Open AccessCommunity Art Academy: A Public/University Library Collaboration
Author(s) -
Bryna Bobick,
J. Hornby
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
children and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-7641
pISSN - 1542-9806
DOI - 10.5860/cal.15n2.16
Subject(s) - memphis , closing (real estate) , library science , center (category theory) , visual arts education , medical education , public university , sociology , political science , art , medicine , visual arts , public administration , the arts , computer science , chemistry , botany , law , biology , crystallography
In early 2016, the Memphis (TN) Public Library and Information Center collaborated with The University of Memphis’s art education faculty and undergraduate students on the Community Art Academy. Twenty-three youth, ages nine to twelve, participated in the six-week program, which was funded by the public library’s Friends group. (The budget of eight hundred dollars covered the cost of the art supplies, snacks, closing reception, sketchbooks for the participants, and T-shirts for the participants, library staff, and faculty.)