A Study of the Development of Young Artists: The Emergence of on Artistic and Creative Identity (original) (raw)

Fine Arts as a Means of Developing Creative Activity in Younger Adolescents

Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 2021

The role of fine arts in the process of developing pupils’ creative activity remains insufficiently studied. This is especially true for the specifics of developing a values-based attitude towards any kind of creative activity in the representatives of such a complex age group as younger adolescents. The paper aims to develop and experimentally verify the methodology for developing creative activity in younger adolescents using fine arts in the educational process of secondary schools based on theoretical justification of the problem of the individual’s creative activity. This methodology was aimed at implementing a holistic set of creativity exercises, partial searching and artistic creativity tasks and a variable model for organizing the actions in the form of “the projection of desire”. The control and experimental groups involved the same number of younger adolescents, namely, 143 respondents, whose indicators of development levels of creative activity did not differ significant...

Art for all ages: A lifelong desire and hard work

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences , 2012

Abstract Art education is a lifelong necessity for adults as well as it is for children. The aim of this study is to show that by means of art education given by the experts of the field a desire for art can be motivated especially among people outside this field and also being involved in artistic activities would make them more sensitive and thus their aesthetic appreciation would improve. Related literature in this field was scanned and by using observation and interviewing techniques, a participant aged was educated on painting for two years and the effect of continuation in artistic practices and motivation on one’s creativity was examined. It has been observed that art education is influential and inspirational particularly in the lives of elderly people; and no matter how old a person is if she wants and works, she can achieve artistic sensitivity by means of creative works.

To rest assured: a study of artistic development

International Journal of Education and the Arts, 2008

The article concerns artistic development within the context of a Master of Fine Arts program in visual arts in Sweden, and presents an empirical study based on repeated interviews with a group of art students. The aim is to contribute to our present understanding of artistic development by focusing on changes in the relation between the student and his/her artistic work as part of their artistic development. The study describes and analyzes the character of these changes, within the theoretical frame of phenomenographic research on learning. The notion of ‘resting assured’ is used to describe the main characteristic of the qualitative change found in the relation between the student and his/her artistic work. To ‘rest assured’ refers to a state of trust in their own ability that the students develop. Findings are discussed from an educational theoretical perspective, emphasizing the connection between self-direction and resting assured.

DEVELOPMENT OF ART AND CREATIVITY IN CHILDREN

Every invention and creation, no matter in what field, is the outcome of a search for solutions and distinct ideas. Creativity is a sine qua non for development and improvement. This view has been a central focus in every field and a considerable volume of research has sought to find out how creativity starts, occurs and develops. Creativity is also a principal element of change and progression. Art can be defined as the manifestation of creativity and imagination. As the lively debate about what is art and what is not art continues, new meanings are assigned to art. Art is, in general, a reality that should exist in everyone's life, whether an adult or a child. Since creativity emerges as the beginning of art in children, children’s art (paintings, drawings and other works produced by children) is of key importance. A child’s development can be followed in his or her art.

Psychological characteristics of art specialists with a highly productive creative imagination

Psychology of Russia: State of Art, 2018

Background: Notwithstanding all the different forms of art, the source of the creative process, its initial impulse, is an artistic image, and its creation is closely connected with the imagination. L. Vygotsky held the view that artistic creativity has great importance in overall development. In this regard, it is relevant to study the role of personal psychological characteristics that stimulate creativity, determine creative potential, and indicate personal predisposition to artistic activity. Objective: to study individual psychological characteristics of art specialists with a highly productive creative imagination. Design: There were 240 respondents: art specialists (artists, actors) and specialists who do not work in artistic fields. The empirical research included: assessment of the level of productivity of the creative imagination and psychological testing. All the participants, within the bounds of their profession, were divided into high productivity and low productivity groups. The productivity level of the creative imagination was assessed by expert judgment of art works made by the participants using a monotype technique. For psychological testing, the following methods were used: Freiburg Personality Inventory (FPI); Volitional Self-Control Inventory by A. Zverkov and E. Eidman; the "Choose the Side" test by E. Torrance; the "Unfinished Figures" subtest by E. Torrance; and the technique of pair comparisons by V. Skvortsov. Statistical data processing was conducted on the basis of percentage distribution and comparative analysis using the Student parametric t-test. We used STATISTICA 13.0 software. Results: We found the following psychological characteristics of art specialists with highly productive creative imagination: high emotionality, inclination to affective reactions, high anxiety and excitability, and need for self-realization. Artists with highly productive creative imagination were characterized by immersion in their own emotions, psychic estrangement, high sensitivity, flexibility, ingenuity, right-hemisphere and combined types of thinking, and a high level of nonverbal creativity. Actors with highly productive creative imagination were characterized by stability, relaxation, selfsatisfaction, and average nonverbal creativity; the mixed type of thinking predominated in this group. Psychological characteristics of art specialists … 135 Conclusion: The differences in the intensity of the psychological characteristics of representatives of these different professional groups may be determined by the level of productivity of their creative imagination. We discovered general and specific (depending on professional activity) psychological characteristics of art specialists with a high level of productivity of the creative imagination.

Education: 1. Creativity and Problem Finding/Solving in Art

Review of Artistic Education

Creativity is a complex process that invites to action, both the conscious and the unconscious mind. The work proposed by us puts into question a new aspect of the process of creativity: finding and solving problems, inserting the cognitive and ideational elements into the artistic creative process. Artistic personality represents a complex interaction between diverse psychological factors: intellectual (lateral, creative-thinking and convergent thinking) and nonintellectual factors (temperament, character, motivation, affectivity, abyssal factors, special aptitudes). To these are added also, the biological factors (heredity, age, gender, mental health) and social factors (economical condition, historical epoch, socio-cultural conditions). In the same time, the artist's success also appears to be linked to his ability to find and solve new problems in artistic themes, to his ability to correctly formulate questions, and then to find original, genuine answers. This paper explains...

Creativity, art practice, and knowledge

Communications of the Acm, 2002

Creativity can be characterized as a process toward achieving an outcome recognized as innovative. This definition goes beyond everyday creativity, which is personal to the individual concerned and does not necessarily lead to publicly evaluated outcomes. Conceiving new ideas and making artifacts by any individual may indeed be creative to that person, but the outcomes from personal creative acts are not usually valued as such by others. Boden's distinction between 'P' (psychological) and 'H' (historical) creative is relevant here [1]. A further distinction is needed within 'H' creative between exceptional and outstanding creativity. The outcomes of creative work that are exceptional may be evaluated (and valued) by others, usually the domain experts, but they not necessarily recognized as such outside that knowledgeable group. Outstanding creativity is that which has stood the test of time and has become recognized beyond the specialist community. This is what artists are finally judged by. Further descriptions of the creative process and creative outcomes are found in [1, 5, 11]. One aspect that is important here is stressed by Boden. Creativity does not come out of a vacuum in a sudden and mysterious flash. Typically, the creative step is based upon significant knowl