Promoting Artistic and Cultural Development Through Service Learning and Critical Pedagogy in a Low-Income Community Art Program | Zendy

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Promoting Artistic and Cultural Development Through Service Learning and Critical Pedagogy in a Low-Income Community Art Program

Author(s) -

Christopher O. Adejumo

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

visual arts research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2151-8009

pISSN - 0736-0770

DOI - 10.1353/var.2010.0009

Subject(s) - visual arts education , recreation , studio , service learning , community service , sociology , pedagogy , service (business) , visual arts , community development , public relations , political science , art , the arts , business , marketing , law

In this article, I describe how art instruction in a community art program was made more meaningful by relating pedagogy to real-life events in the community. The article discusses programming activities in the Children of the Future (COTF) art program at Sawyer Recreation Center, located in a low-income housing project historically known as Poindexter Village in Columbus, Ohio. The observations discussed here were made in my longitudinal study of COTF at Sawyer between 1996 and 2006. The program's activities included studio art production, community service, and participation in local cultural events.

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