Creations and transformations in the epistemology of the artist-teachers. A project in the south of Chile

Abstract

In Chile, the artists have been improved in the classrooms and their creations have been carried out in these spaces, conforming diverse types of educational projects that transcend the normalized artistic circuit. This has challenged in the traditional way of seeing the artists and the role they play in today’s society. In this scenario, some authors talk about the (as) artist-teachers to name projects that combine the artistic with the pedagogical, but little has been investigated in Chile about how these processes are happening. In this way, in the project FONDECYT (11180057) entitled “New links between the artistic and the pedagogical. Opening fields towards a reconceptualization of art and the role of the artist in today’s society” has been undertaken the search of various teaching artists who combine the artistic with the pedagogical in their projects. From this inquiry Impressions of the environment from the hands of students will be reviewed in this article because it contains the central elements of the artist-teacher notion that forms the epistemological framework of this research. Some characteristics of the project are analyzed and commented and concluded about the potentialities and challenges that arise in the development of artistic-pedagogical experiences to build subjectivity.