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Art & Social Engagement
Resources for an exploration of community-based art and forms of art activism.
General Works
The Interventionists: Users' Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life by Call Number: NX650.P6 I55 2004Publication Date: 2004
The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century by Publication Date: 2022Available as an e-book
Living as Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011 by Call Number: N8243.S65 L58 2012Publication Date: 2012
The Art of Protest: Culture and Activism from the Civil Rights Movement to the Present by Publication Date: 2019E-book
A People's Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements by Publication Date: 2013Available as an e-book and in print
Art & Social Issues
Bridging Communities Through Socially Engaged Art by Publication Date: 2019E-book
Addresses the relationships between artists and educators, museums and communities to highlight the significance of the arts as an instrument of social justice, inclusion, equity, and protection of the environment.
Engaging Classrooms and Communities Through Art: A Guide to Designing and Implementing Community-Based Art Education by Call Number: NX180.A77 K74 2009Publication Date: 2008Use Get It For Me to request this item.
The Power of Feminist Art by Call Number: N72.F45 P68 1994Publication Date: 1994Documents the emergence of the Feminist Art Movement of the 1970s. Performance art, social protest and public art, and collaboration; exploration of such formerly taboo aesthetic areas as "Pattern and Decoration"; and subjects such as divinity and the body viewed from female perspectives are among the multiple aspects explored.
Women's Ways of Making by Publication Date: 2021
African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity by Publication Date: 2019E-book
Engages readers in critical conversations by activists, scholars, and artists reflecting on national and transnational legacies of African American activism as an element of artistic practice, particularly as they concern artistic expression and race relations, and the intersections of creative processes with economic, sociological, and psychological inequalities.
Women Artists of the Harlem Renaissance by Call Number: N6538.N5 W66 2014Publication Date: 2014Available as an e-book and in print
Chicano and Chicana Art: A Critical Anthology by Call Number: N6538.M4 C44 2019Publication Date: 2019Available in print and as an e-book
Chicano Graffiti and Murals: The Neighborhood Art of Peter Quezada by Call Number: ND237 .Q44 K54 1995Publication Date: 1995
When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art by Call Number: N8217.E52 W4375 2019Publication Date: 2019By intertwining themes of memory, home, activism, and more, this book meditates on how art both shapes and is shaped by the public discourse on migration.
Portable Borders: Performance Art and Politics on the U.S. Frontera since 1984 by Call Number: N8217.B63 S54 2015Publication Date: 2015Available as an e-book and in print
Figures of the Migrant: The Roles of Literature and the Arts in Representing Migration by Publication Date: 2021E-book
Art, Migration and the Production of Radical Democratic Citizenship by Call Number: NX180.P64 A797 2022Publication Date: 2022
Art and Politics: A Small History of Art for Social Change since 1945 by Call Number: N72.P6 M47 2013Publication Date: 2013Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewer. To do so, it employs various strategies to convey a political message. This book provides readers with the tools to decode and appreciate political art.
Political Street Art: Communication, Culture and Resistance in Latin America by Publication Date: 2018E-book
Museum Activism by Publication Date: 2019E-book
Examines, analyzes and critically reflects upon the museum's relationship to activism and explores their largely untapped potential as key intellectual and civic resources to address inequalities, injustice and environmental challenges.
Talking to Action: Art, Pedagogy, and Activism in the Americas by Call Number: NX650.P6 T355 2017Publication Date: 2017
How a Revolutionary Art Became Official Culture: Murals, Museums, and the Mexican State by Call Number: ND2644 .C64 2012Publication Date: 2012Available as an e-book and in print.
