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Mat Schwarzman directs the Crossroads Center in New Orleans that trains youth leaders nationwide in community-based arts activism. He holds a Ph.D in Transformative Learning from the California Institute of Integral Studies. He was founder of the East Bay Institute for Urban Arts in Oakland, an arts-based youth development program and chair of the Arts & Social Change Program at New College of California. Keith Knight is an award-winning cartoonist & rapper. His two nationally-syndicated comic strips, "The K Chronicles" and "(th)ink." have appeared in publications worldwide, including Salon.com, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, and the Funny Times. He has released five books and his band, the Marginal Prophets, won a 2004 California Music Award for their semi-conscious hip-hop album, "Bohemian Rap CD"Author
"Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts: Ten Graphic Stories
about Artists, Educators & Activists across the U.S." is an amazing
educational collection of thousands of social change artists of
varied, diverse backgrounds and locations. Committed to the concept
of transforming communities through information as art, (or art as
information), "Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts" is
organized on the CRAFT principle. CRAFT is a conceptual map that
stands for five territories of the community-based art process:
Contact - "Cultivate trust, mutual understanding and commitment as
a foundation for creative partnership." Research -"Gather
information about the people, places and issues you are working
with." Action - "Produce a new work of art that benefits the
community." Feedback - "Spark community reflection, dialogue and
organizing to spread the impact of the new work." and Teaching -
"Pass on new community-building skills to others to sustain the
impact (p. xxv)." Many amazing comic illustrations are quoted and
reproduced in black and white in the chapters of "Beginner's Guide
to Community-Based Arts." The book ends with a list of resources,
inspiring quotations, artist's profiles, and a Craft Activities
Table that shows how "art, learning and social change take place in
each of the CRAFT territories (p. 159)." The ideas of CRAFT began
at the East Bay Institute for Urban Arts, a teen program in
Oakland, CA from 1994-2001.--Nancy Lorraine"Midwest Book Review -
Lorraine's Bookshelf" (04/08/2011)
"Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts" is a rich combination of
life stories, curriculum ideas and insights about the importance of
nurturing creativity to confront the difficult circumstances many
people find themselves living in these days. Cartoonist Keith
Knight (The "K" Chronicles" and "(th)ink") and author Mat
Schwarzman (Crossroads Project for Art, Learning and Community of
New Orleans) crisscross the country profiling ten community-based
arts projects that encourage people with little recognized power to
share their perspectives, ideas and images with broader publics to
effect change. Through the Village of Arts and Humanities in
Northern Philadelphia, "Big Man" Maxton discovers his ability to
make beautiful mosaic sculptures and kicks a 22-year addiction to
drugs and alcohol. Big Man's personal recovery and public art
inspire old timers and young children to collectively join the
Village's efforts to transform their struggling neighborhood. The
women of Mujer Artes in San Antonio, Texas, make ceramic altars to
honor and raise awareness about the women murdered at the
U.S.-Mexico border. Together the women of Mujer Artes build a
valuable intergenerational learning community while bringing
national attention to an issue often untouched by the media and
public officials. While in college, Tom Hansell sees an Appalshop
(Appalachian multimedia cultural organization) film about the
people who live in coal mining regions. To him, "the film was like
a good punk song -- raw, strong and from the heart." Shortly
thereafter, Hansell moved to Whitesburg, Kentucky, to join
Appalshop's staff and made an award-winning documentary about the
challenges and dangers of coal-haul trucking through narrow
mountain hollers.--Erica Kohl"CommunityArtsNetwork"
(11/01/2005)
"Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts is a rich combination of
life stories, curriculum ideas and insights about the importance of
nurturing creativity to confront the difficult circumstances many
people find themselves living in these days. Cartoonist Keith
Knight ("The K Chronicles" and "(th)ink") and author Mat Schwarzman
(Crossroads Project for Art, Learning and Community of New Orleans)
crisscross the country profiling ten community-based arts projects
that encourage people with little recognized power to share their
perspectives, ideas and images with broader publics to effect
change. Through the Village of Arts and Humanities in Northern
Philadelphia, "Big Man" Maxton discovers his ability to make
beautiful mosaic sculptures and kicks a 22-year addiction to drugs
and alcohol. Big Man's personal recovery and public art inspire old
timers and young children to collectively join the Village's
efforts to transform their struggling neighborhood. The women of
Mujer Artes in San Antonio, Texas, make ceramic altars to honor and
raise awareness about the women murdered at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Together the women of Mujer Artes build a valuable
intergenerational learning community while bringing national
attention to an issue often untouched by the media and public
officials. While in college, Tom Hansell sees an Appalshop
(Appalachian multimedia cultural organization) film about the
people who live in coal mining regions. To him, "the film was like
a good punk song--raw, strong and from the heart." Shortly
thereafter, Hansell moved to Whitesburg, Kentucky, to join
Appalshop's staff and made an award-winning documentary about the
challenges and dangers of coal-haul trucking through narrow
mountain hollers."
--Erica Kohl, CommunityArtsNetwork "Beginner's Guide to
Community-Based Arts: Ten Graphic Stories about Artists, Educators
& Activists across the U.S. is an amazing educational collection of
thousands of social change artists of varied, diverse backgrounds
and locations. Committed to the concept of transforming communities
through information as art, (or art as information), Beginner's
Guide to Community-Based Arts is organized on the CRAFT principle.
CRAFT is a conceptual map that stands for five territories of the
community-based art process: Contact--"Cultivate trust, mutual
understanding and commitment as a foundation for creative
partnership." Research--"Gather information about the people,
places and issues you are working with." Action--"Produce a new
work of art that benefits the community." Feedback--"Spark
community reflection, dialogue and organizing to spread the impact
of the new work." And Teaching--"Pass on new community-building
skills to others to sustain the impact" (p. xxv). Many amazing
comic illustrations are quoted and reproduced in black and white in
the chapters of Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts. The book
ends with a list of resources, inspiring quotations, artist's
profiles, and a Craft Activities Table that shows how "art,
learning and social change take place in each of the CRAFT
territories" (p. 159). The ideas of CRAFT began at the East Bay
Institute for Urban Arts, a teen program in Oakland, CA from
1994-2001."
--Nancy Lorraine, Midwest Book Review
"Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts is a rich combination of
life stories, curriculum ideas and insights about the importance of
nurturing creativity to confront the difficult circumstances many
people find themselves living in these days. Cartoonist Keith
Knight ("The K Chronicles" and "(th)ink") and author Mat Schwarzman
(Crossroads Project for Art, Learning and Community of New Orleans)
crisscross the country profiling ten community-based arts projects
that encourage people with little recognized power to share their
perspectives, ideas and images with broader publics to effect
change. Through the Village of Arts and Humanities in Northern
Philadelphia, "Big Man" Maxton discovers his ability to make
beautiful mosaic sculptures and kicks a 22-year addiction to drugs
and alcohol. Big Man's personal recovery and public art inspire old
timers and young children to collectively join the Village's
efforts to transform their struggling neighborhood. The women of
Mujer Artes in San Antonio, Texas, make ceramic altars to honor and
raise awareness about the women murdered at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Together the women of Mujer Artes build a valuable
intergenerational learning community while bringing national
attention to an issue often untouched by the media and public
officials. While in college, Tom Hansell sees an Appalshop
(Appalachian multimedia cultural organization) film about the
people who live in coal mining regions. To him, "the film was like
a good punk song--raw, strong and from the heart." Shortly
thereafter, Hansell moved to Whitesburg, Kentucky, to join
Appalshop's staff and made an award-winning documentary about the
challenges and dangers of coal-haul trucking through narrow
mountain hollers."
--Erica Kohl, CommunityArtsNetwork "Beginner's Guide to
Community-Based Arts: Ten Graphic Stories about Artists, Educators
& Activists across the U.S. is an amazing educational collection of
thousands of social change artists of varied, diverse backgrounds
and locations. Committed to the concept of transforming communities
through information as art, (or art as information), Beginner's
Guide to Community-Based Arts is organized on the CRAFT principle.
CRAFT is a conceptual map that stands for five territories of the
community-based art process: Contact--"Cultivate trust, mutual
understanding and commitment as a foundation for creative
partnership." Research--"Gather information about the people,
places and issues you are working with." Action--"Produce a new
work of art that benefits the community." Feedback--"Spark
community reflection, dialogue and organizing to spread the impact
of the new work." And Teaching--"Pass on new community-building
skills to others to sustain the impact" (p. xxv). Many amazing
comic illustrations are quoted and reproduced in black and white in
the chapters of Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts. The book
ends with a list of resources, inspiring quotations, artist's
profiles, and a Craft Activities Table that shows how "art,
learning and social change take place in each of the CRAFT
territories" (p. 159). The ideas of CRAFT began at the East Bay
Institute for Urban Arts, a teen program in Oakland, CA from
1994-2001."
--Nancy Lorraine, Midwest Book Review
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