The National College of Art and Design Professional Master of Education (PME) artist-teachers in the School of Education invite you to The Change Lab 2025

The Change Lab was designed as a model of practice to embed concepts of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) into the heart of learning within the PME programme. The Change Lab sets out to nurture a space of inquiry that fosters practices that are action oriented, cultivating critical thinking, researching, making and innovative ways to support the artist-teacher to create art that has a social, ethical and cultural dimension.

Since its inception, in 2016, The Change Lab has evolved as an innovative pedagogical, research and exhibition event where contemporary social and political issues are considered and critically pursued through collaborative art-making, scholarly inquiry and exhibition.

The Change Lab is a learning space, that initiates and fosters learning encounters that stimulate our imagination, sense of curiosity and possibility as we ask essential questions about the self, each other and our role in society through a collaborative and participatory model of art practice. With this in mind collaborative practice is an integral part of the Change Lab as the artist teachers interact and learn to expand their notion of art practice and pedagogy through their social encounters with each other within the formation of a community of practice. The community of practice that is established and exists within the Change Lab is supported by our engagement with a range of artists, community activists and educators in the field of GCE.

In the spirit of Ubuntu, the Sub-Saharan philosophy that emphasises co-operation, compassion and concern for the interests of the collective, these considered and valued collaborations contribute to a rich learning environment experienced over the process of the Change Lab.

The Change Lab is designed and led by School of Education Staff members; PME Programme Leader Fiona King and Tony Murphy Lecturer in Art and Design Education.

The Change Lab Project is supported and funded by the Ubuntu Network.