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Gerardi, Debbie K. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Is inclusion in the arts just a myth? Research has shown there are few peer reviewed journal articles and books published about inclusive programs in community art centers for adults with disabilities. This qualitative single case study critically reviewed the inclusive programs offered at a Midwestern community visual art center. During the…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Art Education, Inclusion, Misconceptions
Pitti, Ilaria; Mengilli, Yagmur; Walther, Andreas – Youth & Society, 2023
Existing understandings of youth participation often imply clear distinctions from non-participation and thus boundaries between "recognized" and "non-recognized" practices of engagement. This article aims at questioning these boundaries. It analyzes young people's practices in the public sphere that are characterized by both…
Descriptors: Youth, Citizen Participation, Democratic Values, Foreign Countries
English, Helen – Teachers and Curriculum, 2022
In 2018, the author embarked on Master of Education research to investigate how mature adults were affected by regular participation in visual art classes. Visual art education is reported to have a positive effect on the cognition of mature adults in various contexts (Schindler et al., 2017; Wali et al., 2001), so this research investigates…
Descriptors: Art Education, Adult Students, Community Programs, Painting (Visual Arts)
Lawton, Pamela Harris; Walker, Margaret A.; Green, Melissa – Teachers College Press, 2019
This book is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of Community-Based Art Education (CBAE). CBAE encourages learners to make connections between their art education in a classroom setting and its application in the community beyond school, with demonstrable examples of how the arts impact responsible citizenship. Written by and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Programs, Visual Arts, Elementary Secondary Education
Dickson, Nicola – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2021
This paper explores the challenges and successes of engaging female survivors of childhood sexual abuse and sexual violence in community-based, arts-informed adult learning. The study presents the complex physical, psychological and emotional barriers to participation that were encountered during the fieldwork period. The rationale for using an…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Females, Violence, Adult Education
Blackburn Miller, Jennifer – Journal of Transformative Education, 2020
Between 2005 and 2017 yielded fertile ground for research studies and articles about transformative learning and the arts within the field of adult education. The main questions this article seeks to answer are: What art forms are being used for transformative learning, how are they being used, and with what effect? The article begins by…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Art Education, Adult Learning, Holistic Approach
Ho, Kong – Teaching Artist Journal, 2014
Two mural projects in Brunei offer insight into the specific and universal aspects of public art education and community art making. This article describes how the author used his initiative and experience as a muralist to plan and implement two community art research projects in Bandar Seri Begwan, the capital of Brunei Darussalam. A premise of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Products, Painting (Visual Arts), Art Education
Langdon, Liz – Teaching Artist Journal, 2016
Intergenerational community members engage in making a mural to create a visual identity and document a legacy of care and hope.
Descriptors: Painting (Visual Arts), Community Programs, Community Involvement, Art Activities
McDermott, Morna – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2018
This paper outlines an ongoing qualitative review of themes that have emerged across the various session of the "Paint Your Life" program which was developed over the last 15 years. The author discusses the potential for "Paint Your Life" to disrupt hegemonic discourse about art, artists, and community development. Based on the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Art, Self Concept, Aesthetics
Pelosi, Ligia – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2015
What constitutes public pedagogy? The term is broad and can be applied in so many situations and settings to the learning that occurs outside of formal schooling. In this article, the author explores how a community event--a painting competition held in a Melbourne suburb's botanic gardens--constitutes public pedagogy. The event centres on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Community Programs, Painting (Visual Arts), Gardening
Griffin, Shelley M.; Rowsell, Jennifer; Winters, Kari-Lynn; Vietgen, Peter; McLauchlan, Debra; McQueen-Fuentes, Glenys – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2017
The arts have long been known as a central medium for nurturing artistic expression and aesthetic responses. Notions of arts-based teaching are combined with concepts of literacy and composition, focusing on the fact that these separate fields have the potential for relational meaning making. In this article, three arts-based, qualitative research…
Descriptors: Art Education, Music Education, Drama, Individual Power
Deborah Vriend Van Duinen; Audra Bolhuis – English Journal, 2016
A recent community wide reading program offers a valuable opportunity for students and teachers to respond to literature by attending community wide events, creating art, and developing relationships with community members.
Descriptors: Novels, Community Involvement, Reading Programs, Community Programs
Brown, Robert; Jeanneret, Neryl – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2015
Many studies have highlighted the capacity of community arts programs to re-engage those young people considered at-risk of disconnection from future education and/or employment. "Evolution" is an artist-guided visual arts program established for young people challenged by mental health and social issues that aims to foster re-engagement…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Community Programs, Visual Arts, Mental Health Programs
Rossetto, Erica – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2012
Through a hermeneutic phenomenological study of interview data from 8 community artists, the author sought to discover commonalities and differences in the worldviews and philosophies of self that underlie community mural making as they relate to art therapy as social action and art therapy practice within a traditional Western cultural framework.…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, Painting (Visual Arts)
Irwin, Rita L.; Bickel, Barbara; Triggs, Valerie; Springgay, Stephanie; Beer, Ruth; Grauer, Kit; Xiong, Gu; Sameshima, Pauline – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2009
The City of Richgate project worked with eight intergenerational immigrant families and examined immigrant experiences and narratives through a community-engaged process that employed a/r/tography as a methodology. As such, the research also investigated the extent to which a/r/tographical research could visually and narratively portray the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Intergenerational Programs, Community Programs, Family (Sociological Unit)