Integrating Arts-based Learning in Interdisciplinary Spaces: Using Fresco Techniques to Assist Teachers Transition from Traditional to Exceptional View Digital Media

Workshop Presentation
Bronwen Wade-Leeuwen,  Kathryn McLachlan  

We explore how arts-based inquiry and experiential learning can facilitate the development of critical, creative, and reflective skills to foster transformative learning and teaching. The workshop will integrate traditional Italian and Spanish Fresco techniques to extend modes of expression through playful relaxation. Participants will discover the different ways colour and pattern can heighten self-awareness, reflection, and praxis. During this unique workshop, led by experienced Fresco Artist Bronwen Wade-Leeuwen and leading educator Dr Kath McLachlan, participants will learn to enhance their imagination and creativity. New research shows effective learning requires a space of playful relaxation. This ‘incubation space’ should be placed at the core of the educational curriculum. This workshop aims to challenge existing frameworks by integrating the arts across other curriculum areas (STEM). The experience will foster transformative ways of thinking for both the teacher and student, leading to more engaging, meaningful, and contemplative interactions.