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Skoða vefinn á ÍslenskuBragi Hilmarsson
Bragi Hilmarsson will graduate with a master's degree and teaching qualifications from the Faculty of Art Education in the spring of 2025.
Contemporary art in Icelandic primary schools
This article discusses the role of contemporary art in the visual arts education of elementary school students, with an emphasis on how to promote students' understanding and interest in art forms that are rarely addressed in elementary schools, such as performance art, video art, and installations.
The paper begins by presenting a theoretical context in which the concept of contemporary art is defined, its characteristics discussed and compared to traditional artistic creation. Different ideas about valid art in school work are discussed, and the development of public policy in art education in Iceland is traced with reference to the National Curriculum Guide from 1999, 2013 and 2014. It then emphasizes different pedagogical approaches to contemporary art education, including ideas about transformative learning, self-determination theory and art as inquiry.
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- Bragi Hilmarsson – Between the Tents (Screenshot) – Video with sound – 8 minutes and 30 seconds
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- Bragi Hilmarsson – Sometimes it's like that (screenshot)- Performance on video
The research for this thesis is based on a qualitative interview study in which six semi-open interviews were conducted with art teachers in the capital area. The aim of the interviews was to explore the teachers' attitudes towards teaching contemporary art, identify the main challenges and opportunities they see in teaching, and assess how their experience and insights can be used to strengthen such teaching in Icelandic primary schools.
Bragi Hilmarsson and Auðunn Kvaran – Hydration is Key – Installation in Space 2018.jpg
The main findings of the study show that despite the positive attitudes of art teachers towards contemporary art, various obstacles exist, in particular a lack of time, knowledge and support from school authorities. It also appears that teachers consider it important to better involve art galleries and artists in teaching to enhance students' interest and improve their cultural awareness.
The results thus indicate that if the teaching of contemporary art is to be strengthened, special attention must be paid to increased teacher education about contemporary art, continuing education, and more targeted collaboration with art museums and artists.
Supervisors: Ingimar Ólafsson Waage and Rakel McMahon
30 ECTS MA Art Pedagogy
2025
