Imagining the First View as an Artist: Lessons in Organizing Creative Workshops

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10.2991/978-2-38476-204-0_37How to use a DOI?

Keywords

artistic output; creative workshops; educational trainings

Abstract

Through the recent improvement of technology access in the Philippine arena, more and more ways for teachers and students to come together in a virtual setting made possible for all. Each learner has the capacity to realize the power of being an artist for self-empowerment and for reaching out to others who do not realize yet their own skills. Especially, the art of photography continues to evolve in the world of digital humanities innovative projects involving the use of photos continue to emerge. The conduct of a virtual workshop in photography served as the platform to reach out to young students-artists, practitioners, enthusiasts, who wish to enhance their skills. It was a venue of artistic engagements, sharing of ideas and experimenting with photography in order to reach a higher level of expression of this art form which was hoped to contribute to the expansion of digital humanities all over the country and the world. This current paper determined the influence of photography in learning and teaching process. Specifically, this would: 1) identify the level of proficiency of the participants; 2) determine how photography influenced the lives of the participants, and 3) assess the composition based on emotion and angle of selected output. Results showed that 33% of the participants had proficient to expert level in photography, 43% had competent skills while 24% belonged to the novice and advanced beginner level. A sizable majority of respondents thought that photography helped their careers, made them happier, or brought them new friends; made possible by maximizing the use of learning platforms and resources that were widely available and easily accessible by stakeholders. It is because of these perceived benefits that the majority of the respondents decided to attend the virtual workshop “for personal growth”. This study presented more information and lessons about the importance of including trainings on art forms such as photography in educational spaces and academic institutions for the benefit of students and their enrichment as artists.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Merites M. Buot
AU  - Krista Marie L. Fama
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/03/25
TI  - Imagining the First View as an Artist: Lessons in Organizing Creative Workshops
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences for Humanity in Society 5.0 Era (ICOMSH 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 427
EP  - 435
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-204-0_37
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-204-0_37
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