Abstract
Situated within the current landscape of loneliness and isolation facing today's youth, this research describes a place-based and crafts-based arts curriculum for elementary students in the Salt Lake area. It uses curriculum as an investigative tool to explore the relationships between crafts, place, making, community and belonging. The curriculum itself incorporates place-based activities including hikes, urban walks, and plein air making while looking at the lives and works of local Salt Lake maker-artists Pilar Pobil, Jann Haworth, and Ben Behunin. It also delves into a wide array of craft arts and making including: decorative frame painting, embroidery, quilting, pottery, rubbings, reupholstery, monoprinting, dry felting, tile-making, wheat-pasting, staged photography, and mural-making. Implementation of the curriculum and further study of how these topics may relate to fostering community and belonging are recommended.
Degree
MA
College and Department
Fine Arts and Communications; Art
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Rowley, Laura Ann, "A Frame, a Jar, and a Mural: An Exploratory Crafts-Based Arts Curriculum Infused with Making, Community, and Place" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 10621.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/10621
Date Submitted
2024-12-04
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd13458
Keywords
crafts or handicrafts or art, place-based education, elementary school, curriculum, belonging or sense of belonging or sense of community, Salt Lake City
Language
english