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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS
By Keith Knight and Mat Schwarzman
Ten transformative local arts projects come alive in this comics-illustrated training manual for youth leaders and teachers. This energetic guidebook demonstrates the enormous power of art in grassroots social change. It includes models of community based art programs plus techniques, discussion questions and plentiful resources.
New Village Press, paperback, 200 pages, 2005. $20.00 |
WILD FIRE: ART AS ACTIVISM
Edited by Deb Barndt
This collection of seventeen essays and illustrations brings together activist academics who share a passion for art as well as politics, community and social change. Themes for the essays are empowerment and transformation, healing, activism and environmental awareness. Each essay demonstrates that a critical artistic vision crosses many boundaries to inspire not only our imaginations but also social and environmental movements.
Sumach Press, paperback, 240 pages, 2006. $24.95 |
WILD GARDEN: ART, EDUCATION, AND THE CULTURE OF RESISTANCE
By dian marino
A wild and woolly book about the cultivation of learning, based on author and artist dian marino's lifelong experiences in education. It is about the root of teaching, the nurturing and production of knowledge, and challenges to "basic assumptions" and "common sense." Wild Garden combines dian marino's writings and personal reflections, art and graphic images, and teaching tools to convey a dynamic approach to participatory learning.
Between The Lines Press, paperback, 160 pages, 1997. $24.95 |
