DCCI Academy

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In short

DCCI Academy provides education, training and apprenticeships for the craft and design community on behalf of Design & Crafts Council Ireland. In Thomastown, County Kilkenny, its Jewellery & Goldsmithing school at Sessions House teaches a full-time BA (Hons) in Jewellery and Goldsmithing with Atlantic Technological University, whose first students arrived in September 2024, and runs short courses such as hand engraving, granulation, repoussé and chasing, enamelling and stone setting. The academy also offers a BA (Hons) in Ceramics Skills and Design, an artist residency programme and business courses for makers.

Where

Thomastown, Ireland

Crafts

Goldsmithing and jewelry · Ceramics and porcelain

Website

dcci.ie/dcci-academy

Email

educationadmin@dcci.ie

Source

School website · checked on 25/10/2026

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