Art-Based Social Enterprise, Young Creatives and the Forces of Marginalisation

Grace McQuilten is an art historian, curator and writer, and Associate Professor in the School of Art at RMIT University, Australia. She has worked extensively in social enterprise and community development alongside her academic career.. Amy Spiers is an artist, curator, writer and researcher. She is a Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctorate Fellow at the School of Art at RMIT University, Australia, where she is engaged in research that explores the critical capacities of public and socially engaged art, and its potential to prompt discussion about difficult histories and social inequalities that are overlooked or smoothed over.Kim Humphery is Convenor of the Research Training Unit in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University, Australia. She is best known for her work in the history and sociology of consumption, and has published extensively on ethical consumption and enterprise. Peter Kelly is Professor in the School of Education at Deakin University, Australia. He is a sociologist of youth, education and work who has published extensively on young people, globalization, education and work.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Artistic practice and social outcomes in a market-driven landscape.- Chapter 2: Precarious youth and digital futures.- Chapter 3: The Youthworx model: Disengaged young people and creative digital training.- Chapter 4: Fashioning a future: Material practice, creativity and sustainable economies.- Chapter 5: The Social Studio: Hope and pragmatic ambition.- Chapter 6: Creative practice, cultural citizenship and the urban fringe.- Chapter 7: Outer Urban Projects: Community building versus mainstreaming.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.