The
Center
The Center for the Study
of Art & Community believes the time is ripe for creative
pioneers. The building of learning communities and organizations must
be undertaken by citizens and institutions with enormous energy and
imagination.
CSA&C is an
association of creative leaders from business, government and the
arts who have succeeded in building bridges between the arts and a
wide range of community, public and private sector interests.
We assert that the future
health of our communities will demand an expanded role by artists
and cultural institutions at every level. Schools, factories, jails,
symphony halls, neighborhood associations, senior centers, unemployment
offices, and every other place imaginable offer opportunities for
new cultural partnerships.
At a time when many of
our most valued cultural institutions are at risk, CSA&C is
working to establish new working relationships between the arts and
the broader community. We believe the arts can only flourish when
the power of the creative process becomes a vital and accepted part
of all aspects of school and community life.
CSA&C
Services
CSA&C has over
twenty-five years experience building arts partnerships in educational,
community and social institutions. We provide expert guidance for
developing artistic, educational, funding, community development and
political collaborations among artists, arts organizations and school
and community based partners. CSA&C's clients include:
artists and arts organizations, educational, human service and criminal
justice agencies and the business and philanthropic communities.
The center helps community
organizations, public agencies, schools, and arts organizations respond
assertively and creatively to increasingly complex community needs.
To do this we work with clients to build and maintain new arts-based
partnerships. We also help educational institutions strengthen their
relationships with the broader community using the arts. CSA&C
activities are: research/evaluation, publishing, training, lectures,
and consulting services.
Consulting Services
Include: Artist and Educator Training, Community Arts Partnership
Development Community Arts Education Planning, Facilitation &
Team Building, Research and Assessment, Curriculum Development, Marketing
and Public Relations, Strategic Planning, and Board/Staff Training.
CSA&C
News
We
are happy to announce the reissue of Art
in Other Places: Artists at Work in America’s Community and Social
Institutions.
The book recounts the histories
of 22 institutional and community arts programs across the country
that have pioneered the community arts field. It describes how the
creative processes have been used to address some of society’s
most pressing issues.
This new edition has been
published by the University of Massachusetts’ Arts Extension
Service. It can be purchased by contacting AES at 413.545.2360. The
cost is $20 plus postage and handling. You can also go to the AES
book catalogue Web Page at http://www.umass.edu/aes/catbooks.htm#aiop
for an order form.
