Arts in Education Portal

S03: E05: Victory Nwabu-Ekeoma | Rapporteur Address | National Arts in Education Portal Day 2025

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:18:43 GMT

In this episode we hear from Victory Nwabu-Ekeoma, an Igbo-Irish zinemaker, and founder of Bia! Zine. Victory introduced us to the power of zine making, using it as a tool for us to reflect on our experiences of the National Arts in Education Day.

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S03: E04: Little Woodland Heights | Portal Documentation Award 2025 Recipient

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:14:39 GMT

This episode features one of Portal Documentation Award Recipients: Little Woodland Heights. This Limerick-based project explored trees and forests through music composition and sound. Led by teacher Nuala Dooly, Soprano Tríona Walsh and Composer Fiona Linnane, this project brought together art, music and nature in a magical way.

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S03: E03: From Harmonic to Chorus: Amplifying Student Voice through Creative STEAM Engagement

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:11:22 GMT

This episode features a presentation titled From Harmonic to Chorus: Amplifying Student Voice through Creative STEAM Engagement. The presenters from University College Dublin were Dr. Sharon Shannon, an education-focused Researcher and STEAM Specialist, and Writer and Researcher Adam Breen. Their session looked at how inclusive and interdisciplinary systems can be built around creativity.

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S03: E02: The Circus | Portal Documentation Award 2025 Recipient

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:04:24 GMT

In this episode we hear from The Circus, a collaborative arts project at St. Mary’s Special School in Co. Meath. This lively session led by teachers Ina Olohan and Siobhan Doughty, and Vocalist Deirdre Shannon, recreated the multi-sensory experience of the Circus, showing how to make it accessible in ways through sounds, circus performers and more!

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S03: E01: Professor John Johnston, UNESCO Chair of issues-based arts education - Keynote Address | National Arts in Education Portal Day 2025

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:06:54 GMT

In this episode we hear from Professor John Johnston, UNESCO Chair of issues-based arts education at ArtEZ University of the Arts in the Netherlands for his keynote address ‘Issues Based Art Education & Intersubjective being’ at the 2025 National Arts in Education Portal Day on 8 November in TU Dublin, School of Art & Design.

Originally from Belfast, his work is dedicated to developing creative and activistic pedagogies that address issues of division and conflict. He is particularly interested in exposing how art, culture and education are weaponised to form single identities based on class, race and religious difference.

John is joined by Aoife Keogh, Arts in Education Portal Editorial Committee Member, Lecturer in Education, NCAD for an audience Q&A.

To start the episode we hear welcomes from John Walsh, Head of the School or Art & Design at TU Dublin and Jennifer Buggie, Arts in Education Portal Editorial Committee Member, National Arts in Education, Tralee Education Support Centre.

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S02: E5: Rapporteur Address - Adam Stoneman | National Arts in Education Portal Day 2024

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

In this episode we hear from Adam Stoneman, Creative Communities Engagement Officer for Galway City Council who highlights his key points from the National Arts in Education Portal Day 2024 in TU Dublin in partnership with the School of Art and Design.

This episode was recorded at the National Arts in Education Portal Day on Saturday 9 November 2024.

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S02: E4: The Power of Rap: Integrating the arts, literacy, and social studies with Veronica Ward | National Arts in Education Portal Day 2024

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

In this episode we hear from primary school teacher and lecturer Veronica Ward who discusses how rap music and video creation can enrich the primary school curriculum.

The Power of Rap: Integrating the arts, literacy, and social studies

Veronica discusses how to design a cross-curricular unit where students write their own rap about "Home", giving them a powerful voice, allowing them to discuss migration and displacement from their perspectives.

This episode was recorded at the National Arts in Education Portal Day on Saturday 9 November 2024.

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S02: E3: Open Road: Children reimagine their city with Tadhg Crowley | National Arts in Education Portal Day 2024

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:01:51 GMT

In this episode we hear from Tadhg Crowley Senior Curator from The Glucksman, University College Cork sharing his insights from the project Open Road.

Open Road: Children reimagine their city

The Glucksman project Open Road was designed to amplify the voices of children from marginalised communities and celebrate their creativity in the public realm. In Spring 2021, the Glucksman invited artist Fatti Burke to design Cork’s first ever asphalt artwork with a group of children from communities who have less frequent opportunities to engage in cultural, artistic and creative programmes. The children aged 6-12 years came to the museum from Mayfield Youth Café and Good Shepherd Cork to work collaboratively with the artist, to learn creative skills and shape the design of a unique public artwork.

This episode was recorded at the National Arts in Education Portal Day on Saturday 9 November 2024.

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S02: E2: Mantle of the Expert with Tara Power | National Arts in Education Portal Day 2024

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

In this episode we hear from Tara Power, Assistant lecturer Drama in Education at TU Dublin speaking at the 2024 National Arts in Education Portal Day in TU Dublin in partnership with the School of Art and Design.

Mantle of the Expert: A dramatic inquiry approach to teaching and learning that is engaging, imaginative and child-centred

Tara discusses the dramatic inquiry approach she uses in her workshops Mantle of the Expert (MOE). MOE was created by UK based educator Dorothy Heathcote (1926-2011). This student-centred approach begins with the group's needs, interests and curriculum objectives and further develops in the classroom where educators and students co-create real and fictional spaces. Tensions, conflicts, and decisions are explored in and out of role, and solutions are decided upon collectively. MOE can be used with learners of all ages and can be implemented into a diverse range of subjects making learning meaningful and exciting.

This episode was recorded at the National Arts in Education Portal Day on Saturday 9 November 2024.

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S02: E1: Keynote Roundtable Discussion | National Arts in Education Portal Day 2024

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

In this episode we hear a round table discussion with guest speakers Leon Diop, Head of EDI with the Arts Council of Ireland; multidisciplinary artist and educator Francesca Hutchinson; Dr. Padráig Kirk, Managing Director of Oide; and Dr Hannagh McGinley, Assistant Professor in Education, MIC Thurles.

The panel, chaired by Jennifer Buggie, Arts in Education Portal Editorial Committee Member, Advisor for Arts & Creativity in Education with the Department of Education and The Education Centre, Tralee, will explore this year's theme "Amplifying All Voices" and discuss how the Amplification of All Voices in creativity and education can empower, build confidence, passion, and support.

This episode was recorded at the National Arts in Education Portal Day on Saturday 9 November 2024 in TU Dublin in partnership with the School of Art and Design.

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S01 E02: Dúlra agus Dúchas - The Ties that Bind Us; A Creative Cluster Journey from Beach Foraging to Beach Installation with Karen Brogan and Leslie Ryan | 2024 Regional Day

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:34:13 GMT

In this episode we hear from teacher Karen Brogan and arts practitioner Leslie Ryan speaking at the 2024 Arts in Education Portal Regional Day on a project involving five west Sligo primary schools. Over the course of two years they explored themes within ecology and heritage through sculpture, sound and visual art supported through the Department of Education Creative Clusters inititave.

Karen and Leslie delve into how the cluster team of teachers and principals from the five schools developed their understanding of creativity and the creative arts within their school communities, including the wider community, in a post-Covid world.

They outline how they explored these themes working collaboratively with artists Kari Cahill, Tom Meskell and musician Rossa Ó Snodaigh. The culmination of their Cluster journey - Lóchrainn na Rónta - a light installation and performance celebrating the legend of the Selkie, which took place on Enniscrone beach at sunset on May 14 2023.

The benefits and the opportunities of working as a Creative Cluster afforded innovation, collaboration, the development of friendships and forging of professional relationships while focused on and dedicated to inspiring and investigating creativity within their schools.

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S01 E01: Collaborations in Abstract Sculpture with Triona O’Dowd Hill, Andy Parsons and Lorna Kavanagh | 2024 Regional Day

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 07:42:31 GMT

Recorded at the 2024 Arts in Education Portal Regional Day, we hear from artist Andy Parsons, teacher Triona O’Dowd Hill and project manager Lorna Kavanagh of Kids’ Own Publishing discussing a Kids’ Own collaborative project at St Cecilia's School, Sligo.

Together they will outline the journey through materials and processes undertaken by Triona’s class.

St Cecilia’s school caters for students with moderate to profound learning disabilities. In this collaboration between teacher and artist a series of practical workshops took place over the course of 2023, The students were introduced to various materials and methodologies leading up to collaborative workshops with visiting TY students from the Ursuline College in Sligo.

This project focused on the partnerships between teacher and artist, and between artist and students. Giving the students a creative voice in the creation of large scale abstract sculptures in plaster, paper, wire and wood while also the added element of working alongside their peers with the visiting TY students. The sculptures were exhibited in the foyer of the Hawkswell Theatre in Sligo in December 2023.

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