Artistic Processes of University Art Students Self-Identifying Along the Neurodiversity Spectrum

Introduction

This qualitative study seeks to gain a greater understanding of artmaking processes of neurodivergent-identifying students enrolled in fine art programs at Finnish universities. Specifically, this study seeks to learn about the lived experience of neurodivergent students’ engagement with artistic thinking within their artistic processes. The implications of this analysis will contribute to enhancing the understanding of the diversity of artistic thinking, and to inform the refinement and further development of strategies of inclusion, equity, and access in approaching teaching and learning through artist pedagogy.

Events

The Neurodiversity in the Arts Symposium, online on 15 November 2024 and in person on 22 November at University of the Arts Helsinki