Professor Sarah Glennie ∙ Director

NCAD WORKS 2025 provides a portal to the full breadth of work by our extraordinary graduates from across our four schools of Fine Art, Design, Education, and Visual Culture and encompasses students graduating from our broad range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and CEAD programmes.

We are extremely proud of this year’s graduating students who each in different  ways demonstrate NCAD’s belief in the vital contribution that creative practice makes to our society as a force that creates space for care, reflection, innovation and new thinking—all of which are essential to a cohesive and dynamic society and economy. 

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.

The work of this generation of NCAD students not only provides critical insights into society today, but also reminds us that the possibility of transformation exists with fresh, solution-focused thinking. Their creativity reinforces the power of art and design to influence and inspire real change. 

We hope you enjoy this digital experience of the work of our extraordinary graduates. 

We are extremely proud of all that they have achieved, and we look forward to following their creative journeys in the future.

Thomas St Campus

100 Thomas Street
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6–14 June

Fri 6 6pm–9pm
Sat 7 10am–5pm
Sun 8 10am–5pm
Mon 9 10am–8pm
Tue 10 10am–8pm
Wed 11 10am–8pm
Thu 12 10am–8pm
Fri 13 10am–8pm
Sat 14 10am–6pm

Courses on show:

BA Fashion
BA Jewellery & Objects
BA Textile & Surface Design
Joint (Hons) Education Design or Fine Art
BA Graphic Design
BA Illustration
BA Moving Image Design
BA Interaction Design
BA Product Design
BA Applied Materials
Textile Art & Artefact
Hard Materials (Ceramics & Glass)
Media
Painting
Print
Sculpture & Expanded Practice
BA Visual Culture
MA Interaction Design
Prof. Dip. Service Design

Rua Red

Plás Parthalán, Tallaght
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7–14 June

Sat 7 June 10am–6pm
Sun 8 June Closed
Mon 9 June 10am–6pm
Tues 10 June 10am–6pm
Wed 11 June 10am–6pm
Thur 12 June 10am–6pm
Fri 13 June 10am–6pm
Sat 14 June 10am–6pm

Courses on show:

MFA in Fine Art

Introduction to NIVAL and NCAD students’ artist books with Ruth Hallinan [NIVAL - National Irish Visual Arts Library].

Join us at the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) to view NCAD students' artist books which have been donated to our collections in recent years. NIVAL holds arguably the largest collection of publicly-accessible artist books in Ireland, and we have been pleased to work closely with various student groups to facilitate research and inspiration for their projects. From letterpress editions to risograph zines and new, imaginative forms, we look forward to showing you work from Print, Graphic Design and Sculpture & Expanded Practice students, among others.

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All welcome! Come by to see a sample of what materials we hold. We ask that visitors do not bring food or drink into the Reading Room.

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How to find us on the NCAD campus.
National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL),
The Clock Building,
National College of Art & Design,
100 Thomas Street,
Dublin 8, Ireland, D08 K521

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NIVAL gratefully acknowledges the support of the Arts Council of Ireland.


Thursday 12 June / 12:00 PM
Duration: 30 Minutes

LOCATION: National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), The Clock Building, NCAD.

Photo credit: Mullaney, A., Strzoda, A., Toomey, C., 2024. Receipt Recipes. Inspired by the HIBERNIA collection. Photograph by the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), NCAD, Dublin.