Th 21 Feb—Processes of Transformation in communities
• Webbing: Art Museums/Hirshhorn
• Webbing: Art Activist/SPARC After Google Search: here
• Goldbard, New Creative Community, Forward, Intro, Notes, Ch. 1 & 2
• continue work with event group
Is it a bit "dry"? How do you cultivate an interest in reading stuff that is:
=new to you?
=addressed to a different audience that might not appear to include you?
=is more detailed or professional or technical than you prefer?
=is nothing you ever would have have picked for yourself?
ACTIVE READING! HOW DO YOU DO THIS?
CHECK OUT THE "HOW TO READ" HANDOUT.
THEN LET'S ADD TO THAT: WEB ACTION!
Judy Baca, founder SPARC
The World Wall
The Great Wall of Los Angeles
art and social justice
What can Art Do?
Goldbard, 13: "Whether in dreams or in daylight, many artists hope our work will awaken conscience and awareness."
14: expressing truths in the language of our own creative imaginations
wish that those in power will be reached by these
"community-based arts work holds great promise because people can bring all they are and all they value to the work: their minds and bodies, their histories and relationships, their deepest meanings and beliefs."
15: "cultural policy"; "cultural development"; cultural democracy"
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
Feral Arts, Australia
Mothers against Senseless Killing (MASK)
Appalachian Center of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
21:
community arts
community animation
community-based arts
cultural work
Participation arts projects
define "community"; "cultural"; "development"
National Arts and Cultural Alliance, Australia
1) Global Proliferation of Mass Media
2) Mass Migrations
3) The Environment
4) Recognition of Cultural Minorities
5) "Culture Wars"
6) Development
7) Globalization and Privatization
Freewrite: choose one of these to write about its effects on your own life
Unifying Principles
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MUSIC: Mavis Staples, "Eyes on the Prize" from We'll Never Turn Back (Google Music) Wikipedia bio
Urban Bush Women, Wikipedia bio
