Here is a selection from the ArtsAccess Project’s “Community Arts & the Museum: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (download in PDF (7.45MB) Community Arts: By Whom and For What? “We are sitting in a circle around a “fire” — an installation consisting of a candle mounted on
Books & Reports
Selection from “COMMUNITY ARTS & THE MUSEUM: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (Ontario)
Here is a selection from the ArtsAccess Project’s “Community Arts & the Museum: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (download in PDF (7.45MB) What Are the Challenges of the Work? “In undertaking projects that draw together diverse groups of people with diverse needs, ArtsAccess administrators, artists, partners and
Selection from “COMMUNITY ARTS & THE MUSEUM: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (Ontario)
Here is a selection from the ArtsAccess Project’s “Community Arts & the Museum: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts” (download in PDF (7.45MB) Unwrapping a Bundle: Reflecting on Community Arts, Envisioning a Practice “One of the exciting distinctions I have made in my practice is differentiating between the
Handbook: ArtsAccess Project: COMMUNITY ARTS & THE MUSEUM: A Handbook for Institutions Interested in Community Arts (Ontario)
Download AGO ArtsAccess PDF (7.45MB) “This handbook is the legacy of the ArtsAccess project, a four year partnership between the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, and the Woodland Cultural Center. Consultations with local community leaders, educators and artists throughout the province led
Visual Arts in Minority Francophone Communities / Les arts visuels dans les communautes francophones minoritaires
As we were researching Francophone community arts in Nova Scotia recently, we googled upon a report written by Rachel Gauvin and Marc Haentjens, in 2001 for the Canada Council for the Arts and the Department of Canadian Heritage: Visual Arts in Minority Francophone Communities. We found that it provided us
Excerpts from Report: Enhancing Cultural Capital (Winnipeg)
The Arts and Community Development “ There is not only a wealth of artistic and cultural resources in the inner city, but these resources can make an enormous contribution to building community capacity, energizing community-based revitalization efforts, educating young people, improving our public spaces, and invigorating local economies.” (8) Here’s
Awesome New Book about Community Arts!
Anyone immersed in inner-city community arts work with children and youth will relate to and relish the stories that art teacher and author/cartoonist Dave Lapp tells in his new critically acclaimed graphic novel, Drop-In. Dave’s stories take you into government housing projects and reveal the true-to-life tales he hears and