What Is a Community Art Project?
Every community approaches art projects through its own process. Examples of community art projects are cultural festivals, generational art classes, monuments and mural art. A community art project often begins by reviewing case studies or using another community's model.
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Art Classes
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Community art projects include art classes for all ages, drop-in art centers, and gallery shows for local artists. Albuquerque's arts project has classes in silk painting, writing, drawing, painting and music.
Support for the Arts
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Community art projects support emerging artists and promote a local folk arts festivals. For example, in Cornelius, N.C., scholarships for children are available.
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Community Theater
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Participants in Theater of the Oppressed role play hero and villan. The Theater of the Oppressed is a community arts project that began in South America in 1971. It is a game of dialogue to transform oppression.
Community Arts in Philadelphia
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The Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia works to select murals for each of its neighborhoods.
Arts as a Tool
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Community arts projects are tools for solving problems. Projects in art can give youth a voice, address social justice and capture the community's history.
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