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. Michaels Secondary School, Finglas 2020

St. Michaels Secondary School, Finglas 2020

St. Michaels Secondary School, Finglas Transition Year students worked with artist Niamh Synnott on a Totem in their Art Garden.  The theme for this years Creative Engagement Project was "positive mental health". [gallery...

Hansfield Educate Together Secondary School, Dublin 2020

Hansfield Educate Together Secondary School, Dublin 2020

Hansfield Educate Together Secondary School collaborated with Artist Mona Atkinson for their Creative Engagement Project 2020. Mona led an online workshop with a class of 5th year students. The students explored the exciting alternative photography process of...

Loreto Community School, Milford, Co. Donegal 2020

Loreto Community School, Milford, Co. Donegal 2020

Loreto Community School in Milford, Co. Donegal have completed their Creative Engagement Project 2020. They were delighted to have a visit from Minister Joe Mc Hugh who was delighted to get a chance to work with them on the project....

Colaiste Pobail Setanta, Clonee, Dublin 15 2020

Colaiste Pobail Setanta, Clonee, Dublin 15 2020

Colaiste Pobail Setanta, Clonee had a different Creative Engagement experience this year due to Covid 19 but they still get to enjoy the great mural Garreth created for them. Artist: Garrett Joyce Teacher: Paul Hickey

North Monastery Secondary School CBS, Cork 2020

North Monastery Secondary School CBS, Cork 2020

The North Monastery Secondary School, Cork have their Creative Engagement Project 2020 well underway.  The class have now finished the spray painting panels based on the theme of UN Rights of the Child. These will be shown in The Glucksman Gallery in Cork from March...

Coláiste Éamann Rís, Cork 2020

Coláiste Éamann Rís, Cork 2020

Coláiste Éamann Rís, in Cork had their Creative Engagement Project 2020 well underway before the lockdown. Here are some photos of their screen printing with textile artist Anne Kiely. There is also a short video of a walk they took around the local area to gain...

Carlow Institute of Further Education and Training 2020

Carlow Institute of Further Education and Training 2020

Carlow Institute of Further Education and Training, in association with the NAPD Creative Engagement Programme, were delighted to engage with Artist: Karen Hickey through Portrait painting. Part one of the Creative Engagement 2020 project encompassed the theme of...

Cork Educate Together Secondary School 2020

Cork Educate Together Secondary School 2020

Cork Educate Together Secondary School connected back to nature with their 2020 Creative Engagement Project. Photos of the finished pieces were taken in the garden of Griffith College. Ms. O'Sullivan was the only one who could attend under the current circumstances....

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Apologies, CE delays

Apologies to all but due to illness to the Arts Officer there are delays in getting information about Creative Engagement 2021-22 to applicants.  We hope that this will improve over the next couple of weeks.

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Welcome back

Welcome back to everyone. Some dates of interest. Completion of CE 2020-21 projects deadline extended to November 16. Applications for CE 2021-22  found  under FORMS on this website. Deadline Oct 15. A new separate arts in education residency programme called BLAST (...

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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.