Art in Other Places Artists at Work in America's Community and Social Institutions

Subjects:

• The Arts » Art
• Sociology » Sociology (General)

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 Spring 2006
• 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!

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Page Smith
• Introduction
• The Elderly
• Inside Other Places: The Nursing Home Setting
• Madeline Rugh: Conversations with the Elders
• Liz Lerman: Dancers of the Third Age; Susan Perlstein
• Elders Share the Arts
• Prisons
• Inside Other Places: "Inside"
• Geese Theater: America's National Prison Theater Company
• Grady Hillman: Jailin' and Writin' in Texas
• Arts-In-Corrections: Art from California Prisons
• People with Disabilities
• Inside Other Places: Programs for the Developmentally Disabled
• Victoria Ann-Lewis: Other Voices-Other Solutions
• CLIMB Theater Company: Theater-in-Reverse
• The Short Centers: "My Name Is Pat and I'm an Artist"
• People with Mental Illness
• Inside Other Places: Mental Health Facilities
• Imagination Workshop: Disciplining the Imagination
• Edith Kelman: Strange Apples
• Art Programming in the California Department of Mental Health
• The Adventures of a Do-Gooder at DMH
• Hospitals
• Inside Other Places: America's Health Care System
• Duke University Hospital Cultural Services: A Hospital Art Community
• Hospital Audiences Incorporated: The Healing Role of the Arts
• Art That Heals: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Youth at Risk
• Inside Other Places: Youth in Placement
• Laurie Meadoff: The CityKids Empire
• Artsreach Ensemble: Inside Out at the California Youth Authority
• Young Saints: "Didn't It Rain"
• Community
• Inside Other Places: In Search of Community
• Judy Baca: SPARC--The Social and Public Arts Resource Center
• Brandywine Workshop: Printmaking and the Streets
• TheaterWorkers Project: Steelworkers Speak
• Rebecca Rice: Building Bridges
• Directory of Programs
• Index