St. Fergal’s College, Rathdown, Co. Laois

Beginning in Sept 2025, our TYs began rehearsing for their school musical High School Musical Jr. This involved script reading, stage direction, singing and choreography. The progress and development of each student was so rewarding for them and staff, as can be seen...

St. Aidan’s Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24

TY students participated in a full day stained glass workshop with the artist Bianca Divito. They learned about key techniques and how to safely use specialist tools. Each student designedand created an individual stained glass piece, developing their creativity,...

Magh Éne College, Co. Donegal

Celebrating Art, Culture and Community – Magh Éne Mural Project The Magh Éne Mural Creative Engagement Project was a collaborative, student-led initiative involving Transition Year and Fifth Year students in the design and creation of a large-scale mural reflecting...

Royal School Cavan

This Creative Engagement Project, Comic Strip Art, was a successful collaboration between a professional animator and students, focusing on the fundamentals of 2D visual storytelling. Under expert guidance, students moved beyond simple drawing to master character...

St. Kilians Community School, Bray, Co. Wicklow

For this Creative Engagement Project the school wanted 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. They designated a classroom space that the mural would fit into and chose acrylic...

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Coláiste Íde agus Iosef, Co. Limerick 2018

Coláiste Íde agus Iosef, Co. Limerick 2018

Coláiste Íde agus Iosef, Abbeyfeale's Creative Engagement Project 2018 is titled: Anti-Bullying Ceramic Tiles Not only did this project help the students with their art in teaching them how to design and create ceramic tiles it also gave them the freedom to creatively...

St. Conleth’s College, Dublin 2018

St. Conleth’s College, Dublin 2018

Here are some examples of the Transition Year oil painting exhibition from St. Conleth's College, Dublin for their Creative Engagement Project 2018. [gallery...

Gaelcholáiste na Mara, Co. Chill Mhantáin 2018

Gaelcholáiste na Mara, Co. Chill Mhantáin 2018

Seo roinnt griangraif don obair a ndearna na daltaí leis an tionscadal Páirtíocht Chruthaitheach 2018 don Gaelcholáiste na Mara, Co. Chill Mhantáin. Bhí an téama bunaithe ar an oideachas agus an farraige toisc gur ainm na scoile Gaelcholáiste na Mara. [gallery...

Limerick College of Further Education 2018

Limerick College of Further Education 2018

Limerick College of Further Education produced the film 'Forget me not' for their Creative Engagement Project 2018 which was screened on Tuesday 1st May in Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) Millennium Theatre Moylish Campus, Limerick [gallery...

Bandon Grammar School, Co. Cork 2018

Bandon Grammar School, Co. Cork 2018

Bandon Grammar School Creative Engagements project 2018 is a textile wall hanging. The artist Christina Dervin - a textile, print and fine artist is working with transition year students to create an embroidery textile wall panel. The wall panel is celebrating the...

OATLANDS COLLEGE, DUBLIN 2018

OATLANDS COLLEGE, DUBLIN 2018

Artist and Printmaker Elaine leader working with 2nd yrs at Oatlands College as part of the Creative Engagement Project 2018 Teacher: Oonagh O Toole

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Creative Engagement in IMMA

Creative Engagement in IMMA

Creative Engagement in IMMA had the most projects and the most visitors of any Creative Engagement exhibition to date.  There was great enthusiasm and engagement at the exhibition and the beauty of  the Royal Hospital Kilmainham added to the atmosphere.  Some schools...

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Borrisokane Community College, 2016

Borrisokane Community College, 2016

Watch out for Borrisokane Community College, 2016 Creative Engagement Project on TG4 - Guth na hEireann, Nuacht 25th September A Heritage project was established in the school in 2015. Students are currently making wooden bilingual signs to mark and remember all the...

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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.