Community art
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Community art, also known as "dialogical art" or "community-based art," is an art form based in a community setting. Artworks from this genre can be characterized by interaction and/or dialogue. The term was defined in the late-1960s and spawned a movement which grew in the United States, Canada, UK, Ireland and Australia.
Often the work is based in deprived areas and covers all the artforms, but with a community oriented, grassroots approach.
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[edit] Key artists
- Judith F. Baca
- Lowell Darling
- Betsy Damon
- Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler
- Katy Grannan
- Harrel Fletcher
- Louis Hock
- Suzanne Lacy
- Paper Tiger
- Adrian Piper
- Temporary Services
- Mierle Laderman Ukeles
- WochenKlausur
- Your Art Here
- Reg Bolton
- Neil Cameron
- Helen Crummy
[edit] Further reading
- Kester, Grant. Conversation Pieces: Community + Communication in Modern Art. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.
- Kwon, Miwon. One Place after Another Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity. Boston: MIT Press. 2004.
- Lacy, Suzanne. Mapping the Terrain: New Genre Public Art. Seattle: Bay Press, 1995.
- Hirschkop, Ken. Mikhail Bakhtin: An Aesthetic for Democracy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Pete Moser and George McKay, eds. (2005) Community Music: A Handbook. Russell House Publishing.
- Helen Crummy (1992) Let The People Sing. Craigmillar Communiversity
[edit] See also
- Public art
- Site-specific art
- Not-for-profit arts organization
- Craigmillar Festival Society (1962)
- City Arts Centre, Dublin (1973)