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) Community Arts: By Whom and For What? « We are sitting in a circle around a “fire” — an installation consisting of a candle mounted on

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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