Caleidoscopio Artístico: un Mediador de Experiencias Que Promueve el Bienestar Integral en Estudiantes Universitarios

Abstract

The human being is composed of a diverse universe of experiences, emotions, sensations, ideas, and projections, like a kaleidoscope, which changes with each turn, and reveals itself in patterns and combinations, this when observed from the inside, fills with amazement by the symmetrical mixture of mirrors that reflect that inner look of the “I”, which is molded from the experiences, learning, relationships and decisions, which make up the essence of the human being as an amalgam full of complexity with dynamics in constant transformation. The artistic kaleidoscope is an inner look of self-understanding, which allows the student to confront that chaotic combination that composes the authenticity of the individual, allowing to communicate through art the vulnerability and uniqueness of each student, of his own life, and of his environment. The research “Artistic Kaleidoscope: A mediator of experiences that promotes integral wellbeing in university students” is a socio-educational intervention proposal that seeks to create the thematic contents for an academic elective, through the systematization of experiences at the emotional, psychological and relational level of 24 students, who during the years 2023 and 2024 have participated in the artistic training workshops of the cultural area of the department of promotion and institutional welfare of the Universidad Santo Tomás Tunja, in the lines of theater, plastic arts and contemporary dance, making possible the creation of the syllabus of the artistic elective, in which the arts are the fundamental axis during the training process of the undergraduate students of the Universidad Santo Tomás. The artistic kaleidoscope program seeks to consolidate itself as a transversal training program, offering an academic scenario that integrates art from humanism, as a dialogue device for the construction of the self inside and outside the classroom, being mental and emotional health the axis of integral development of students, thus addressing one of the most urgent needs of today's society, which affect emotional and psychological health and social welfare, such as stress, anxiety and depression.