Krazy Kat's iconic phrase "Lenguage is that we may mis-unda-stend each udda" (=language is that we may misunderstand each other) to Ignatz has been used and reproduced repeatedly to highlight George Herriman's comics around language and its functions. Such a phrase hides great truths when the interlocutors do not understand words with…

This article provides some practical guidance on how to get started in comics studies. The article supplies a quick history of print comics, addresses key definitions and debates, and provides a variety of references for beginners to comics studies. The author's intention is not to limit what comics studies are or can be, but rather to reflect on…

This research explores the relationship between music and visual art through the visual artworks of four Indonesian students. Focusing on eight paintings inspired by two types of instrumental music, the study employs a qualitative multi-method approach, including Inquiry Graphics and Peircean's semiotic analysis, to understand the creative…

Traditional Chinese painting prioritizes expressive brushwork, compositional harmony, and symbolic representation, contrasting with Western realism, which emphasizes technical precision, shading, and perspective. This study examines the enhancement of realistic art literacy in fostering the understanding of Chinese painting traditions in art…

Conflict transformation positions individuals to become more complex as they embrace the transformative benefits that result from working through conflicts. This article explores this topic in art education, as sharing personal interpretations of visual art with others creates an opportunity for participants to experience conflict transformation.…

Traumatic experiences trigger a constellation of psychological and emotional symptoms. Therapeutic interventions have been developed to support people in understanding and overcoming these symptoms. However, many approaches have a strong reliance on language. This can be problematic as traumatic experiences create significant barriers to the…

This article is part of ongoing decolonizing efforts in critical arts-based research to unsettle the dominance of settler-oriented environmental and place-based thinking, particularly in relation to a U.S. Northeastern university arboretum. Facing current ecological precarity, we find the framing of the conventional environmental approach…

Purpose: This study aims to offer an original criterion of assessment for examiners of practice-based doctorates in contemporary arts practices, based upon the degree of intrigue, perceptual and conceptual, afforded by the research outputs. It is argued that intrigue is the necessary stimulus for the states of attention required for the…

Combining theoretical inspiration, practical guidance, and visual examples, this book empowers educators to implement rich visual arts experiences and foster joyful, art-centered learning environments with children. Drawing upon decades of experience and research, the authors offer rich, practical, plain English information alongside inspiring…

This article documents the work of two Research-based Theatre practitioners. The two case studies featured were written in different cultures, for different purposes and audiences. However, both share some common elements. They feature marginalized and largely forgotten women. One tells of the plight of foreign domestic helpers in Singapore and…

Art education has a very important place in the general education system. Given the history of education of civilized nations, the importance of art education is obvious. For this reason, we have to develop our art education by put it in the center of our education system. Students are given art drawing and painting basic art workshop lessons in…

This paper delves into the innovative integration of arts in science education, as exemplified by the book "Einstein, Eddington, and the Eclipse: Travel Impressions." The book uniquely combines a history of science essay and a graphic novel, collaboratively created by Ana Simões, a historian of science, and Ana Matilde Sousa, an artist.…

This study focuses on the visual symbolic features of the Goguryeo tomb murals in Ji'an and their application value in modern art education. It aims to explore innovative pathways for cultural symbols in educational transformation. Created between the 4th and 7th centuries, the Ji'an Goguryeo murals showcase the religious beliefs, social…

The advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) presents innovative opportunities and new challenges across various industries and academic fields. Particularly, recent advancements in generative AI, which can create images from text, are introducing new challenges in the field of graphic design education. This study discusses methods…

Can metaphorical reasoning involving embodied experience--such as color perception--be learned from the statistics of language alone? Recent work finds that colorblind individuals robustly understand and reason abstractly about color, implying that color associations in everyday language might contribute to the metaphorical understanding of color.…