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COMMUNITY ART

Community art, also known as participatory or collaborative art, involves the creation of art projects or initiatives that actively engage and involve community members. It emphasises collective participation, collaboration, and integrating artistic practices with community development and social change.

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Daykin et al. - The role of social capital in participatory arts for wellbeing

Daykin, N., Mansfield, L., Meads, C., Gray, K., Golding, A., Tomlinson, A., & Victor, C. (2021). The role of social capital in participatory arts for wellbeing: findings from a qualitative systematic review. Arts & Health, 13(2): 134-157.

De Bruyne & Gielen - Community art

De Bruyne, P. & Gielen, P. (eds) (2011) Community art: The politics of trespassing. Amsterdam: Valiz. ISBN 9789078088509; 9078088508

Cantu & Fleuriet - “Making the ordinary more extraordinary”: Exploring creativity as a health promotion practice among older adults in a community-based professionally taught arts program

Cantu, A. G., & Fleuriet, K. J. (2018). “Making the ordinary more extraordinary”: Exploring creativity as a health promotion practice among older adults in a community-based professionally taught arts program. Journal of Holistic Nursing: Official Journal of the American Holistic Nurses’ Association, 36(2): 123-133.

Newman, Curtis & Stephens - Do community-based arts projects result in social gains?

Newman, T., Curtis, K., & Stephens, J. (2003). Do community-based arts projects result in social gains? A review of the literature. Community Development Journal, 38(4): 310-322.

Williams - How The Arts Measure Up

Williams, D. (1997) How The Arts Measure Up: Australian research into Social impact. Social Impact of the arts – Working Paper 8. Comedia. ISBN 1 873 667 42 6

Gielen - Mapping Community Art.

Gielen, P. (2011) Mapping Community Art. In: Paul De Bruyne and Pascal Gielen (eds) Community Art. The Politics of Trespassing (15-33). Valiz.

Creative New Zealand: What are Community Arts

Creative New Zealand: What are Community Arts

François Matarasso: Community art

François Matarasso: Community art

Myrczik - Trampoline House: A space of becoming

Myrczik, E. (2023) Trampoline House: A space of becoming. INVENT Case Study.

Peters - Re-thinking the museum from the bottom-up

Peters, J. (2023). Re-thinking the museum from the bottom-up. The case of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen’s project ‘Zuid. Boijmans’. INVENT Case Study.

What Culture Can Mean for Well-Being

Holla, S. & C. Arroyo (2023, September). What Culture Can Mean for Well-Being

Cvetičanin, Petrić & Koludrović - Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook

Cvetičanin, P.,  M. Petrić & I. Tomić Koludrović (2023). Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook. INVENT publication.

INVENT Policy Brief II

Janssen, S., & S. Holla. (2023). INVENT Policy Brief II – Culture’s contribution to health and wellbeing. 22 pages.

INVENT Policy Brief I

Janssen, S., Katz-Gerro, T., Rössel, J., Cvetičanin, P.  & M. Verboord (2021). INVENT Policy Brief I. 16 pages.

» NEW! » Council of Europe - Involving citizens and communities in securing societal progress for the well-being of all

Council of Europe. (2011). Involving citizens and communities in securing societal progress for the well-being of all. ISBN 978-92-871-6888-7

» NEW! » Carey & Sutton - Community development through participatory arts

Phil Carey, Sue Sutton, Community development through participatory arts: Lessons learned from a community arts and regeneration project in South Liverpool, Community Development Journal, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2004, Pages 123–134.

» NEW! » Claire Bishop - Is Everyone a Performer?

Claire Bishop - Is Everyone a Performer? 2016.

» NEW! » “Sign Your Art” Community Project

“Sign Your Art” Community Project. 2015

» NEW! » Jeff McAulay - Community art as DIY social science

Jeff McAulay. Community art as DIY social science. 2017

» NEW! » Kate DeCiccio - Art as Activism

Kate DeCiccio. Art as Activism. 2017

» NEW! » David Koren - FIGMENT: Participatory Art in the Public Realm

David Koren - FIGMENT: Participatory Art in the Public Realm. 2011

» NEW! » Chapple & Jackson - Arts, Neighborhoods, and Social Practices

Chapple, K., & Jackson, S. (2010). Commentary: Arts, Neighborhoods, and Social Practices: Towards an Integrated Epistemology of Community Arts. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 29(4), 478-490.

» NEW! » Crehan - Community Art

Crehan, K. (2011). Community Art: An Anthropological Perspective. Routledge.

» NEW! » Jokela, Hiltunen & Härkönen - Art-based action research

Jokela, T., Hiltunen, M., & Härkönen, E. (2015). Art-based action research – participatory art for the north. International Journal of Education through Art, 11(3), 433-448.

» NEW! » Kelaher et al. - Evaluating community outcomes of participation in community arts

Kelaher, M., Berman, N., Dunt, D., Johnson, V., Curry, S., & Joubert, L. (2014). Evaluating community outcomes of participation in community arts: A case for civic dialogue. Journal of Sociology, 50(2), 132-149.

» NEW! » Lowe - Creating Community: Art for Community Development

Lowe, S. S. (2000). Creating Community: Art for Community Development. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 29(3), 357-386.

» NEW! » Madyaningrum & Sonn - Exploring the meaning of participation in a community art project

Madyaningrum, M. E., & Sonn, C. (2011). Exploring the meaning of participation in a community art project: A case study on the Seeming project. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 21(4), 358-370.

» NEW! » Polloc & Sharp - Real participation or the tyranny of participatory practice?

Pollock, V. L., & Sharp, J. (2012). Real participation or the tyranny of participatory practice? Public art and community involvement in the regeneration of the Raploch, Scotland. Urban Studies, 49(14), 3063-3079.

» NEW! » Swindells et al. - Eudaimonic well-being and community arts participation

Swindells, R., Lawthom, R., Rowley, K., Siddiquee, A., Kilroy, A., & Kagan, C. (2013). Eudaimonic well-being and community arts participation. Perspectives in Public Health, 133(1), 60-65.

» NEW! » Durrer et al. (eds.) - Cultural Policy is Local

  Victoria Durrer, Abigail Gilmore, Leila Jancovich & David Stevenson (eds.) (2023). Cultural Policy is Local: Understanding Cultural Policy as Situated Practice. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-32311-9

» NEW! » Woddis - Acting on Cultural Policy

Jane Woddis. (2023). Acting on Cultural Policy: Arts Practitioners, Policy-Making and Civil Society. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-11161-7