WEB LINKS
The following links point to various projects that make connections to communities. Teachers and students may find inspiration in these projects for planning and carrying out their own projects.
A Chinatown Banquet
An interdisciplinary public art, education, and multimedia project designed to raise awareness about the history, culture, and conditions of Boston's Chinatown.
Adams Avenue: A Work In Progress
This site describes a 1998 public art project in San Diego, California in which 120 banners celebrating community revitalization were created by 11 artists and displayed on lampposts on Adams Avenue.
American Memory
Sponsored by the U.S. Library of Congress, American Memory is a gateway to a wealth of primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
Around the World on the 44th Parallel
This site consists of a collection of images and accompanying text that describe a ceramic tile mural created by artist Joyce Kozloff which was installed in Memorial Library on the campus of Minnesota State University (Mankato) in 1995. In this mural, Kozloff combined design motifs and street maps from twelve cites near the 44th parallel around the globe. Each city is represented on a four by seventeen-foot panel composed of foot-square ceramic tiles that contain various decorative elements and pictorial images that refer to the cultural history of the city.
Artists & Communities: America Creates for the Millennium
Artists & Communities was a national, one-time-only community based artist reidency program designed to celebrate artists and communities at the millennium. The 3-year program engaged over 56 professional artists in communities in each state and jurisdiction of the U.S. throughout 2000. This site offers a directory that can be used to access illustrated descriptions of projects in each state.
Carmen Lomas Garza
Carmen Lomas Garza is a Chicana narrative artist who creates images about the everyday events in the lives of Mexican Americans based on her memories and experiences while growing up in South Texas.
Community Arts Network
The Community Arts Network is a partnership project of Art in the Public Interest and The Virginia Tech Department of Theatre Arts' Consortium for the Study of Theatre and Community. It promotes information exchange, research, and critical dialogue within the field of community-based arts through an extensive collection of related articles and resources. A great research tool for both teachers and students on community-based art.
Community Images
Community Images (CI) is a photography program for Asian college students and adults in San Francisco, California. The CI program encourages the advancement of artists from communities underrepresented and seeks to promote better understanding among our many and diverse cultures. See photo essays by some of the students involved in the program.
Community Memories
Sponsored by the Virtual Museum of Canada, this site presents local history exhibits that drawn from the collections of museums and the treasures and reminiscences of individuals from those communities. The result is a unique portrait of Canadian history.
Center for Digital Storytelling
The Center for Digital Storytelling is a non-profit project development, training, and research organization dedicated to assisting people in using digital media to tell meaningful stories from their lives.
Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in the Classroom
by Tom Banaszewski, Educator/Multimedia Author
MultiMedia Schools (January/February 2002)
The author describes how he introduced his fourth and fifth grade students to digital storytelling through the The Place Project.
Finding Family Stories Electronic Gallery
This online exhibition features the work of contemporary artists who explore cultural identity through the interpretation and incorporation of family stories and memories in their work.
Indivisible: Stories of American Community
This site explores community life in America as portrayed by some of the country's most accomplished photographers, radio producers, and folklorists.
Interview with Suzanne Lacy
Art and Advocacy - Part 1: Expansive in its sense of community
This interview with Suzanne Lacy, noted public artist, is part of a series of interviews with some of the members of a group of 25 artists from around the U.S. and Canada who went to Kentucky and Virginia to participate in the initial stages of a multi-year, multi-site community art project sponsored by the American Festival Project which is based in Whitesburg, Kentucky with Appalshop, a regional community arts center.
Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories
The Whitney Museum designed this website to introduce visitors to the art and life of Jacob Lawrence. This website is for families, teachers, students, and anyone else who is interested in exploring Jacob Lawrence’s work, his themes, and his approach to visual storytelling.
Natasha Mayers: Community Artist
Natasha Mayers, community artist and muralist, worked with fifth g rade students in Whitefield, Maine on a public art project involving painting the town's history on local utility poles. A gallery of some of the painted poles is available on this site.
Percent for Art Program
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York's Percent for Art Program offers City agencies the opportunity to acquire or commission works of art specifically for city-owned buildings throughout the five boroughs. The site includes a long list of artists who have received commissions along with images and brief descriptions of their work. An excellent resource for student research on community-based art.
Putting Art in its Place
Youth Mural Project
Young artists in San Jose, California worked with professional muralist Ernest Regua to produce this outdoor mural which reflects their cultures and heritages.
REPOhistory
REPOhistory is a study group of artists, scholars, teachers, and writers based in Manhattan focused on the relationship of history to contemporary society. It grew into a forum for developing public art projects based on history and a platform for creating them.
What Kids Can Do
What Kids Can Do (WCKD) is a nonprofit organization established to document the messages of young people working with adults on projects to reach policymakers, community leaders, journalists and youth. The WCKD website features stories, resources, youth essays, project information, and more.
