Reimagining higher education curricula for creative and performing artists: creating more resilient and industry-ready graduates

Daniel, Ryan

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Creative and performing artists often experience heightened levels of mental health distress, experiences increasingly recognised in the discourse and the academic literature. Some students studying the arts at the higher education level may even bring with them pre-existing mental health issues, which can affect their capacities for learning and career preparation. On completing their studies, graduates enter a sector that offers particular challenges in terms of significant competition for employment, non-linear work patterns, precarious resource bases, and physical and mental stressors associated with the nature of artistic work. An artist therefore requires resilience and mental strength to cope with the realities of their practice. This chapter surveys recent research literature relevant to artists and mental health, it identifies several implications for higher education programs in the arts, and suggests ways curricula might be reimagined to respond to a post-pandemic world which is likely to offer significant challenges for artists.

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Mental Health and Higher Education in Australia

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978-981-16-8040-3

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Springer

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Singapore

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10.1007/978-981-16-8040-3_9