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. Brendan’s Community School, Birr, Co. Offaly 2021

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, 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, 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 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

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...

Colaiste Pobail Osraí, Kilkenny 2020

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

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...

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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...

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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.