Creativity in Art Education: notes from an archive

Abstract

This article analyzes, from a Foucauldian perspective, discourses present in 55 prominent educational journals over the past 24 years (1996-2019) regarding the intersection of art and education. Anchored in Michel Foucault’s notion of the archive throughout his work, it was possible to discern different serializations, rarefactions, and discontinuities that allow us to see the circulation of ideas in this field. There are a series of statements and slogans that seem to reiterate attributes that would stem from art as a beneficial effect in itself, embodying a kind of artistic-pedagogical proselytism, which, as the archive presents, brings creativity as a central theme for the art teaching.