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Scoil Muire agus Padraig, Swinford, Co. Mayo 2021
The TY students of Scoil Muire agus Padraig have completed beautiful wall murals around their school as part of their Creative Engagement Project 2021. Teacher: Ann Gannon
St. Brendan’s Community School, Birr, Co. Offaly 2021
St. Brendan's Community School, Birr have completed their Creative Engagement Project 2021. The Transition Year class up-cycled two concrete benches in an outdoor courtyard in the school. They learned about the art of mosaic and created two beautiful mosaic benches....
Eureka Secondary School, Co. Meath 2021
Eureka Secondary School, Kells, Co. Meath Creative Engagement Project 2020-2021 was undertaken with the help and guidance of local artist, Anna Moloney. Anna was joined by a group of TY students to complete the project, the students connected with Anna weekly via Zoom...
Presentation Secondary School, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork 2020
Presentation Secondary School, Mitchelstown chose to work on a Mural for their Creative Engagement Project 2019/2020. A group of 45 transition years and 5 LCA1 students worked on the project. The students learned how to use spray paint and how to create a balanced...
Curragh Post-Primary School, Co. Kildare 2020
Curragh Post-Primary School, Co. Kildare 5th year LCA students are working on Ceramic heads with beautiful painted wooden backgrounds for their Creative Engagement Project 2020. Artist: Paul Woods Teacher: Antoinette Brennan...
Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Roscommon 2020
The Convent of Mercy Secondary School in Roscommon have their Creative Engagement 2020 Project well underway. Transition Year students took part in the blacksmith workshop. The students aided by the very skilled blacksmith, Patrick Strahan, worked to forge pieces for...
St Aloysius’ College, Cork 2020
St Aloysius' College's Creative Engagement Project 2019-20 Teacher: Rebecca Wall
Colaiste Pobail Osraí, Kilkenny 2020
Creative Engagement Project 2019-20 project from Colaiste Pobail Osraí - Ealaíon san aer úr. Teacher: Sheena McKeon Artist: Caroline Schofield
Coláiste Treasa Secondary School, Kanturk, Co. Cork 2020
Coláiste Treasa Secondary School have their Creative Engagement 2020-21 project well under way. Transition year students are working with artist Sue Gifford to bring creative colour to their school walls. [gallery...
Recent News and Updates
Creative Engagement Exhibition March 3-5
NAPD is exhibiting the 2020-21 projects live online March 3-5. It is a celebration of the project work done by the students, teachers and artists in the past year in spite of the headwinds of the pandemic and school lockdowns. Please contact dermotcarney@napd.ie if...
Online Creative Engagement Exhibition March 3rd-5th.
Many thanks for everyone who were involved in the 2020-21 Creative Engagement programme in what was a very difficult school year. NAPD is now organising an online Exhibition of the 2020-21 Creative Engagement work, March 3-5 Minister Catherine Martin TD is being...
Happy New Year
Happy New Year. Creative Engagement 2021-22 is underway with over 100 second level schools involved. Meanwhile an exhibition of Creative Engagement 2020-21 is scheduled for March 3-5 2022 as an online event. Further information about booking to exhibit the arts work...
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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.