Transformative Studio Practices through Creative Meaning-making

Session will present: On location
Affiliated Society or Committee Name: National Art Education Association
The National Art Education Association (NAEA) strives to strengthen and promote the well-being and resilience of people and communities. NAEA emphasizes five core values: creativity, interconnectivity, inclusivity, ingenuity, responsibility. As educators, we draw insights from a wide range of tools and processes; we engage with historical and contemporary artists (Graham, 2023) while fostering engagement, observation and reflection through a range of creative processes at the intersection of materials and methods as artists/teachers/researchers.

In the meaning-making process, we spark self-awareness and interconnectivity (Lucero, 2023) through exploration and understanding of communities as it relates to schools, higher education institutions, museums, and community agencies. In this session, presenters from NAEA Higher Education Division will highlight how they engage in the core values of creativity, interconnectivity, and inclusivity at the intersection of studio practices, instruction, and research. This session aims to answer the following questions: (1) How does your pedagogical practice transform studio, instructional, and research practices that interweave historical and visual narratives of the people and place within communities of practice? (2) As artists, educators, and researchers, how do creativity, interconnectivity, inclusivity, ingenuity, responsibility amplify connections with a range of communities (schools, institutions of higher education, museums, community centers)?

References:

National Art Education Association (2022). NAEA core value. https://www.arteducators.org/about/core-values

Graham, M., & Goldsberry, C. (2023). Reimagining the Art Classroom. Intellect (UK).

Lucero, J. (2023). Conceptualist permissions for teacher posture. Center for visual art. Metropolitan State University of Denver.


Keywords:
Topics: Art Education
Topics: Creativity
Medium: Interdisciplinary
Topics: Methodologies
Topics: Studio Practice

Chairs:
Lynnette Gilbert, National Art Education Association and Yichien Cooper, National Art Education Association

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Dannell MacIlwraith, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
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Alanna Austin, Institute of American Indian Arts
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Daniel O'Neill, Community College of Rhode Island
Abstract Submissions Closed