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ashpanda88's review against another edition
4.0
Great book for ideas for community projects. Has a lot of great suggestions for getting started, coming up with the basis for the project, and how to inspire others through your work. I would recommend this to teachers, community leaders, and anyone else who wants to help the community through creative projects.
misscalije's review against another edition
3.0
I think the power of this book rests in the stories that are told. The model was not really something I feel like I would adhere to strictly, rather something that should flow through any art project. But each individual project that was featured in the comics did illuminate many fantastic ways that art and community building can thrive together.
The edition I read was in need of updating. At one point they use the term ‘sexual preference.’ Where now we would see ‘sexual orientation.’ Also, some stories about the art projects were part of those eras and would need to be updated. The dramatic therapy for incarcerated women, for example, lacked current data and cannot account for any changes in political environment since the start of movements like Black Lives Matter and other mass incarceration awareness and law projects.
Useful for research, but I would not lean solely on it before starting out to change your own community.
The edition I read was in need of updating. At one point they use the term ‘sexual preference.’ Where now we would see ‘sexual orientation.’ Also, some stories about the art projects were part of those eras and would need to be updated. The dramatic therapy for incarcerated women, for example, lacked current data and cannot account for any changes in political environment since the start of movements like Black Lives Matter and other mass incarceration awareness and law projects.
Useful for research, but I would not lean solely on it before starting out to change your own community.
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent "beginner's how-to" for community-based artwork. Loved the diversity of artforms and settings (both geographical and types of communities) and that the creators kept things fairly simple. A delightful guide if you've never done this sort of thing before, or if you want to teach folks (especially youth) who haven't.
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