Developing Civic Engagement in Urban Public Art Programs

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Jessica L. DeShazo and Zachary Smith Klappentext Creating Civic Engagement in Urban Public Art addresses these and other critical questions. It demonstrates how public art can build community unity, identity and cohesiveness. The focus of this original work is how cities engage their citizens through public art. Through case studies of cities that have public art programs - some successful at citizen engagement others less so - the reader will learn how to design public art programs that build community. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefacePart One:  The Nature of Public Art and Its Role in SocietyChapter One: "Responding to Site" by Anita Glesta, Artist, New York City.Chapter Two: "Public Art in the Hands of the Public Realm" by K.M. Williamson, Director, Public Art in Public Places ProjectPart Two:  Building Public Art that Unites and Defines CommunitiesChapter Three: "Building Civic Engagement Through Urban Public Art" by Donna Isaac, Director, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale, ArizonaChapter Four: "City of Austin Art in Public Places Program" by Jean Graham, Carrie Brown, Susan Lambe, and Meghan Wells, Art in Public Places Coordinator: City of Austin, Texas Chapter Five: "Art & Civic Engagement: Collaboration is Key" by Robyn Vegas. Cultural Arts Coordinator, City of Pembroke Pines, Florida. Chapter Six: "The Intersection of Business and Public Art: How to Engage Businesses and Citizens in Public Art" by Mary Allman-Koernig, Public Art Coordinator, City of Aurora, Colorado Chapter Seven: "Civic Engagement as Part of Evaluating and Adopting Adaptive Public Art Policy" by Sherri Brueggemann, Cultural Services, City of Albuquerque. Chapter Eight: "A Community of Narrators and Translators" by Dee Hibbert-Jones, University of California Santa Cruz Chapter Nine: "Grandmother's Kitchen/Grandfather's Garden" by Nigel Brookes, Arts Management Specialist, City of San DiegoChapter Ten: "Secrets of a Public Art Administrator: How to Help Your City Thrive through the Magic of Public Art", by Felicia Filer, Director, Public Art Division, City of Loa AngelesIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors...

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• Authors: Jessica L. Smith Deshazo
• Assisted by: Jessica L Deshazo (Editor), Jessica L. Deshazo (Editor), DeShazo Jessica L. (Editor), Zachary Smith (Editor), Zachary A. Smith (Editor), Smith Zachary (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781442257283
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5728-3
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Culture, Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, ART / Museum Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Business & management, Urban & municipal planning, Public Administration, Central / national / federal government policies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Central government policies