A proposed program for the development of creativity in the Arabic calligraphy course among visual arts students

Abstract

The research deals  with a proposed program to develop the creative ability associated with Arabic calligraphy among students of the fifth level of the Department of Visual Arts at the College of Design and  Arts  according to the creative activities and strategies used,  and this study seeks to prepare a teaching program to develop the creativity of visual arts students to produce artworks related to Arabic calligraphy and Islamic art in a way General, and aims to raise the level of skill and technical performance of students at the fifth level in the Arabic calligraphy course based on the strategies and creative activities used for teaching, and allowing visual arts students to create artworks related  to Arabic calligraphy and their Islamic heritage and to enhance the identity and pride in the Arab-Islamic heritage among visual arts students, and finally, after studying the investigations and objectives, The researcher reached some results, the most important of which is Arabic calligraphy, which is part of the Arab heritage and Islamic art, and is characterized by its ability to continue and communicate, which helped the students to create contemporary works of art derived from the Arab heritage and Islamic art. Islamic, and also Arabic calligraphy enjoys a huge amount of creative aesthetic values and rhythmic systems, and the multiplicity of their relationships, forms and types, which led to the presence of calligraphy in contemporary art and facilitated the production of creative works among visual arts students.