Creative Futures Academy (CFA) at NCAD, in collaboration with Rua Red, are excited to officially launch their new programme Professional Certificate in Creative Learning led by independent curator, writer, educator, and cultural event producer, Brendan Fox.

This innovative programme explores the transformative potential of creative teaching across diverse educational and community settings and was opened on Saturday 7th June as part of the NCAD WORKS 2025 MFA Fine Art Graduate Show at Rua Red.

In advance of the launch, Brendan Fox noted: “The Professional Certificate in Creative Learning invites participants to engage deeply with real-world practices and ideas, positioning them as active agents in their own learning. We’re excited to be collaborating with Rua Red on this important initiative that supports professional growth and creative leadership.”

At the launch, Professor Sarah Glennie, Director of NCAD commented: “NCAD’s graduates are the pipeline that drive Ireland’s creative and cultural sectors and their work will have an impact across society in years to come. Their own lived experience of our complex world is central to our graduates’ work. As part of their journey, NCAD students have the opportunity to develop their creative practice beyond the walls of campus through long-term engagements with community partners and collaborators in a range of settings. These collaborations expand their experience and understanding of key societal issues such as housing, cultural identity and social cohesion and climate crises, and are reflected in their final projects.”

Applications will open soon. Click here to learn more. Enquiries about the course can be made to postgraduate@ncad.ie

Left to Right: Joyce Dunne, Marketing & Development Manager – RuaRed, Sarah Glennie – NCAD Director, Maoliosa Boyle,Executive Director – RuaRed, Bernie McCoy, CFA@NCAD Academic Lead and Philip Napier, Head of Fine Art NCAD. PhotoCredit: Photocall Ireland –

Brendan Fox is an independent curator, writer, educator, and cultural event producer based in Dublin and Rome. They are the founding director of the Museum of Everyone (MOE), a multidisciplinary platform that amplifies diverse voices and marginalised perspectives through artist- and community-led initiatives.

Over the past decade, Fox has curated hundreds of Irish and international artists across a broad spectrum of gallery and off-site settings in Ireland and abroad. They have devised ambitious exhibitions and events, including projects drawing from the national collection at IMMA, Dublin. Their multiple residencies at IMMA led to projects such as Games for Artists & Non-Artists (2020), Rewind FastForward Record (2021), and Museum of Everyone (2022–2023).

Over the past five years, Fox has developed MOE into a leading platform for inclusion, diversity, and collaborative cultural production. MOE has held residencies in major institutions in Ireland and internationally. In 2022, Fox was appointed inaugural curator with Creative Futures Academy, UCD, where they created Sprawl, a series of performances, lectures, and events. That year, they also launched Putting Down Roots in partnership with the Irish Refugee Council—planting over 30,000 trees in 16 Irish locations to support education for asylum seekers. Alongside Han Tiernan, Fox co-devised Rewind FastForward Record, engaging LGBTQIA+ communities nationwide to uncover and reinterpret queer histories through artistic collaboration.

During a residency at Galway Arts Centre, they presented the Irish Names Quilt (1989) alongside exhibitions and public programs exploring queer narratives. Fox later co-devised a durational performance with Array Collective at the Ulster Museum in 2023. As curator of MOE-Communal, piloted at IMMA, Fox delivered programming across Galway Arts Centre, Crawford Gallery, and Luan Gallery. That same year, they curated MOE-Paesaggi Affettivi in Lazio, Italy, featuring experimental sound works. Fox has led workshops and talks at leading Irish institutions and was invited to the Irish national steering panel for the Erasmus+ project GO UP.

In 2024, they received a scholarship to the High Potential Leaders – Common Purpose Programme, returning in 2025 as a learning leader.