The Role of the Artist in Art Education, at a Community Level

Discusses the role of the community artist in educational projects. The author comments on a report on community art in Belfast entitled Vital Signs, suggests how groups such as WheelWorks and New Belfast Community Arts Initiative have involved the public in producing art, and examines the role of e...

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Published in:Circa (Belfast) 2004-12 (110), p.42-45
Main Author: Floyd, Heather
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstract art
Art education
Artists
Communities
Community education
Folk art
Murals
Photograph albums
Self esteem
Theme: Art / People
Visual arts
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Summary:Discusses the role of the community artist in educational projects. The author comments on a report on community art in Belfast entitled Vital Signs, suggests how groups such as WheelWorks and New Belfast Community Arts Initiative have involved the public in producing art, and examines the role of education in art in relation to nationalist and republican communities in Ireland. She details a project undertaken by Rita Duffy in Belfast, comments on the paper Wee Can which explores community arts as a form of protest, and examines the book An Outburst of Frankness, which focuses on community art in Ireland.
ISSN:0263-9475
DOI:10.2307/25564226