Believing in Artistic Making and Thinking

Abstract

A case-study approach was used to observe the artistic making and thinking of 10 to 12 year old children. Ten children of equal gender balance, were selected for observation within a class of 35. The initial purpose of the study was to make observations of thinking processes used by the children when engaged in making tasks in art/craft, drama, dance, music, and writing craft. The cross-modal study of the ten children resulted in the formulation of a basic description of the processes which these children encountered when presented with artistic tasks in any art form. In summary, artistic making and thinking was described as involving a search process in which children seek a reconciliation between three main dimensions; social interaction, transformation, and representation. An unexpected fourth dimension, labelled belief, however, seemed pivotal to artistic thinking processes. Belief was seen as a driving force which compelled the child to work in the artistic medium by recognizing the presence of an un...

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