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. Oliver’s Community College, Drogheda 2017

St. Oliver’s Community College, Drogheda 2017

St. Oliver's Community College, Drogheda, Co. Louth are currently working on a ceramic installation for their Creative Engagement Project 2017. The murmuration of birds will be hung in the schools new cafeteria/communal area. The installation aims to reflect the...

Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Naas CBS, 2017

Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Naas CBS, 2017

School: Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Naas CBS Teacher: Stacy Masterson Artist: Josephine Hardiman http://www.kildare.ie/josephinehardiman/Index.htm Craft: Calligraphy & Illustration Group: 5th year art students Project description: Josephine is a local artist based in...

Mercy Secondary School, Inchicore, Dublin 2017

Mercy Secondary School, Inchicore, Dublin 2017

The Creative Engagement 2017 Project from Mercy Secondary School, Inchicore is underway. The project is a collaborative project with the Home Economics teacher. They are making ceramic dishes inspired by different cultures. (Photo: Artist Mark Doran with the TY class)...

Loreto Community School, Milford, Co. Donegal 2017

Loreto Community School, Milford, Co. Donegal 2017

Students from Loreto Community School in Milford, Co.Donegal have been hard at work on their Creative Engagement Project 2017.  They have been building a large constellation with willow. The students are learning how to grow and work with willow while making a large...

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...

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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.