Presentation Secondary School, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork 2024

Fifth year students from Presentation Secondary School, Mitchelstown created oil portraits and displayed them at an Art Exhibition for their Creative Engagement Project 2024. Teacher: Linda Evans Artist: Aine Andrews

Rice College, Ennis, Co. Clare 2024

Rice College, Ennis Transition Year students created a beautiful mural with local Artist Rachel McManus Art Teacher: Clara Ryan Artist: Rachel McManus

St. Brigid’s Secondary School, Killarney, Co. Kerry 2024

St. Brigid's Secondary School Transition year and 5th year students hosted an art exhibition in Killarney to share their 2024 Creative Engagement Project 'Personal Reflections'. Teachers: Alice Quilter & Fiona Archibald Artist: Tracy Sexton

St Jarlath’s College, Tuam, Co. Galway 2024

First year students in St Jarlath's College in Tuam enjoyed a felting workshop with artist Karena Ryan. Beautiful results. Teacher: Therese Kenny Artist: Karena Ryan

Intermediate School Killorglin, Co. Kerry 2024

Transition Year students from the Intermediate School Killorglin, Co. Kerry have completed their Lino printing Creative Engagement Project 2024. Teacher: Rebekah Power Artist: Rochelle...

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Drimnagh Castle CBS, Dublin 2017

Drimnagh Castle CBS, Dublin 2017

The Drimnagh Castle CBS Creative Engagement 2017 Project is well underway. They have just completed a two day workshop with ceramic artist Heather Buchanan. TY's have collaborated with Art and Environmental Studies to design Insect Hotels in preparation for their...

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...

Mayfield Community School, Cork 2016

Mayfield Community School, Cork 2016

Mayfield Community School's Creative Engagement Project 2016 Respect for Every Branch: "Together we Learn, Together we Respect"   This project centers on themes of respect, both given and received, with a group of Transition Year students from Mayfield Community...

Scoil Bernadette, Cork 2016

Scoil Bernadette, Cork 2016

Pupils of Scoil Bernadette Cork preforming their Creative Engagement 2016 Dance Project, 'Dancing Across the World'

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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St Brendan’s Community School 2015.

St Brendan’s Community School 2015.

Teachers Yvonne Claffey, Sharon Mc Connell and the students of St. Brendan's Community School Birr, produce  Creative Engagement costume designs inspired by the Heritage Town of Birr.

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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.