Overflowing the frame: an autoethnographic study of creative self-efficacy using painting as a parallel mode of inquiry.

Abstract

This transdisciplinary inquiry examines creative self-efficacy through an autoethnographic lens, using painting as a parallel mode of research. Engaging with Karwowski and Beghetto’s (2019) Creative Behaviour as Agentic Action (CBAA) model, this study explores the intersection of agency, creative self-efficacy, and creativity in teaching and artistic practices. As both an artist and educator, I explore the liminal space between pedagogy and learning, using this to interrogate how arts-based pedagogy builds equity and agency in learners and learning settings. This inquiry asserts that creative self-efficacy is an essential, evolving construct shaped by agency, experience, and reflection. By spilling out of conventional frames—both literal and conceptual—I invite new understandings of creativity as an act of survival, resistance, and transformation.