ART 3550 - Art in the Community: Art Education Beyond School Walls

This course provides students with an opportunity to explore community-based art education through the theoretical exploration and practical application of art that creates community while affecting positive change. Students explore the aesthetic, historical, political and sociocultural aspects of community-based art education and work collaboratively with other students and community members to plan and implement a community-based art work. Students in the course gain experience planning, implementing and evaluation innovative arts programming.