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<p>Recently, the importance of creativity in society has been clearly recognized. Furthermore, educational practices through art, such as the STEAM paradigm, are being implemented gradually. However, the framework of how creativity should be fostered through art has not been sufficiently discussed. Based on studies of artists’ creative expertise, this study proposed a framework for fostering creativity through art. In addition, we conducted a year-long art program based on this framework in an online environment and investigated its effects. As a framework, we proposed the importance of long-term support for the dynamic development of participants’ creativity. We mainly focused on the following four components: active interaction with objects and the environment through bodily action, active interaction with others and their works (inspiration), exploration in creative processes (exploration), and promotion of intrinsic motivation and decrease in creativity anxiety (motivation). After a total of eight workshops over a year, we observed improvements in the participants’ creativity anxiety, divergent thinking skills, images of art and creation, and openness to others. We discussed the effectiveness of the proposed framework and the advantages and limitations of using an online environment.</p>
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Recently, the importance of creativity in society has been clearly recognized. Furthermore, educational practices through art, such as the STEAM paradigm, are being implemented gradually. However, the framework of how creativity should be fostered through art has not been sufficiently discussed. Based on studies of artists’ creative expertise, this study proposed a framework for fostering creativity through art. In addition, we conducted a year-long art program based on this framework in an online environment and investigated its effects. As a framework, we proposed the importance of long-term support for the dynamic development of participants’ creativity. We mainly focused on the following four components: active interaction with objects and the environment through bodily action, active interaction with others and their works (inspiration), exploration in creative processes (exploration), and promotion of intrinsic motivation and decrease in creativity anxiety (motivation). After a total of eight workshops over a year, we observed improvements in the participants’ creativity anxiety, divergent thinking skills, images of art and creation, and openness to others. We discussed the effectiveness of the proposed framework and the advantages and limitations of using an online environment.

Exploring the Potential of Art Workshop: An Attempt to Foster People’s Creativity in an Online Environment

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications

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Recently, the importance of creativity in society has been clearly recognized. Furthermore, educational practices through art, such as the STEAM paradigm, are...

Exploring the Potential of Art Workshop: An Attempt to Foster People’s Creativity in an Online Environment

Published Online: Aug 30, 2021

Page range: 89 - 107

Received: May 08, 2021

Accepted: Jul 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ctra-2021-0007

Keywords
creativity, creativity facilitation, STEAM, online environment, educational effect

© 2021 Daichi Shimizu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Exploring the Potential of Art Workshop: An Attempt to Foster People’s Creativity in an Online Environment

Published Online: Aug 30, 2021

Page range: 89 - 107

Received: May 08, 2021

Accepted: Jul 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ctra-2021-0007

Keywordscreativity, creativity facilitation, STEAM, online environment, educational effect

© 2021 Daichi Shimizu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
creativity, creativity facilitation, STEAM, online environment, educational effect