Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts, 2nd Edition

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Ten transformative local arts projects come alive in this illustrated training manual for youth leaders and teachers. This energetic guidebook demonstrates the enormous power of art in grass-roots social change. Ten transformative local arts projects come alive in the revised second edition of this comics-illustrated training manual for teens, youth leaders, and young activists. This energetic guidebook demonstrates the enormous power of art in grassroots social change. It presents proven models of community-based arts programs, plus techniques, discussion questions, and plentiful resources.This improved second edition includes updated resources and guidelines, along with a new comic art introduction by illustrator Keith Knight.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-09-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Upplaga:17002
Förlag:New Village Press
Illustratör:Keith Knight, Mat Schwarzman, Matt Schwarzman
ISBN:9781613320242

Utforska kategorier

Musik och kultur inom Barn och ungdom

Mer om författaren

Keith Knight is an award-winning cartoonist, graphic storyteller, and creator of three popular comic strips—The Knight Life, The K Chronicles, and (th)ink.Mat Schwarzman is a theater artist, educator, and writer in the field of community-based arts since 1985, helping to establish arts education programs for teens and college students across the country.

Recensioner i media

""With its hip and inviting writing and graphics, this manual is a vital tool for youth (and those interested in working with youth) to learn effective ways art can animate transformational social and political change."" - John R. Killacky (Grantmakers in the Arts Reader) ""When I was starting out as a community-based arts educator in Chicago, the Beginners Guide to Community-Based Arts was one of the most thumbed-through books on my shelf."" - Paul Kuttner (Cultural Organizing) ""Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts is a rich combination of life stories, curriculum ideas and insights about the importance of nurturing creativity to confront the difficult circumstances many people find themselves living in these days"" - Erica Kohl-Arenas (Community Arts Network) ""An amazing educational collection of thousands of social change artists of varied, diverse backgrounds and locations."" - Nancy Lorraine (Midwest Book Review) ""Cartoons as an educational tool at last! Here's an inspired book of true stories, written in the language of comics, which graphically conveys the struggles and artistic triumphs of community activism."" - Eric Drooker (Illustrator/activist and author of graphic novels Flood! and Bloodsong) ""This books gets it. The Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts conveys a holistic understanding of social change in the natural form of edutainment. A must-have for young artists."" - Carlton Turner (Regional Development Director, Alternate ROOTS) ""By the time they finish this entertaining and inventive book, beginners will become pros. And a whole new wave of community-based artists should be revving up and getting down to work."" - Lucy R. Lippard (Author of Get the Message? A Decade of Art for Social Change) ""High school principals take note: this is an ideal manual for promoting high-level learning – how to use what you have learned to make a difference. It offers a process for activating young people by tapping into the creativity that resides within us all."" - Tom Tew (Founding Principal, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts)