Davis College, Mallow, Co. Cork

Davis College, Mallow, Co. Cork

Harper’s bird illustrations in Marquetry The Davis College Creative Engagement Project invited Transition Year and 5th-year students to bridge the gap between art and construction through the traditional craft of marquetry. Collaborating with crafts-person John...
Castlerea Community School, Co. Roscommon

Castlerea Community School, Co. Roscommon

Led by artist Patrick Strahan, this two-day workshop immersed Senior Cycle students and students from the Solas Room into the ancient art of blacksmithing.The project focused on “old world” techniques, including thermal management, drawing out, and...
Mount St Michael Secondary School, Clairemorris, Co. Mayo

Mount St Michael Secondary School, Clairemorris, Co. Mayo

Elements in Clay transformed an underused outdoor area between the Art and Geography classrooms into a vibrant, interactive space for students to create, connect, and reflect. Developed in collaboration with ceramic artist Andrew Ilsley, the project focused on...
Scoil Mhuire Buncrana, Co. Donegal

Scoil Mhuire Buncrana, Co. Donegal

Wet Felting Creative Engagement Project Second-year Art students at Scoil Mhuire Buncrana participated in a two-week wet felting project in collaboration with Gabrielle Henry. Over six workshop days, 40 students explored both dry needle felting and wet felting...

Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Kilkenny

Painting our Environment In their Creative Engagement Project they wanted to capture the currant location of their school as they are hoping to move to a new site. Their Kilkenny heritage is very important to them as is their school environment. They looked at...