Portrait as Community: Imaging America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Imaging America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life

I mentioned this consortium briefly in class: Imaging America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life

Highlights on the Website include A Working Guide to the Landscape of Arts for Change and extensive reading lists on partnerships, civic engagement, publicly engaged scholarship and the arts, etc. in Student Resources.

Laura Browder and Wesley Chenault (head of Special Collections and Archives at Cabell) will be presenting a session at the annual conference this October titled, The Fight for Knowledge: Civil Rights and Education in Richmond. I recommend taking a look at the other conference sessions too - exciting work.

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The mission, as a class and community, is to foster an inspiring and motivational environment that promotes creativity, ingenuity, critical thought, the development of research skills, and collaboration. The community will strive to recognize the validity of each individual’s motivation/vision and artistic practice, and is committed to ongoing discussions regarding the artist’s role, relationship, and engagement with their subject(s).

By creating a noncompetitive environment that values social capital and mutual aid, the community will form a safety net that facilitates risk-taking, honesty, and transparency. The community will make accommodations to ensure that everyone can contribute and receive feedback; respect for one another will be established through healthy critique, evolving dialogues, and shared expertise.