Beautiful Nonsense: children's authentic art-making and Deleuzian difference

FORUM - ISSN 0963-8253
Volume 56 Number 1 (2014)

Beautiful Nonsense: children's authentic art-making and Deleuzian difference
VICKY GRUBE pages 55-64
DOI: 10.2304/forum.2014.56.1.55

Abstract

When we join with another who shares our sensibilities, we have potential for doing good. This article explores how the self-initiated art making of children that happens outside the classroom challenges the child emotionally and intellectually more than teacher-directed school art. Furthermore, authentic collaborative art making creates a site where a child can affect and be affected by others. This freedom opens shared spaces to encounter joy in otherness.

Download Full Text PDF

To cite this article
VICKY GRUBE (2014) Beautiful Nonsense: children's authentic art-making and Deleuzian difference, FORUM, 56(1), 55-64. https://doi.org/10.2304/forum.2014.56.1.55

Share this