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Art in Other Places
Artists at Work in America's Community and Social Institutions
 By William Cleveland Foreword by Page Smith

0-275-94054-3/978-0-275-94054-6

Description
Writers, performers, and artists have shown that the arts can have a significant positive effect on the lives of hospital patients, prisoners, the elderly, the disabled, the mentally ill, and others in institutional settings. This volume recounts the histories of 22 institutional and community arts programs across the country pioneering this emerging field. Consisting largely of first-hand accounts, the book recounts how the creative processes have been used to address and solve some of society's most pressing problems. Included are case studies, research, and descriptions of the wide variety of artistic, educational, and therapeutic approaches utilized by each of the 22 programs.

Reviews:
-While art has most often been construed as self-expression, Bill Cleveland's portrait of 22 arts programs chronicles the emergence of art as a vehicle for social change. —YES! A Journal of Positive Futures
-Following an introduction that sets forth these views, the book provides case studies for the people concerned: elderly in the nursing home or elsewhere; prisoners; people with disabilities; people with mental illness; the hospitalized (where art as a healing medium is emphasized); youth at risk; and the community members at large. Individual artists are introduced in each setting, and their work is described. —Art, Architecture, and Urban Design
Endorsement From Jessica Davis, EdM, EdD Director, Project Co-Arts at Harvard Project Zero
Art in Other Places presents the compelling story of heroic artists striving to empower unlikely others to make meaning of their lives through art: to give aesthetic form to daily experience--no matter how hard. William Cleveland's passion for this pursuit, his understanding of this brave territory, and his respect for its heroes frame and direct these inspirational narratives.
Endorsement From Jonathan Borofsky Artist
Bill Cleveland made it possible for me to produce Prisoners, a documentary about the lives of men and women behind bars in California. This book and his work in 'other places' show not only a concern for the human condition, but how we can improve it. He is one of our unsung heroes.
Endorsement From John Vasconcellos Assemblyman, Twenty-Third District California Legislature
The stories in this book concern what is possible when we and our creative capacities are challenged and nurtured: crises become opportunities, the outcast and neglected are empowered, our communities are transformed and, most importantly, we lead lives of integrity, vision, passion, and action!
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