Encounter Fest!

Pop online and or in person if you can, we'd love to have you with us. Encounter Fest! is a two-day FREE event taking place online on Thursday 17 October and in-person on Friday 18 October 2024 at The National Concert Hall in Dublin, organised by Encountering the...

Bandon Grammar School, Co. Cork 2024

Fifth/sixth year students from Bandon Grammar School worked with artist Shane O'Driscoll to create an exciting mural to give life to the bare concrete between the school and a new extension. The Creative Engagement Project 2024 not only taught them the skills needed...

Presentation Secondary School, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork 2024

Fifth year students from Presentation Secondary School, Mitchelstown created oil portraits and displayed them at an Art Exhibition for their Creative Engagement Project 2024. Teacher: Linda Evans Artist: Aine Andrews

Rice College, Ennis, Co. Clare 2024

Rice College, Ennis Transition Year students created a beautiful mural with local Artist Rachel McManus Art Teacher: Clara Ryan Artist: Rachel McManus

St. Brigid’s Secondary School, Killarney, Co. Kerry 2024

St. Brigid's Secondary School Transition year and 5th year students hosted an art exhibition in Killarney to share their 2024 Creative Engagement Project 'Personal Reflections'. Teachers: Alice Quilter & Fiona Archibald Artist: Tracy Sexton

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Finn Valley College, Co. Donegal 2023

Finn Valley College, Co. Donegal 2023

Finn Valley College Transition Year students enjoyed Plein Air Painting workshops in the beautiful Drumboe Woods, Stranorlar to create their Creative Engagement Projects 2023. Teacher: Ms. Maryann Molloy Artist: Morgan Ferriter

Christ King Girls’ Secondary School, Cork 2023

Christ King Girls’ Secondary School, Cork 2023

Christ King Girls' Secondary School, Cork Transition year group worked with artist Kevin O'Brien on a street art inspired spray paint mural for their Creative Engagement Project 2023. Teacher: Aislinn Spillane Artist: Kevin O'Brien

Balla Secondary School, Co. Mayo 2023

Balla Secondary School, Co. Mayo 2023

Students from Balla Secondary School worked with ceramic for their Creative Engagement Project 2023. Teacher: Louise Conroy Artist: Andrew Ilsley

Arklow CBS, Co. Wicklow 2023

Arklow CBS, Co. Wicklow 2023

Arklow CBS worked with Bianca Divito to create stained glass hanging pieces for their Creative Engagement Project 2023. Students gained an understanding of the skills and techniques involved in this area of practice including cutting glass, copper foiling and...

Drimnagh Castle Secondary School, Dublin 2023

Drimnagh Castle Secondary School, Dublin 2023

Drimnagh Castle Secondary School have completed their Creative Engagement Project 2023. Their 5th year Art students were delighted with their colourful display of Drimnagh Castle. Artist Paul Roche inspired them with his use of techniques, style and colour. [gallery...

St. Aidans Community School, Dublin 2023

St. Aidans Community School, Dublin 2023

St. Aidans Community School in Tallaght are working on their Creative Engagement Project 2023. It is a mosaic project inspired by nature and the environment, with the possibility of displaying it in the library as part of a reading space. St. Ediths LCA and some 1st...

Recent News and Updates

Autumn Creative Engagement application deadline

I trust everyone is enjoying the summer. The deadline for the 2022-23 Creative Engagement application is October 14 2022. The application form is on the website under FORMS. Any problems please contact Dermot Carney dermotcarneynapd.ie  

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Good luck in the last term.

Good luck to all students artists and teachers in the last term. The deadline for Creative Engagement project completion is May 16. Evaluation Forms to be returned by schools are on the website under Forms.    

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Creative Engagement Annual Exhibition.

Many thanks to all who exhibited in the online Creative Engagement exhibition March 3-5. It featured projects from the 2020-21 school year. There was a wide range of projects and all done under lockdown and in spite of the pandemic. A recording of the exhibition will...

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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.