New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development

An inspiring, foundational book that defines the burgeoning field of community cultural development.

An inspiring, foundational book that defines the burgeoning field of community cultural development. Through personal stories, rousing accounts, detailed observation and histories, Arlene Goldbard describes how communities express and develop themselves via the creative arts. This comprehensive, photographically-illustrated book, which covers community-based arts such as theater grounded in oral history and murals celebrating cultural heritage, will appeal to the curious non-specialist reader as well as the practitioner and student.

Author Arlene Goldbard is one of the best-known authors on community cultural development. Her seminal books and essays are widely read in the US and other English-speaking countries -- among them, Community, Culture and Globalization and this book's antecedent, Creative Community.

Author: Arlene Goldbard
Publisher: New Village Press
Published: 10/01/2006
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.34w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780976605454

Review Citation(s):
Multicultural Review 06/01/2007 pg. 58

About the Author
One of the best-known writers on community cultural development, Arlene Goldbard's books and essays have been widely published in the U.S. and other English-speaking countries, She has consulted with most of the leading practitioners and funders in the field, working on cultural policy, artistic production and distribution, and project planning and evaluation.