삶과 예술의 실천적 융합을 위한 예술교양교육

Abstract

Liberal education is based on humanism, which posits that human beings as free thinkers should be able to understand themselves and the world around them in order to act and live independently. Based on this idea, liberal arts education aims to have learners explore their own inner value, understand others, and empathize and communicate through art in the community. It is essential for liberal arts education to help learners develop the attitude to think critically and embrace their lives in relation to art, rather than perceiving it as a transfer of knowledge. In terms of art and cultural education, which aims for the practical convergence of life and art, museums are cultural and artistic institutions that specialize in providing local communities with a variety of aesthetic experiences and are considered important resources. In particular, today's museums are being transformed into new museology based spaces that pursue the value of intangible cultural heritage beyond the existing elite attitude, which centers on the collection and exhibition of artwork. Furthermore, the new museology based art museums that welcome visitors as active subjects of experience share the same vision with liberal arts courses offered at universities where students are respected as active subjects; this implies the possibility of the convergence of liberal arts education between art museums and universities. Based on the possibility of such a convergence, this study intends to propose how contemporary art classes in universities can provide practical art experiences in life by connecting with art museums. In this regard, the meaning of ‘relevance’ for practical art was explored, and the responses of students taking the <Contemporary Art Roundtable> class at Humanitas College, Kyung Hee University were analyzed in order to examine changed perceptions and attitudes toward art. This revealed that connecting art museums with cultural education in universities can have a positive effect on practicing art in life. Accordingly, this study suggests linking art and liberal arts education with art museums as a new way to integrate humanistic and liberal education for the next generation.