Workshop: The Art of Creative Inquiry

The book explores tools and techniques for creating arts with groups, providing insights into why workshops are effective and relevant. It includes examples of workshops that explore creative exploration and explores six areas of inquiry: subjects, artistic processes, skills, self, the world, and relationships with others. Readers learn how workshops engage others in arts-based research and how to use them for the maximum benefit of all participants.

Format: Hardback
Length: 170 pages
Publication date: 27 June 2023
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

The book delves into the realm of creating arts with groups, shedding light on the effectiveness and relevance of workshops as a form of creative practice. Two experienced practitioners share their insights and principles, along with examples of workshops that foster creative exploration. The authors emphasize the importance of understanding the nature of workshops, which involve a fluid relationship between artist/researcher, participant/audience, maker, and witness. This process extends individuals' abilities and connects doing to learning to inquiring, all within a single process. The book itself serves as a dialogue and investigation into this practice, exploring the specificities of workshop practice in relation to arts-based research. Readers gain valuable knowledge about the inquiry process in workshops, covering six areas: subjects, artistic processes, skills, self, the world, and relationships with others. Through this informed investigation, practitioners can enhance their own approaches to arts-based inquiry and research, ultimately leading to a better understanding of how workshops can be utilized for the maximum benefit of all participants, both individuals and groups.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789819922901
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023