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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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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And more photos from the Exhibition 2014.

And more photos from the Exhibition 2014.

Photographs show students and teachers from Portlaoise College with Minister  Damien English, Minister English views work of Coláiste Iósaef, Kilmallock. Dominican College Wicklow Town orchestra perform at the Exhibition. NAPD Director Clive Byrne with Minister Damien...

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Creative Engagement Exhibition 2014  a great success.

Creative Engagement Exhibition 2014 a great success.

Thanks to everyone who supported and made the Creative Engagement exhibition a great success October 4, Collins Barracks, Dublin. See photos of the action there by looking at  the Projects and Gallery sections of the website.   The photograph above shows...

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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.