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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Portumna Community School, Galway 2018

Portumna Community School, Galway 2018

Portumna Community School Transition Year Creative Engagement Project 2017-2018     “G.A.A. TWIST” Act 1   Scene 1: A nation in turmoil Scene 2: Dark Rosaleen Scene 3: Genesis of the GAA Scene 4: Interview:...

St. Michaels House Grosvenor School, Dublin 2018

St. Michaels House Grosvenor School, Dublin 2018

The Creative Engagement Project 2018 'Communication and Well-Being through Dance at St. Michael's House Grosvenor School' Students are learning the rhythms and moves of dances such as the  Cha cha cha, samba and waltz, while also interacting socially and enjoying the...

Limerick College of Further Education 2018

Limerick College of Further Education 2018

Limerick College of Further Education have past student Fiona Barry Makeup artist from London working with students on their Creative Engagement Project 2018. They are doing a Brother Grimm themed photo shoot in the college. ...

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...

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St. Joseph’s College Lucan 2015

St. Joseph’s College Lucan 2015

Art teacher Niamh Garvey and Ceramic artist Niamh Synnott collaborate with the students of St Joseph's College Lucan . Displayed on this post are elements of their design process from...

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Deerpark CBS 2015

Deerpark CBS 2015

Art teacher Lorraine Naughton and the students of Deerpark CBS Cork, tackle Creative Engagement.

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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.