Professional Certificate in Art and Ecology (summer 2025)

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20 Jun 2025
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10 Jul 2025
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NCAD

Duration

3.5 days in-person over 4 weeks

Qualification

Level 9 Award Professional Certificate

Fees

€600 or €120*

Apply By

12/06/2025

Apply To

NCAD

ECTS Points

5 ECTS

Funding

HCI Subsidy Funding Available*

Course Code

AD472PC

Professional Certificate in Art and Ecology (summer 2025)

Art and Ecology


Do you want to develop your creative making and critical thinking skills in a meaningful and tangible way? If so, the Professional Certificate in Art and Ecology at NCAD may be just what you’re looking for.

This module introduces learners to fundamental principles, working methods, skills and theories relating to intersections of contemporary art with ecology. A special emphasis will be placed on ‘learning through doing’ in a series of workshops and situated environmental learning.

The course and programme work directly with an urban embedded novel ecology of the NCAD FIELD site. This taskscape acts as an outdoor classroom, a site for nature connection, commoning and a testing site for multi-species futures.  Connecting to the site and its seasonal activity, nature/culture connections are explored and enacted allowing  learners to expand their research, creative making and critical thinking skills  in meaningful and liveable ways. 

A grounding in the social, political, economic and historical issues that frame ecology’s of the  surroundings  site are explored. Through the programme practitioners will expand, develop and question their practices using the NCAD FIELD as a testing site and shared learning space.

This course introduces learners to the contemporary and historical field of art and expanded ecologies through situated environmental learning. Using and responding to NCAD’s physical inner city location learners will connect with inspiring ecological practices, environmental justice community projects and artists spearheading this emerging field.

**NOTE: The NovelEco survey mentioned in the video below has been completed in June 2023 and will be replaced with new course content in June 2025**


What will I do on this course?


Webinar: Monday, 10th February, 5.00pm

On Monday 10th February there will be a webinar hosted with Creative Futures Academy with Gareth Kennedy. In this webinar, you will learn more about this programme, studying at NCAD, gain information on the steps to apply, and have the opportunity for Q&A at the end. The zoom link will be sent out the week of the webinar. In the meantime please register with Eventbrite below.

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HCI Subsidy

Human Capital Initiative HCI Pillar 3 Micro-Credentials Subsidy funding

Applicants to this course are eligible for Human Capital Initiative HCI Pillar 3 Micro-Credentials Subsidy funding. The subsidy for this course is 80% of the total course costs for eligible learners. Terms & Conditions apply.

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Fees and how to apply

There is a fee of €600 for this programme. Full payment is required upfront at registration however once it is determined that the student qualifies for HCI, NCAD will then issue a refund for the amount covered by the funding.

Students eligible for the Human Capital Initiative HCI Pillar 3 Micro-Credentials Subsidy are paying only €120 (see more above).

Apply via NCAD (applications open in February)

CFA Scholarship:
A CFA scholarship encourages the participation of learners from sections of society that are significantly under-represented in higher education by offering one free place on all of our CFA short courses.
Find out if you are eligible to apply HERE 
Fill in the CFA@NCAD scholarship application form HERE

Programme Contact

Gareth Kennedy kennedyg@staff.ncad.ie

Seoidin O’Sullivan osullivans@staff.ncad.ie

Mark Clare

Admissions Contact
postgraduate@ncad.ie

01 636 4200

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