4th Annual Creative Engagement Exhibition
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.
We were welcomed by Helen Humphreys TD Minister For Arts,
Heritage and the Gaeltacht who introduced Derek West as the brains behind the
Creative Engagement Programme.
Derek left us with
quote to ponder over from the Philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer.
Schopenhauer believed, however, “that a momentary release
from our imprisonment in the dark dungeon of this world could be achieved
through the arts: painting, sculpture, poetry, drama, and above all – music. Through these media we are
in touch with something outside the empirical realm. We are taken out of time
and space and out of ourselves (body inclused).”
Ms. Mairead McGuinness MEP made sure to pay a visit to all
the stalls and meet the students and listen to what they had to say about their
project.
