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By Beth Krensky

The e-book combines case experiences with assorted teams around the kingdom which are utilizing diverse media - together with mural arts, dance, and video - with an educated creation to the speculation and background of community-based artwork. it's a excellent instruction manual for these trying to remodel their groups via paintings.

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Seventy people attended, including the sponsoring city councilman and the local press. The creation of a work of community art is truly an accomplishment to be celebrated. Celebration provides participants with the opportunity to appreciate each other and to be honored in an audience environment for their commitment and creativity. Whether coupled with the unveiling or scheduled separately, such events usually include music, food, and an introduction or presentation by members of the community-art project and other key community figures.

39 As you read, we invite you to consider how using community art may enhance the quality of life in your community, organization, or school and bring critically important opportunities for cultural and personal expression to the pursuit of knowledge and understanding in any discipline. Notes 1. John Dewey, Art as Experience (New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1934), 345–46. 2. html (accessed September 1, 2006). 3. Judith H. : President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, 1996). 4. : National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, 1995).

In addition to providing a safe space for exploration, discovery, and creative self-expression, art practitioners need to be intentional about creating an open, playful environment. Group members should be encouraged to communicate openly about their ideas and to share their work. At the onset, the art practitioners set the stage for cooperative and enriching group experiences. Statements by art practitioners like “If it is fun, creativity naturally will evolve” and “With art, if we share, we learn” lay the foundation for the interactions among group members to be playful and relaxed from the beginning.

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