St Michael’s Holy Faith Secondary School, Finglas 2023

St. Michael's Secondary School in Finglas have finished a beautiful Creative Engagement Project for 2023 talented Transition Year students worked with potter Pat Rafferty to create the the final Ceramic work about the essentiality of the Bees🐝 for...

St. Jarlath’s College, Tuam, Co. Galway 2023

St. Jarlath's College in Tuam have completed their Creative Engagement Project for 2023. One project was a clay tile project and the second was a felting project. They were visited by Mary Hanley on behalf of Creative Engagement in early May. Artist: Karena Ryan...

St. Aidans Community School, Tallaght 2023

St Aidans Community School Tallaght worked on a mosaic mural for their Creative Engagement Project 2023. This was a collaborative project between St. Ediths, and some of their Junior Cycle students. Artist: Dave West Teacher: Michelle Murphy

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St. Nathys College, Co. Roscommon 2022

St. Nathys College, Co. Roscommon 2022

St. Nathy's College, Co. Roscommon created an all weather metalwork sculpture named 'Cur Óg' for their Creative Engagement Project 2022. The students from TY and EAL were given the task of creating designs in keeping with the agreed theme of the biodiversity green...

Trinity Comprehensive Ballymun, Dublin 2022

Trinity Comprehensive Ballymun, Dublin 2022

Transition year students in Trinity Comprehensive Ballymun in Dublin have been working on a beautiful bottle cap mural with the Rediscovery Centre Ballymun. Teacher: Brian Cheevers

Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge, Co Kildare 2021

Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge, Co Kildare 2021

The Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge, Co Kildare 2021 have finished their Creative Engagement 2021 Project. "Starting with the theme of identity, we looked at unique body identifiers that we all have. Such as fingerprints and iris patterns in our eyes. We asked...

Hansfield ETSS, Dublin 2021

Hansfield ETSS, Dublin 2021

Hansfield ETSS Transition Year Students have completed their Creative Engagement project 2021 called "Developing Characters". They learned all about animation and illustrations.     Artist: Bruno...

Coláiste Bhaile Chláir, Co na Gaillimhe 2021

Coláiste Bhaile Chláir, Co na Gaillimhe 2021

Claregalway College took on an interesting 2021 Creative Engagement Project where Transition Year students studying Italian learned Circus Skills through Italian.   Artist: Maria Auletta Teacher: Ilaria Dore...

Recent News and Updates

Autumn Creative Engagement application deadline

I trust everyone is enjoying the summer. The deadline for the 2022-23 Creative Engagement application is October 14 2022. The application form is on the website under FORMS. Any problems please contact Dermot Carney dermotcarneynapd.ie  

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Good luck in the last term.

Good luck to all students artists and teachers in the last term. The deadline for Creative Engagement project completion is May 16. Evaluation Forms to be returned by schools are on the website under Forms.    

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Creative Engagement Annual Exhibition.

Many thanks to all who exhibited in the online Creative Engagement exhibition March 3-5. It featured projects from the 2020-21 school year. There was a wide range of projects and all done under lockdown and in spite of the pandemic. A recording of the exhibition will...

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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.