{"product_id":"arts-for-change-teaching-outside-the-frame-9781613320631","title":"Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeverly 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A provocative, personal look at the motivations and challenges of teaching socially engaged arts, \u003ci\u003eArts for Change \u003c\/i\u003eoverturns conventional arts pedagogy with an activist's passion for creating art that matters.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Discussing art and its applications to countless issues, and how people have empowered themselves through it, \u003ci\u003eArts for Change\u003c\/i\u003e is a look at arts, politics, and culture as a whole through modern America. \u003ci\u003eArts for Change\u003c\/i\u003e is an intriguing read, especially recommended for those who transmit messages through their art.\" * Midwest Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book offers an important glimpse into the personal development of one engaged artist\/educator who seeks to keep growing through her dialogue with others, colleagues and students alike.\" -- Anusha Venkataraman * Community Arts Network *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eArts for Change \u003c\/i\u003eis not just a book for teachers; it is a book that invites everyone to think about how the individual affects the collective.\" -- Andrea Avila * Canadian Art Teacher *\u003cbr\u003e\"Naidus does an excellent job of drawing in all kinds of readers by weaving story and academic reflection together as opposing yet familiar textures. The overall effect is a powerful account in which theory develops through history, personal story, and the words of others, making \u003ci\u003eArts for Change \u003c\/i\u003ean enlightening read.\" -- Kelly Campbell-Busby * Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eArts for Change \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for artists, art teachers, educational administrators, and students of art. It brings to life a pedagogical practice, employed for years by a significant number of socially-engaged activist artists, known but to few outside this community.\" -- Nina Felshin, author * But Is It Art? The Spirit of Art as Activism *\u003cbr\u003e\"Naidus argues passionately for a different kind of art, one that builds social muscle and can make a difference in the world. I predict this book will inspire exciting and innovative trends in both art and education and critical theory, tilting them more in the direction of interdisciplinary and socially engaged practices. And I agree with Naidus' core proposition that the times demand nothing less.\" -- Suzi Gablik, author, * The Re-Enchantment of Art and Conversations Before the End of Time *","brand":"New Village Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151325589847,"sku":"9781613320631","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781613320631.jpg?v=1762960835","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arts-for-change-teaching-outside-the-frame-9781613320631","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}