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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820535703321

Titolo

Developing civic engagement in urban public art programs / / Edited by Jessica L. DeShazo and Zachary Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-5729-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

701/.030973

Soggetti

Public art - United States

Artists and community - United States

Community arts projects - United States

Social participation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; PART I. THE NATURE OF PUBLIC ART AND ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY; Chapter 1. Responding to Site; Chapter 2. Public Art in the Hands of the Public Realm; PART II. BUILDING PUBLIC ART THAT UNITES AND DEFINES COMMUNITIES; Chapter 3. Building Civic Engagement through Urban Public Art; Chapter 4. City of Austin Art in Public Places Program; Chapter 5. Art and Civic Engagement: Collaboration Is Key; Chapter 6. The Intersection of Business and Public Art: How to Engage Businesses and Citizens in Public Art

Chapter 7. Civic Engagement as Part of Evaluating and Adopting Adaptive Public Art PoliciesChapter 8. A Community of Narrators and Translators; Chapter 9. Grandmother's Kitchen/Grandfather's Garden: Growing Art and Culture in City Heights; Chapter 10. Secrets of a Public Art Administrator: How to Help Your City Thrive through the Magic of Public Art; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Creating Civic Engagement in Urban Public Art addresses these and other critical questions. It demonstrates how public art can build community unity, identity and cohesiveness. The focus of this original work is how cities engage their citizens through public art. Through case studies of cities that have public art programs - some successful



at citizen engagement others less so - the reader will learn how to design public art programs that build community.