A Working Model for Art as Research

Introduction

This article introduces a number of ideas I have explored as an attempt to develop a basic experiential learning model to become a model for art making as research of personal experience.

This is the model I developed to describe my own working practice. It draws on all sorts of sources that are generally not referenced in writing I have seen about experiential learning, but through my own practice research, I think are relevant to art making as experiential learning. Experiential learning is assumed to be a form of personal research, and references are made to work from post-graduate arts-based research in Fine Art and the Arts Therapies.

It has seven elements, which are presented as parts of a circular sequence that returns to itself. In practice, these elements often occur simultaneously.

It is a long read of about 7k words, taking about 25–30 minutes.

I present it as a long blog post, click page 2 below.