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St. Kilians Community School, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Acrylic pouring workshop and mural For this creative engagement project we want to do something very inclusive so that all the transition year students would be able to create a piece of work for a group mural. we designated a classroom space that the mural would for...
Glenamaddy Community School, Co. Galway
Whooper Swan Willow Weave The Whooper Swan is a winter visitor to our local turlough in such large numbers that it is of national significance. The project ties in with Gaelic studies and our local environment. Weaving the willow connects our students to an ancient...
St Francis Capuchin College, Rochestown, Cork
Animation Creation TY art students gained experience in the world of animation by working alongside a professional animator, to develop an understanding the profession and practical knowledge of animation by inviting a guest animator -Millie Barrrett to deliver a...
Coláiste Éamann Rís, Cork
Creative Marquetry A marquetry workshop was developed as a hands-on Creative Engagement Process to give students a meaningful introduction to traditional craft skills within Junior Cycle Art. Working with a skilled Galway-based woodwork lecturer and marquetry...
St. Mary’s Secondary School, Mallow, Co. Cork
The Legacy Tree The Legacy Tree Project brought together a 5th Year group and visual artist Glen Gibson to create a collaborative 3D wire installation symbolising wellbeing, personal growth, and the ethos of St. Mary’s Secondary School, Mallow. Over two days, students...
Portumna Community School, Co. Galway
TY production of GREASE The TY musical Grease was a highly successful and engaging project that provided students with a valuable creative and collaborative experience. From initial auditions through to final performances, students demonstrated commitment, enthusiasm,...
De La Salle College, Co. Waterford
The Land Woven in Wool This project involved students collaborating with a professional artist to create felted landscape artworks. Throughout the residency, students developed and applied a range of felting techniques, including wet felting, needle felting, and...
St. Jarlaths College, Tuam, Co. Galway
Through the glass of school life This TY glass project, titled “Through the Glass of School Life,” guided students from initial ideas to a finished collaborative artwork which ended up being mounted on to 4 panels. At the commencement stage, students explored the...
Millstreet Community School, Co. Cork
New Beginnings The “New Beginnings” collaborative sculpture project invited students to explore themes of growth, change, resilience, and hope through the creation of individual wire trees. Students participated in brainstorming, sketching, and experimenting with wire...
Recent News and Updates
Application Forms
Applications are now being accepted for the 2025-2026 Academic year of Creative Engagement. Applications can be made online, https://www.napd.ie/committees/arts-culture
The closing date for Creative Engagement applications is October 19 2024.
The application form is on the website under FORMS. Once you have been accepted we will inform you by email. From this year successful applicants will have to send an online pre evaluation form and later a post evaluation form to Creative Youth. It is straight...
Welcome back to all schools.
Creative Engagement Application Forms are now available to be filled in online. Please note there is no guarantee the programme will proceed this year as there is restructuring in NAPD. However we are optimistic that everything will proceed as normal. We will know...
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It is an arts-in-education programme. This entails an artist or artists coming into the school to work with the students. A creative engagement happens when a local artist or arts group comes into the school and imparts their skills, knowledge and enthusiasm to the students. This partnership has mutual benefits to both artist and school. Creative Engagement programme encompasses the arts in its broadest manifestation, from the visual arts to music, from theatre to dance and all the arts in between.
The Creative Engagement programme strives to encourage creativity, initiative and expression in our students and to complement curricular learning in the arts , heritage and culture. NAPD envisions an education system energised through the arts and where creativity is a core activity in the post primary curriculum. The NAPD Arts Culture and Heritage committee celebrates its twenty fourth anniversary this year 2023. The Arts Culture and Heritage committee has been administering the Creative Engagement programme in schools since 2005.