Intermediality in Contemporary Visual Art Education

Abstract

Fine arts education, a term widely used to define the school subject, is no longer appropriate to describe artistic expression goals in the educational context. Contemporary visual education allows for a comprehensive approach that considers the intermediality of contemporary visual art. Pedagogical methods, processes, and goals should be open to different approaches under the teacher’s guide. This paper presents reflections on the pedagogical process and a concrete example of a performance developed by secondary school students. It refers to an intermedial project that allows discussing multisensory perception, interdisciplinarity, and the integration of different fields of study, showing an intermedial approach to the pedagogical process. The example shows how creativity develops and grows with such an approach.