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...

Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co. Cork

Bród This is a textiles project created in collaboration with felt artist Emily Thompson. Students designed and created a wall hanging which will be installed permanently in our school. The piece is called Bród and is a celebration of what it means to be a student in...

St. Colmans Community College, Midleton, Co. Cork

TY Creative Engagement Art Project: The Cyanotype Kite Installation on Diversity and Inclusivity Our Transition Year students worked on an exciting creative collaboration centered on the themes of Diversity and Inclusion. Under the guidance of visiting artist Billy...

St. Brendan’s Community School, Birr, Co. Offaly

This Creative Engagement Project explored the themes of identity and belonging through painting and mixed media with Transition Year students. Students were encouraged to reflect on their personal experiences, interests, memories, and connections to their community...

Ardscoil na Mara Secondary School, Tramore, Co. Waterford

Miss Driver and Students from Ardscoil na Mara Secondary School, Tramore, Co. Waterford enjoyed their experience of working with Artist Declan O Meara on a mixture of Landscapes from their local environment and Self Portraits completed in Oil Pastels. The finished...

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St. Brigids Secondary School, Killarney 2019

St. Brigids Secondary School, Killarney 2019

St Brigid’s Secondary School Creative Engagement project 2019 centres on themes of diversity with a group of Transition Year students. The students explored themes such as embracing diversity, self-respect and working collaboratively within their school environment....

Mayfield Community School, Cork 2019

Mayfield Community School, Cork 2019

Mayfield Community School are well into their Creative Engagement project 2019 with artist Hazel Hutton. The students have finished the casting and next week they will be finishing off their varnishing and preparing for installation. Installation should take a further...

Christ King Girls’ Secondary School, Cork 2019

Christ King Girls’ Secondary School, Cork 2019

Christ King Girls' Secondary School, Cork have had a busy year creating their Creative Engagement Project 2019 - 6 8ft x 4ft paintings created since September with artist Marie Harkin who started in November. There is a mix of graffiti, fantasy art etc. with all...

Millstreet Community School, Co. Cork 2019

Millstreet Community School, Co. Cork 2019

Millstreet Community School have completed their Creative Engagement Project 2019. 1. Oil pastels with visiting artist Declan O'Meara   2. Landscape painting workshop in Kilarney Art house with artist Tracy...

Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig 2019

Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig 2019

Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig are well under way with their Creative Engagement Project 2019 - mixed media mosaic and ceramic mural. They aim to be finished this part of the project in two weeks and then spend another two placing, sticking and grouting it on the wall....

Recent News and Updates

Change of Exhibition date

The  Collins Barracks Creative Engagement exhibition date has been changed from October 10 to October 3. We hope all exhibitors will be able to come on October 3. Application forms are on the web site under Forms. Call Dermot 0862779924 for further information....

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Coláiste Bríde Clondalkin 2015

Coláiste Bríde Clondalkin 2015

Creative Engagement  2015 : Dr Elaine Sherwin Scoil Bríde Clondalkin.(teacher) The students marked the centenary of James Joyce's Dubliners with the assistance of Joycean expert James Quinn and graphic artist Jonathan Casey. Students studied Joyce's short stories and...

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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.