Throughout the world, artists actively engage in community relationships, often facilitated by service organizations, arts centres, schools, universities and community centres. In their creative endeavors, community-based artists value methods for building consensus, workable agreements and open sharing. They strive for understanding amongst individuals with common goals, despite cultural and class differences, developing works that provoke discourse, stimulate participation and encourage action.
268 p.
23 cm.
ill.
Understanding community cultural development --
Unifying principles --
A matrix of practice --
An exemplary tale --
Historical and theoretical underpinnings --
Theory from practice : elements of a theory of community cultural development --
The state of the field --
The field's developmental needs --
Planning for community cultural development --
Time to rise and shine.