A Transversal Understanding of the International Perspectives on Community Arts Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium is based on related international research projects that explore the role of community as a space of knowledge production, as well as how the arts help produce such a space as an integral part of community arts education and programming (CAEP). Collectively, the papers provide insights into the potential of CAEP to create and facilitate innovative models and curricula for both individual growth and community action. Dialogue generated from in this symposium will assist in developing a clear research/action framework for the understanding of arts-informed knowledge in urban renewal and community integration, and its potential implications in fostering meaningful learning experiences.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Arts and Learning

Chair

• Anita Sinner, University of British Columbia

Papers

• Transversality Hub: Toward a New Mode of Learning for Community Arts Education Practice - Ching-Chiu Lin, Simon Fraser University; Anita Sinner, University of British Columbia; Rita L. Irwin, University of British Columbia

• Exploring Intersections of Comics, Adaptation, and Community Art Education - Julian Lawrence, Teesside University

• Finding Possibility in the Liminality of Socially Engaged Arts: Fostering Learning and Well-Being With Refugee Youth - Kate Collins, Towson University

• Conversations With Gardens: Artful Spaces in Community Art Education - Patricia Osler, Concordia University - Montreal