Engaging Classrooms and Communities through Art
Subtitle: the Guide to Designing and Implementing Community-Based Art Education
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780759112339
Description: The book combines case studies with diverse groups across the country that are using different media - including mural arts, dance, and video - with an informed introduction to the theory and history of community-based art. It is a perfect handbook for th.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Section 1. UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY ART; Chapter 01. Introduction to Community Art and Community-Based Art Education; Chapter 02. The Practice of Community Art: From Setting the Stage to Making the Art; Chapter 03. The Art Practitioner: Making the Most of Opportunities and Challenges; Chapter 04. The Participants: Seeing the Power of Community Art; Chapter 05. The Theory behind the Practice; Section 2. MODELING THE PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY ART; Chapter 06. Murals, with Case Studies by Juliet Biagi; Chapter 07. Photography, with Case Study by Jennifer Atkinson.; title: Chapter 08. Graphics in Posters and Billboards, with Case Study by Juliet Biagi1Chapter 09. Video by Irina Zadov, with Case Study by Matt Bradley; Chapter 10. Dance by Kathleen Kingsley, with Case Study by Deborah Reshotko; Appendix A.A Brief History of Murals; Appendix B.A Brief History of Photography; Appendix C.A Brief History ofPosters and Billboards; Appendix D.A Brief History of Video, by Irina Zadov; Ap.