Every year first-year students from the BA ART course, within the Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies at Irish (IADT) , spend 12 weeks based in IMMA’s studios and grounds. 

In the first year of their four-year programme, students are given a range of key projects dealing with the application and implementation of research strategies and methodologies.  These projects engage learning through analysis, problem solving and research development. One of the main assignments in the first year is the 12-week project in IMMA. Called Base1Art, students use IMMA as a site-specific location for their individual research projects.