Key Ideas
-Community art is believed to be an interaction between the “artist” (empowered individual) and a priori (In need of empowerment). Creating an exchange that happens between two groups from different backgrounds (financial, intellectual, social, cultural) in which one side is seen as underprivileged.
-Viewing community artists as saviors for people dealing with homelessness or poverty are to fault for their situation based on their life choices and personal “mistakes”, rather than dismantling the broken system within the political and economic forces that have pushed communities into this life style.
-The communities in “need” are not an artists costumer, but their client, “the raw material upon which we work”, while the costumers are the agencies and institution to whom a successful report will “increase our grant.” (Owen Kelly)
Questions
*Could an individual from the community be the artist, rather than someone from an opposite background? Could the community as a force be the artist itself?
*When focusing in a large community, how personal can the artist get without loosing the integrity of the people as a whole?
*How can one as an artist approach Community Arts Engagement, without getting pulled into the idea of “fixing” a group of people?
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