As sete maravilhas de Bom Despacho e uma experiência no ensino das artes visuais

Abstract

This study focuses on the project “The Seven Wonders of Bom Despacho”, highlighting visual arts as a field of knowledge. The theme was motivated by the intention to awaken the interest of students from Colégio Universo to create, imagine, and reinvent, taking aspects of their own reality as a starting point. The challenge of this proposal is to overcome certain difficulties and barriers encountered by educators regarding interaction with students, and especially to connect the contents of this field of knowledge to the context in which the students are inserted. The objective of the study is to reflect on the importance of art for education and human development, enabling students to learn to value local culture through knowledge of various local artistic expressions. The development of the project allowed students to discover different forms of artistic expression present in architecture, painting, sculpture, folk manifestations, and also in the natural environment, which is an integral part of the municipality’s culture. The students’ motivation throughout the study, as well as the artworks produced by them at the end of the experience, demonstrate the effectiveness of a contextualized art education in fostering meaningful learning.