<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present study aims to describe the ways in which art education impacts community life through art products. The sample consists of 32 teachers/creators in various fields of work such as fine arts, composition, literature, musical interpretation, choreography and acting. Categorical content analysis is used for data analysis. The highest-ranking emerging theme is related to the means of educational intervention in the community through art. Artistic education leads to empowerment and emancipation by provoking people to think differently while the exposure to artistic creations has a therapeutic effect and contributes to identifying new ways of action. Artists in the role of teachers feel a responsibility both for the educational process and also for the emotional message that their creative product transmits to the audience.</p></abstract>

The present study aims to describe the ways in which art education impacts community life through art products. The sample consists of 32 teachers/creators in various fields of work such as fine arts, composition, literature, musical interpretation, choreography and acting. Categorical content analysis is used for data analysis. The highest-ranking emerging theme is related to the means of educational intervention in the community through art. Artistic education leads to empowerment and emancipation by provoking people to think differently while the exposure to artistic creations has a therapeutic effect and contributes to identifying new ways of action. Artists in the role of teachers feel a responsibility both for the educational process and also for the emotional message that their creative product transmits to the audience.

4. The Place of Visual Art in the Development of Critical Dimensions of Thinking

“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iaşi

Review of Artistic Education

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The present study aims to describe the ways in which art education impacts community life through art products. The sample consists of 32 teachers/creators in...

4. The Place of Visual Art in the Development of Critical Dimensions of Thinking

Published Online: May 08, 2020

Page range: 204 - 210

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rae-2020-0025

Keywords
“Dialectics”, “Phenomenology of Design” “Meta–design” “Interdisciplinarity” and “collaborative” approaches, “Design paradigms” “Autopoiesis and Allopoiesis”

© 2020 Gabriela Monica Assante, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

4. The Place of Visual Art in the Development of Critical Dimensions of Thinking

Published Online: May 08, 2020

Page range: 204 - 210

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rae-2020-0025

Keywords“Dialectics”, “Phenomenology of Design” “Meta–design” “Interdisciplinarity” and “collaborative” approaches, “Design paradigms” “Autopoiesis and Allopoiesis”

© 2020 Gabriela Monica Assante, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
“Dialectics”, “Phenomenology of Design” “Meta–design” “Interdisciplinarity” and “collaborative” approaches, “Design paradigms” “Autopoiesis and Allopoiesis”