Section I. Understanding Community Art
Chapter 1. Introduction to Community Art and Community-Based Art
Education
Chapter 2. The Practice of Community Art: From Setting the Stage to
Making Art
Chapter 3. The Art Practitioner: Making the most of Opportunities
and Challenges
Chapter 4. The Participants: Seeing the Power of Community Art
Chapter 5. The Theory behind the Practice
Section II. Modeling the Practice of Community Art
Chapter 6. Murals
Chapter 7. Photography
Chapter 8. Graphics in Posters and Billboards
Chapter 9. Video
Chapter 10. Dance
Appendices
Appendix A. A Brief History of Murals
Appendix B. A Brief History of Photography
Appendix C. A Brief History of Posters and Billboards
Appendix D. A Brief History of Video
Appendix E. A Brief History of Dance
Appendix F. General Resources
Beth Krensky Beth Krensky is an assistant professor of art education and the Area Head of Art Teaching at the University of Utah. She is an artist, activist and educator. She is one of the founding members of the international artist collective, the Artnauts.Seana Lowe Steffen currently works with Mapleton Public Schools as an instructional guide training and coaching teachers in Expeditionary Learning. She has been a faculty member and was the founding director of INVST Community Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
This is an indispensable book for educators, activists, and anyone
interested in social justice. Krensky and Lowe Steffen's guide to
community-based arts education challenges the notion that art is a
luxury reserved for elites and practiced by the gifted. In their
hands, art education becomes a democratic, transformative tool for
invigorating blighted communities, reducing student dropout and
alienation, and inspiring participants to solve social problems.
Krensky and Lowe Steffen's clear, step-by-step examples show how to
build partnerships between non-artists and professional artists,
kids and seniors, and local communities and schools. Engaging
Classrooms andCommunities through Art will inspire citizens,
politicians and social service agencies to previously unheard of
levels of performance, reflection and creation.
*Margaret D. LeCompte, University of Colorado, Boulder*
Bravo to Krensky and Steffen for cracking the code. This
publication goes beyond a descriptive survey by providing readers
with a different way of knowing and creating effective community
arts partnerships, thus enabling education and arts leaders to
bring to life the central ideas of Shirley Brice Heath and Milbrey
McLaughlin regarding the power of informal, non-classroom teaching
and learning. The true winners of this publication will be our
nation's youth.
*Linda Johannesen, senior author, Different Ways of Knowing;
co-founder, Animate Your Learning!*
From the Preface: Community artists and especially those folks who
are intrigued and enthusiastic about beginning this work have been
in dire need of such a guide for a long time. While most
publications about community-based art have documented or described
the successes and failures of already-existing projects, Krensky
and Steffen actually provide information and inspiration for
implementing and sustaining excellent community arts practices. The
past, present, and future of this work require such a'how-to' book,
especially now, when thenumber of community-based arts initiatives
is exploding worldwide...
*Tim Rollins, professor of fine arts, The School of Visual
Arts*
Krensky and Steffen's guide to community-based arts provides a
crucial guide to understanding and facilitating community arts
actions as well as a theoretical construct that places community
art at the center of cutting edge creative artistic investigation.
This book validates the multiple roles of community-based artists
as intuitive visionaries, educators and community leaders.
*Hugh J. Merrill, Kansas City Art Institute; Artistic Director,
Chameleon Arts and Youth Development*
Krensky and Lowe Steffen make the case for the importance of
community-based art education, and outline its components and the
specific steps and considerations for its implementation. Engaging
Classrooms and Communities Through Art effectively addresses the
praxis of community-based arts education. Krensky and Lowe Steffen
provide a rich and detailed explanation of the role of the arts
practitioner. At its core, Engaging Classrooms and Communities
Through Art is an accessible, practical guide to implementing CBAE
that will inspire and encourage.
*Teachers College Record, April 2009*
Authentic dialogue, local leadership, and creative critique: all
these mark this volume's approach to the arts in communities and
classrooms. A convincing guide for all those who see the arts as
foundational to communities' vigor, youth development, and respect
for cultural continuities.
*Dr. Shirley Brice Heath, Professor at Large, Watson Institute for
International Studies, Brown University*
From the Preface:
Community artists and especially those folks who are intrigued and
enthusiastic about beginning this work have been in dire need of
such a guide for a long time. While most publications about
community-based art have documented or described the successes and
failures of already-existing projects, Krensky and Steffen actually
provide information and inspiration for implementing and sustaining
excellent community arts practices. The past, present, and future
of this work require such a 'how-to' book, especially now, when
thenumber of community-based arts initiatives is exploding
worldwide.
*Tim Rollins, professor of fine arts, The School of Visual
Arts*
Engaging Classrooms and Communities Through Art is a good beginning
text for students interested in community-based art
education....This book has many strengths. It honestly describes
the hard work it takes to be successful in planning and
implementing a community-based art project; it cautions art
facilitators about challenges that might be faced; and it does an
excellent job of articulating the process of moving through the
examples that are given.
*Art Education Journal, June 2009*
Recommended
*CHOICE, November 2009*
Ask a Question About this Product More... |