THE ARTS AS A TOOL TO SOLVE PROBLEMS :: FURTHER INFORMATION

  Art in the Public Interest

  Gallery 37
A program for young people that offers job training in the arts, opportunities for arts-related employment and mentoring relationships with professional artists.

  Laidlaw Foundation: Take Part! Initiatives in Cultural Democracy
Excellent theoretical writing and a description of a Canadian program similar to the Seattle Arts Commission's ARTS UP Program.

  Philadelphia International Village of Arts & Humanities
A model of community revitalization through the arts.

  Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center - San Francisco, CA
A community mural center.

  Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) Great Wall Project
A community mural project in Los Angeles, California.

PUBLICATIONS:
New Land Marks: Public Art, Community, and the Meaning of Space, ed Penny Balkin Bach, Fairmount Park Art Association, 2001. The contact address is cm@fpaa.org.

Generating Community: Intergenerational Partnerships through the Expressive Arts, Susan Perlstein and Jeff Bliss, 1994. Available through  Elders Share the Arts.