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Glenamaddy Community School, Co. Galway 2024
Transition Year students in Glenamaddy Community School have completed their Creative Engagement Project 2024. Inspiration for the project came from silhouette portraiture which was a big trend in the 18th and 19th centuries. Silhouettes were quick to produce and...
Boyne Community School, Trim, Co. Meath 2024
Boyne Community School students had fun creating their art in the Clay workshop for their Creative Engagement Project 2024. Teacher: Jen Toner
Meánscoil San Nioclás, Rinn Ó gCuanach, Dún Garbhán, Co. Phort Láirge 2024
TY and Senior students of Meánscoil San Nicolás worked with renowned artist Kerryming Sun to create some beautiful stained glass art. Teacher: Maria Ní Dhonnabhain Artist: Kerryming Sun
High Cross College, Tuam, Co. Galway 2024
High Cross College in Tuam have created a beautiful glass wall for their Creative Engagement project 2024. Teacher: Leona Quirke
Colaiste Muire, Ennis, Co. Clare 2024
Some beautiful work created by Transition Year students in Coláiste Muire, Ennis for their Creative Engagement Project 2024. The students were led by stained glass artist Nathalie El Baba. Teacher: Niamh Hickey Artist: Nathalie El...
Mercy Secondary School, Inchicore Dublin 2024
Mercy Secondary School, Inchicore Dublin's Transition Year class worked alongside artist Season Dailey to design, plan and create a collaborative outdoor mural. They all thoroughly enjoyed the project and have learned so much. The weather was their biggest...
Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together Secondary School, Dublin 2024
Malahide Portmarnock ETSS students worked with artist Claire Henderson to create Monoprints for their Creative Engagement Project 2024. They drypoint engraved onto Tetra Paks to create their plates. Not only did they create beautiful art but they also found another...
Colaiste Muire Ballymote, Co Sligo 2024
Colaiste Muire Ballymote students created puppets with Artist Carmel Balfe for their Creative Engagement Project 2024. Teacher: Oonagh Mc Grath Artist: Carmel Balfe
Good Counsel College, New Ross, Co. Wexford 2024
The students of the Good Counsel College in New Ross really enjoyed their time working on their Creative Engagement animation Project. Working with set designer and artist Brian Norris was a great experience. Teacher: Emma Ryan Artist: Brian...
Recent News and Updates
Welcome back & Exhibition
Welcome back to schools and to arts in education. The first physical Annual Creative Engagement Exhibition will be held in the National Indoor Sports Arena November 29 2023. The Exhibition will be opened by author and film script writer Roddy Doyle. Further details...
Thank you
Thank you everyone who was involved in Creative Engagement 2022-23. We intend to hold an Exhibition of the 2022-23 work on November 29 in the National Indoor Sports Arena, Dublin. Applications for Creative Engagement 2023-24 will be accepted up to October 16 2023....
Arts in Education Portal Day
The National Arts in Education Portal Day takes place on November 5 in TUD. There is a wonderful array of arts, speakers, workshops to be seen on the day. Creative Engagement have been big supporters of the Arts in Education Portal and NAPD are on the editorial...
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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.