Artistic Ways of Knowing

About this curriculum

Artistic Ways of Knowin g provides readers with a thorough understanding of how artists think and perform, enabling teachers and homeschool co-op instructors to develop creativity in the classroom, nurture talented students, and encourage everyone to “think like an artist.” It includes hands-on workshops to help students realize how to think and perceive in each art form: the visual arts, music, dance/movement, and theater/drama. Dr. Haroutounian has spent a lifetime working in the arts with gifted students in performance, as well as helping teachers to identify and develop talent.  Artistic Ways of Knowing: How to Think Like an Artist is the result of her insights and experience, examining the perceptual and cognitive processes inherent in learning and interpretation. Understanding these processes allows teachers and homeschool co-op instructors to develop creativity in the classroom, nurture talented students, and encourage everyone to “think like an artist.” The book begins with perspectives of artistic and aesthetic knowing from artists and scholars across the fields of education…