| Start Date | Duration | Cost | Max Participant Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 2 years | €2,400 per year | 7 |
Overview
The NFQ Level 9, MA in Art and Social Action is a postgraduate programme at NCAD focused on trans-disciplinary practice that emphasises collaboration and creative approaches to social transformation, with a focus on the capacity of arts practice to imagine our world differently.
Engaging with theory and practice, and delivered by a diverse team, this programme provides its student cohort with dynamic educational experiences in local and national contexts, and across and beyond academic boundaries, to develop their practices in response to their own research and engagements within diverse contexts, including urban and rural place-based sites, temporary and online communities, and public and cultural settings.
What will this course cover?
The aims of the programme are to:
- advance the practice of socially-engaged art in Ireland and internationally, by providing a rich, highly current and changing set of learning opportunities;
- offer ‘real world’ learning opportunities in close partnership with key community and arts organisations in Dublin as well as other practitioners in the field;
- support students to develop their own practice and careers in the field of art and social action. This may be as an artist, community worker, curator, educator, writer or other;
- provide a rigorous ethical and critical framework for the understanding and practice of diverse approaches to and forms of social-engagement in art;
- welcome a diverse community of learners by offering flexible modes of study and a deep engagement with cultural differences.
Participant profile/Who can apply/Eligibility
- The Art and Social Action MA welcomes applications from all arts practitioners and curators, writers, designers, architects and others who wish to explore the forms of public engagement supported by the programme.
- Applicants who have prior experience of community /public engagement and/or a mature art practice.
- Applicants with a background in community work, education, youth work, activism who are committed to engaging with creative practices in their work.
- Applicants of a BA in Fine Art or other studio fields will need to demonstrate an affinity for socially-engaged practice and or community/public engagement.
All applicants must have an approved Bachelor degree at minimum level of 2nd class honours (2.2)
CCIS Membership Support
THIS PROGRAMME IS CO FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND AND THE EUROPEAN UNION (EUFUNDS.IE)
CULTURAL & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SKILLNET APPLICANTS MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND TO QUALIFY FOR CCI SKILLNET MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT & NOT IN RECEIPT OF a) a bursary b) a scholarship or c) grant aid
All programmes are provided without discrimination. This includes discrimination based on gender, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation. An inclusive environment that welcomes participants from diverse communities is promoted.
Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet is required to collect Special Category Data from those who wish to avail of supports for this programme. If you are successful in your course application to NCAD, you will be asked to submit a special category data form upon registration/payment. Further data will be collected at the following milestones.
- the course completion date
- 6 months post certification
Location
NCAD (National College of Art & Design) is situated in Thomas Street, in the historic Liberties area of Dublin. In 1998 the College opened its new wing, the School of Design for Industry, and now houses all of its activities on the Thomas Street campus or nearby.
Tutors
Course coordinator
Dr. Fiona Whelan
Lecturer and Coordinator of Studio+ Dublin 8 Neighbourhood Residency, Dept. of Sculpture and Expanded Practice
School of Fine Art
Email: whelanf@staff.ncad.ie
Dr Fiona Whelan is an artist, writer, educator and Programme Leader of the MA/MFA Art and Social Action at NCAD, teaching across all trimesters to support the development of students’ practices. Fiona’s own arts practice is committed to exploring and responding to systemic power relations and inequalities through long-term cross-sectoral collaborations with diverse individuals, groups and organisations.
http://www.fionawhelan.com/
Tutor
Brian Hand
ANCAD, BA, HDFA, PG Cert, PG Dip, MA
Lecturer and Head of Sculpture and Expanded Practice Department
Sculpture and Expanded Practice
Email: handb@staff.ncad.ie
Brian Hand is an artist, educator and Head of the Department of Sculpture and Expanded Practice and a core lecturer and tutor across all trimesters of the MA/MFA Art and Social Action. He has a deep interest in post-colonial historiography and the challenges of historical representation. His art practice is broadly concerned with creatively exploring and researching events in the past that can potentially disrupt a secure sense of the ‘present/future’.
Tutor
Dr. Emma Mahony
Head of the Visual Culture BA Programme
School of Visual Culture
Email: mahonye@staff.ncad.ie
Dr Emma Mahony is a programme leader and lecturer in the school of Visual Culture at NCAD. She teaches the modules ‘Critical Discourses in Social Practice’ and ‘Spatial Politics, Spatial Practice’ on the MA/MFA Art and Social Action. Emma’s current research investigates how publicly funded cultural institutions and grass roots community organisations adopt ‘commoning’ and ecofeminist strategies to resist and rewrite the neo-liberalisation of the public art sector in Europe.
Costs/fee
CCIS can offer a further reduction in fees for the 2024/2025 Academic Year.
The fee for the 2024/2025 academic year is €2,400 for qualifying candidates (normally €4,500 per year).
Payment is for 1 x Academic Year. Participants may need to repeat the CCIS application process in year 2 (support will be subject to funding availability)
PAYMENT OPTIONS
2 x instalments or in full
Instalment Option
1st instalment €1400 | Due BEFORE course commences
2nd instalment €1000 | Due BEFORE 31/01/25 (non refundable)
Payment in Full
Pay in Full – €2,400 | Due BEFORE course commences
Application process
Fill out the Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet membership application form below. Once your CCIS application has been assessed you will be notified.
All awards are subject to successful course applications and place offers from NCAD
CCIS membership application deadline
August 31st
If you experience any difficulties with your CCIS membership application please contact susantalbot@furthr.ie with a Subject Heading of
CFA | CCIS Application | [Course Name]
Important: All Course Applications To Be Made Separately via CFA/NCAD
Dates and times of the course
Commences September 16th September 2024