Loraine Leeson is Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University, UK, and was Senior Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK.

"Given the increasing interest in socially engaged art, this is a timely and inspiring book. It offers many insights into the process of making community art from the 1970’s to the present through the work of a significant contributor to the field, and clearly explores the challenges facing artists who wish to collaborate with communities." -- Beverly Naidus, University of Washington Tacoma, USA"This clear, comprehensive study, combining history, theory and practice reveals a critically astute insider hard at work in the field she helped pioneer." -Gregory Sholette, Queens College CUNY, USA

• Introduction Part 1: Contexts and Case Studies 1. Seventies1.1 London/Berlin Series1.2 The Present Day Creates History2.2 Bethnal Green Hospital Campaign2.3 East London Health Project2. Eighties2.1 Docklands Community Poster Project2.2 The Photo-murals2.3 Campaigns2.4 The People's Armadas to Parliament2.5 The People's Plan for the Royal Docks2.6 Docklands Roadshow3. Nineties3.1 The Art of Change3.2 West Meets East3.3 Celebrating the Difference3.4 Between Family Lines3.5 Awakenings3.6. The Infinity Story4. The New Millennium4.1 cSPACE4.2 The Catch4.3 VOLCO4.4 Cascade4.5 The Young Person's Guide to the Royal Docks4.6 The Young Person's Guide to East London4.7 Lambeth Floating Marsh4.8 Active Energy5. In HindsightPart 2: Reflections 6. Process and Product6.1 An Invitation6.2 The Art of Negotiation6.3 Managing Collective Input6.4 From Communication to Community6.5 Objects, Fragments and Narratives6.6 When It Goes Wrong6.7 Outcomes and Products6.8 Feedback and Evaluation7. Themes and Issues7.1 Collaboration or Participation?7.2 Interdisciplinarity7.3 The Dynamics of Difference and Issues of Multiculturalism7.4 Activism into Identity7.5 Where Education Meets Production7.6 Technology as Facilitator and Transformer of Social Engagement7.7 From Co-op to Charity: Working from an Organisational Base7.8 Funding7.9 Regeneration7.10 Social Change8. Situating the Practice8.1 Locating the Aesthetic8.2 A Question of Function8.3 Rebuilding the Cultural FrameAppendix: Summary of Projects 1975–2016

Loraine Leeson is Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University, UK, and was Senior Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK.

"Given the increasing interest in socially engaged art, this is a timely and inspiring book. It offers many insights into the process of making community art from the 1970’s to the present through the work of a significant contributor to the field, and clearly explores the challenges facing artists who wish to collaborate with communities." -- Beverly Naidus, University of Washington Tacoma, USA"This clear, comprehensive study, combining history, theory and practice reveals a critically astute insider hard at work in the field she helped pioneer." -Gregory Sholette, Queens College CUNY, USA

• Introduction Part 1: Contexts and Case Studies 1. Seventies1.1 London/Berlin Series1.2 The Present Day Creates History2.2 Bethnal Green Hospital Campaign2.3 East London Health Project2. Eighties2.1 Docklands Community Poster Project2.2 The Photo-murals2.3 Campaigns2.4 The People's Armadas to Parliament2.5 The People's Plan for the Royal Docks2.6 Docklands Roadshow3. Nineties3.1 The Art of Change3.2 West Meets East3.3 Celebrating the Difference3.4 Between Family Lines3.5 Awakenings3.6. The Infinity Story4. The New Millennium4.1 cSPACE4.2 The Catch4.3 VOLCO4.4 Cascade4.5 The Young Person's Guide to the Royal Docks4.6 The Young Person's Guide to East London4.7 Lambeth Floating Marsh4.8 Active Energy5. In HindsightPart 2: Reflections 6. Process and Product6.1 An Invitation6.2 The Art of Negotiation6.3 Managing Collective Input6.4 From Communication to Community6.5 Objects, Fragments and Narratives6.6 When It Goes Wrong6.7 Outcomes and Products6.8 Feedback and Evaluation7. Themes and Issues7.1 Collaboration or Participation?7.2 Interdisciplinarity7.3 The Dynamics of Difference and Issues of Multiculturalism7.4 Activism into Identity7.5 Where Education Meets Production7.6 Technology as Facilitator and Transformer of Social Engagement7.7 From Co-op to Charity: Working from an Organisational Base7.8 Funding7.9 Regeneration7.10 Social Change8. Situating the Practice8.1 Locating the Aesthetic8.2 A Question of Function8.3 Rebuilding the Cultural FrameAppendix: Summary of Projects 1975–2016

Loraine Leeson is Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University, UK, and was Senior Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK.

"Given the increasing interest in socially engaged art, this is a timely and inspiring book. It offers many insights into the process of making community art from the 1970’s to the present through the work of a significant contributor to the field, and clearly explores the challenges facing artists who wish to collaborate with communities." -- Beverly Naidus, University of Washington Tacoma, USA"This clear, comprehensive study, combining history, theory and practice reveals a critically astute insider hard at work in the field she helped pioneer." -Gregory Sholette, Queens College CUNY, USA

• Introduction Part 1: Contexts and Case Studies 1. Seventies1.1 London/Berlin Series1.2 The Present Day Creates History2.2 Bethnal Green Hospital Campaign2.3 East London Health Project2. Eighties2.1 Docklands Community Poster Project2.2 The Photo-murals2.3 Campaigns2.4 The People's Armadas to Parliament2.5 The People's Plan for the Royal Docks2.6 Docklands Roadshow3. Nineties3.1 The Art of Change3.2 West Meets East3.3 Celebrating the Difference3.4 Between Family Lines3.5 Awakenings3.6. The Infinity Story4. The New Millennium4.1 cSPACE4.2 The Catch4.3 VOLCO4.4 Cascade4.5 The Young Person's Guide to the Royal Docks4.6 The Young Person's Guide to East London4.7 Lambeth Floating Marsh4.8 Active Energy5. In HindsightPart 2: Reflections 6. Process and Product6.1 An Invitation6.2 The Art of Negotiation6.3 Managing Collective Input6.4 From Communication to Community6.5 Objects, Fragments and Narratives6.6 When It Goes Wrong6.7 Outcomes and Products6.8 Feedback and Evaluation7. Themes and Issues7.1 Collaboration or Participation?7.2 Interdisciplinarity7.3 The Dynamics of Difference and Issues of Multiculturalism7.4 Activism into Identity7.5 Where Education Meets Production7.6 Technology as Facilitator and Transformer of Social Engagement7.7 From Co-op to Charity: Working from an Organisational Base7.8 Funding7.9 Regeneration7.10 Social Change8. Situating the Practice8.1 Locating the Aesthetic8.2 A Question of Function8.3 Rebuilding the Cultural FrameAppendix: Summary of Projects 1975–2016