| Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame Contributor(s): Naidus, Beverly (Author) |
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ISBN: 1613320639 ISBN-13: 9781613320631 Publisher: New Village Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Study & Teaching - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - Art | Art & Politics |
| Dewey: 707.117 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 239 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beverly Naidus shares her passion and strategies for teaching socially engaged art, offering, as well, a short history of the field and the candid views of more than thirty colleagues. A provocative, personal look at the motivations and challenges of teaching socially engaged arts, Arts for Change overturns conventional arts pedagogy with an activist's passion for creating art that matters. How can polarized groups work together to solve social and environmental problems? How can art be used to raise consciousness? Using candid examination of her own university teaching career as well as broader social and historical perspectives, Beverly Naidus answers these questions, guiding the reader through a progression of steps to help students observe the world around them and craft artistic responses to what they see. Interviews with over 30 arts education colleagues provide additional strategies for successfully engaging students in what, to them, is most meaningful. |
Contributor Bio(s): Naidus, Beverly: - Beverly Naidus works in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences program at the University of Washington in Tacoma, where she is co-creating a studio arts program (Arts in Community) with a focus on art for social change and healing. |