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Christ King Girls’ Secondary School, Cork 2020
Christ King Girls' Secondary School, Cork have their Creative Engagement Project 2020 on portraits well underway. They hope to finish it as soon as schools are allowed to recommence. Art Teacher: Vikki...
Dunboyne College of Further Education, Co. Meath 2020
Dunboyne College of Further Education, Co. Meath were undertaking a number of films for their Creative Engagement Project 2020. The students worked on a number of films this term. The photos are scenes taken from the student productions; 'Communication Is Key',...
Patrician Secondary School, Co. Kildare 2020
Patrician Secondary School in Newbridge were moving along nicely to getting their large dragon for their Creative Engagement Project 2020 finished when the school closure for Covid 19 happened. They were working with artist Paul Woods. The first year group were really...
Bailieborough Community School, Co. Cavan 2020
Bailieborough Community School in Cavan have their Creative Engagement Project 2020 well underway. A local artist Jackie O'Neill is working with the students on illustrating the local history and folklore related to the area of Bailieborough. Jackie demonstrated...
Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Corcaigh 2020
Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig are mid way through their Batiks Creative Engagement Project 2020. Teacher: Mary O'Mahony
Kinsale Community School, Co. Cork 2020
Kinsale Community School had great work done on their Creative Engagement Project 2020 before the schools closure. The project was based on designing and building a full size public seating installation for students in the school setting. The shape and design was...
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School, Co. Dublin 2020
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School thankfully got their Creative Engagement Project 2020 artist workshops completed before the school had to close because of Covid 19. Print artist Claire worked with their first year students to develop a series of intaglio...
Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together Secondary School, Dublin 2020
Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together Secondary School have their Creative Engagement Project 2020 underway. Students are working with glass artist Michelle O’Donnell to create a sculptural or suspended glass piece (the form will evolve through collaboration with the...
St. Nathy’s Secondary School, Roscommon 2020
St. Nathy's Secondary School, Roscommon are working on a recycled bottle top mural for their Creative Engagement Project 2020. Art teacher: Karen Munnelly
Recent News and Updates
Project completion date November 16.
Hoping everyone has survived the lockdown. Due to the new school timetable for reopening, the finishing date for Creative Engagement 2019-20 is now extended to November 16. However it is in everyones best interests to complete projects as soon as possible. If anyone...
Easter and last term.
I trust everyone had a relaxed Easter and now we look forward. If schools are back before summer we will try to finish as many of the Creative Engagement projects as possible and pay the artists. If not and with everyone's support we will finish them in autumn. We...
Springtime
From you have I been absent in the Spring, When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in everything, (Shakespeare 1609) Good luck with all the work in Spring. Please send in any photos and text of projects underway. Evaluation Form...
creative engagemet
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.