
Art, Community and Environment: Educational Perspectives (Paperback)
Glen Coutts (editor), Timo Jokela (editor)- We can order this
Publisher: Intellect Books
ISBN: 9781841502571
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 567 g
Dimensions: 169 x 224 x 18 mm
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art education libraries. No other book so richly brings together detailed
descriptions and captivating images of community-based projects that
exemplify the relationship between making environmental art, creating
aesthetic experiences and embodying the essence of place. This relational
space calls artists, community members, educators and learners to engage
with the environment ethically, ecologically, and creatively. For editors
Coutts and Jokela, community-based art practices are founded upon
participation, engagement, collaboration and empowerment. Every chapter
illustrates these notions by pursuing dialogical practices within community
contexts and thus portrays how community art energizes a strong sense of
agency among participants. Formal and informal art education contexts that
pursue the goals laid out in this book will most certainly be transformative
for al
""Art, Community and Environment" is a necessary addition to transformative
art education libraries. No other book so richly brings together detailed
descriptions and captivating images of community-based projects that
exemplify the relationship between making environmental art, creating
aesthetic experiences and embodying the essence of place. This relational
space calls artists, community members, educators and learners to engage
with the environment ethically, ecologically, and creatively. For editors
Coutts and Jokela, community-based art practices are founded upon
participation, engagement, collaboration and empowerment. Every chapter
illustrates these notions by pursuing dialogical practices within community
contexts and thus portrays how community art energizes a strong sense of
agency among participants. Formal and informal art education contexts that
pursue the goals laid out in this book will most certainly be transformative
for all those involved."
--Rita L. Irwin, University of British Columbia
"Art, Community and Environment" is a necessary addition to transformative
art education libraries. No other book so richly brings together detailed
descriptions and captivating images of community-based projects that
exemplify the relationship between making environmental art, creating
aesthetic experiences and embodying the essence of place. This relational
space calls artists, community members, educators and learners to engage
with the environment ethically, ecologically, and creatively. For editors
Coutts and Jokela, community-based art practices are founded upon
participation, engagement, collaboration and empowerment. Every chapter
illustrates these notions by pursuing dialogical practices within community
contexts and thus portrays how community art energizes a strong sense of
agency among participants. Formal and informal art education contexts that
pursue the goals laid out in this book will most certainly be transformative
for all those involved.
--Rita L. Irwin, University of British Columbia"
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