Aquinas’ Art Department,
as they encouraged my skills from
Year 8.”
Aquinas Art
teacher Patricia Cunningham added:
“We’re all very proud of
Róisín,
she’s a terrific student whose
creativity, talent and dedication
are exceptional. Her concepts are
sensitively developed into original
final pieces of first-class
quality.”
Photo: Róisín working on
the painting of Fr. Fr Paddy
O’Donnell presently on display at
the Ulster Museum in Northern
Ireland.
Here
Róisín is
recognized for receiving the “Most
Promising candidate at A2 level” by
AADE at the opening of the CCEA
“true colours” exhibition on
Thursday 12th January
2012.
Photo
courtesy of
Róisín Tinneny
She was presented
with the award for “Joint Top
Candidate” at A2 level art and
design by highly acclaimed artist,
Colin Davidson (pictured above with
Róisín at
the exhibition). She was awarded
full marks at both AS and A2 level
art and design.
Róisín
is the great-granddaughter of James
Tinneny and Margaret
Kenna of Belturbet, Co. Cavan,
Ireland and the daughter of John and
Eibhlin Tinneny of Belfast, Northern
Ireland.
