A Study on the Development of the Participatory Art Exhibition on Campus

• Main Authors: Lee Su-Jin, 李素貞
• Other Authors: 余 嬪
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75794330063428752972

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 成人教育研究所 === 95 === Abstract A Study on the Development of the Participatory Art Exhibition on Campus This study aims to analyze the procedure and development of a school’s constructing a dream via a participatory art curation in school and to investigate the influences brought by an indigenous artist’s living experience and concepts in education. Literature reviews depict the differences between normal participatory art curations and those in school. In the present study, the focus is on the participatory art curation in Kaohsiung Municipal Ming-jeng Elementary School. The participants are composed of an artist, a curator group, the teachers, and 150 fifth graders. The data collected from seven dialogues among participants and online discussions from K12 Digital School are analyzed through document analysis. After data analysis, four major findings are as followings: 1. The participatory art curation in school is an exhibition combined with the environment. Participants share ideas with each other. The design of the curator shows a clear concept of the curation, conveys the thoughts of the artist, and provides teachers and students opportunities of understanding the development and expressing their aesthetic viewpoints. Besides, faced with different opinions from the community, the school adopts effective strategies which inspire teachers and students to devote themselves to reconstructing the school environment. 2. There is a successive procedure for the school’s dream construction: to know the present situation  to understand the need of a participatory art curation  to find a curator  to submit a plan for the art curation  to decide the artist who join this plan  to have discussions and interaction among the participants  to choose a topic  to make students participate in the practice  to display art works  to bring opposite influences to each participant. 3. The artist proposes the concept “the school is where I live” signifying that, students as main parts in school need to learn how to contribute to school so that it is helpful for them to develop their potential. This is also Sakului’s notion for his living experience and aesthetic belief. 4. The participatory art curation in school serves as a psychically interactive activity. Through interactions and discussions, each participant strives toward the goal and makes the dream come true. After the school environment is reconstructed, students have a greater affection for the school. Besides, the implementation of the participatory art curation, such as art works of glass created by the teachers and students can facilitate the community to set up a leisure place with more cultural exchanges. According to the results, some suggestions are provided in the aspect of school leaders, teachers and parents, and future studies: 1. To school leaders: (1) In a formal school system, educational projects need to integrate school curriculum into practice. (2) In the participatory art curation, school leaders should be willing to empower to other people to solve problems and should offer more chances for teachers and students to express their thoughts and show talent. Moreover, school leaders need to pursuit the dream, to create an interactive environment which benefits teachers and students, and to build up teamwork spirits. 2. To teachers and parents: Emphasize labor education and encourage children to chase after their dreams. Opportunities should be offered for children to do things they seldom do and to develop their talent and skills. 3. To future studies: Although the data collected in the present study are abundant consisting of fourteen dialogues and discussions from K12 Digital School, the researcher, owing to constraints of time and ability, only adopt seven dialogues among participants to implement document analysis. Therefore, the other part of data still leaves much room for further investigations, which arises complete history records. By doing so, the development of this project can be analyzed and induced by science to produce a core procedure or mode and can be made a documentary film in order to provide other schools references. Keywords: curator, participation in art, the participatory art exhibition on campus