Informal Arts: Finding Cohesion, Capacity and Other Cultural Benefits in Unexpected Places
Arts organizations, Higher Education, For Higher Education, How to do Creative Placemaking?, Literature, Music, Theater, Visual Arts, Community Development
A team of ethnographers from the Chicago Center for Arts Policy at Columbia College (CCAP) conducted a research study to investigate adult participation in the “informal arts” which encompasses such diverse experiences as acting in community theater, singing in a church choir, writing poetry at the local library, or painting portraits in a home studio. These “hands-on” activities tap people’s creative potential and expand our concept of artistic participation beyond the role of audience member.
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