Description
Emotional Intelligence influences important life outcomes such as forming satisfying personal relationships and achieving success at work. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions. Art education is designed to help express individual’s feelings, thoughts, perceptions, experiences, sensitivity, and creativity with aesthetics. Visual arts provide a context for emotional exploration through recognizing the impact of behaviors, developing an understanding of one’s emotional intelligence, and recognizing the importance of holistic thinking. Visual arts contribute to the development of personality, refining emotional meanings, better communication, and positive interactions with others. Art educators use artistic tasks to shape or cultivate positive emotional traits, behavioral, and reacting tendencies. Of great importance, is developing the ability to define one’s own emotions, feelings, and recognize behaviors in others. Through the visual arts, individuals benefit from expressing emotions and have a higher knowledge of oneself. Art can lead to improving emotional states by modeling positive self-image, developing intercommunication, overcoming anxiety, and having an improved sense of well-being. Emotional Intelligence, empathy, and art education are cornerstones of a meaningful connection and personal growth in life.
Keywords: emotional intelligence, social emotional learning, art education, emotional development, visual arts
