Art Education between Innovation and Recycling of Consumed Materials (A Study on Students of the Art Education Department - faculty of Education)

Abstract

In the field of art education, every artist strives to break free from constraints and update artistic forms in innovative ways that do not adhere to a specific style. The problem addressed in this research was derived from the continuous rise in the prices of art materials and the need to find creative artistic visions in the field of art crafts, in order to create paintings using any available materials, including pre-used and recycled materials, using various technical processes and techniques. This paper aims to propose several approaches for utilization of leftover consumer goods and pre-used materials, demonstrating the main goal of preserving the environment and creating sustainable art that can benefit from the concept of recycling without conflicting with creative and artistic values. Moreover; several sub-objectives were highlighted, including comprehend of the technical and sensory nature of the consumed material and developing art students’ creativity through experimentation with all available materials toward execution of paintings with diverse aesthetic dimensions and artistic richness. The importance of this paper lies in finding new horizons for education department of art students, specifically in the field of art crafts, in order to achieve artistic works by utilizing environmental consumer goods, for the purpose of recycling, experimenting and linking them to all creative aspects. The paper relied on the descriptive-analytical approach, describing some of the works and artistic paintings that were accomplished during conducting the study along with students of art education department at the Faculty of Education - Misrata University, with a classification of their forms, designs, and used materials.