Art as Social Action
eBook - ePub

Art as Social Action

An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Art as Social Action

An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art

About this book

" Art as Social Action... is an essential guide to deepening social art practices and teaching them to students." —Laura Raicovich, president and executive director, Queens Museum Art as Social Action is both a general introduction to and an illustrated, practical textbook for the field of social practice, an art medium that has been gaining popularity in the public sphere. With content arranged thematically around such topics as direct action, alternative organizing, urban imaginaries, anti-bias work, and collective learning, among others, Art as Social Action is a comprehensive manual for teachers about how to teach art as social practice.Along with a series of introductions by leading social practice artists in the field, valuable lesson plans offer examples of pedagogical projects for instructors at both college and high school levels with contributions written by prominent social practice artists, teachers, and thinkers, including:

  • Mary Jane Jacob
  • Maureen Connor
  • Brian Rosa
  • Pablo Helguera
  • Jen de los Reyes
  • Jeanne van Heeswick
  • Jaishri Abichandani
  • Loraine Leeson
  • Ala Plastica
  • Daniel Tucker
  • Fiona Whelan
  • Bo Zheng
  • Dipti Desai
  • Noah Fischer


Lesson plans also reflect the ongoing pedagogical and art action work of Social Practice Queens (SPQ), a unique partnership between Queens College CUNY and the Queens Museum.

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Information

Publisher
Allworth
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781621535522
eBook ISBN
9781621535614
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Art as Social Action (a preface)
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS
  10. LESSON PLANS I: ART AS SOCIAL RESEARCH / LISTENING / SELF-CARE
  11. ESSAY
  12. LESSON PLANS II: TEACHING AND PERFORMING DIRECT ACTION
  13. INTERVIEWS
  14. LESSON PLANS III: ART AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE
  15. ESSAY
  16. LESSON PLANS IV: COLLECTIVE LEARNING AND URBAN IMAGINARIES
  17. SOCIAL PRACTICE QUEENS ALUMNI: TEACHING SEMINARS AND ART AS SOCIAL ACTION PROJECTS
  18. CONCLUDING ESSAY
  19. CONTRIBUTOR BIOS
  20. INDEX