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2009 Public Art Network Year in Review CD-ROM

Exemplary Public Art Projects The 2009 Public Art Network Year in Review is a national program that recognizes exemplary public art projects completed throughout the country during the past year. The CD-ROM is a compilation of project images, data, and the Year in Review presentation and serves as an excellent tool for public art advovacy, education, and promotion. It contains more than 240 high-resolution digital images as well an information on the artists, projects, materials and budgets.

The presentation is curated by artists Janet Echelman and Mildred Howard. Through her art, Janet Echelman reshapes urban airspace with monumental public art sculptures that respond to environmental forces including wind, water, and sunlight. She is currently a visiting Fellow at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Mildred Howard is an installation and mixed-media artist and teacher who has exhibited nationally and internationally. She is known for her large-scale installations, which invoke both collective history and personal narrative. NONMEMBER PRICE: $75.00

Arts & Civic Engagment Tool Kit: Planning Tools and Resources for Animating Democracy in Your Community

This CD tool kit provides user-friendly worksheets and resources for planning, designing, and partnering on arts-based civic engagement projects and programs. CD (2008)
NONMEMBER PRICE: $35.00

Edited by Barbara Goldstein, Public Art by the Book is a nuts and bolts guide for arts professionals and volunteers creating public art in their communities. The definitive resource for information on public art for local government, arts agencies, arts professionals and artists, this book includes examples from cities such as Charlotte, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego and Seattle. 327 pp, paperback (2005) NONMEMBER SALE PRICE: $30.00

Civic Dialogue, Arts & Culture: Findings from Animating Democracy

Civic Dialogue, Arts & Culture explores the power of the arts and humanities to foster civic engagement and demonstrates how arts and humanities organizations can be vital civic and cultural institutions. This book examines the experiences of 37 arts and humanities projects, realized by a wide range of cultural organizations, and supported by Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for the Arts. These projects explored such issues as race relations, economic inequity, gentrification, school violence, and the influx of immigrants and refugees in communities, among others. The book shares the findings of this highly regarded initiative by capturing the perspectives of artists, cultural leaders, and community partners involved with these projects. Civic Dialogue, Arts & Culture contributes to deepening our understanding of the artistic, civic, and organizational dimensions of the work, as well as the principles and practices that underpin effective work.

NONMEMBER SALE PRICE: $24.00