Art as Social Action

"Art as Social Action . . . is an essential guide to deepening social art practices and teaching them to students." ?Laura Raicovich, president and executive director, Queens Museum

Art as Social Action is both a general introduction to and an illustrated, practical textbook for the field of social practice, an art medium that has been gaining popularity in the public sphere. With content arranged thematically around such topics as direct action, alternative organizing, urban imaginaries, anti-bias work, and collective learning, among others, Art as Social Action is a comprehensive manual for teachers about how to teach art as social practice.

Along with a series of introductions by leading social practice artists in the field, valuable lesson plans offer examples of pedagogical projects for instructors at both college and high school levels with contributions written by prominent social practice artists, teachers, and thinkers, including:

• Mary Jane Jacob
• Maureen Connor
• Brian Rosa
• Pablo Helguera
• Jen de los Reyes
• Jeanne van Heeswick
• Jaishri Abichandani
• Loraine Leeson
• Ala Plastica
• Daniel Tucker
• Fiona Whelan
• Bo Zheng
• Dipti Desai
• Noah Fischer
  Lesson plans also reflect the ongoing pedagogical and art action work of Social Practice Queens (SPQ), a unique partnership between Queens College CUNY and the Queens Museum.

Auteur

Gregory Sholette is an artist, writer, and activist focused on excavating the history and theory of socially engaged art. His books include Delirium and Resistance: Activist Art and the Crisis of Capitalism and Dark Matter: Art and Politics in an Age of Enterprise Culture. He is a graduate of the Whitney Independent Studies Program, holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam, and teaches Social Practice Queens, Queens College, CUNY, which he cofounded with Maureen Connor and the Queens Museum in 2010.
Chloë Bass is an artist and public practitioner focused on scales of interpersonal intimacy and daily life as a site of deep research. She is a regular contributor to Hyperallergic, where she writes about the urban environment, performance, social practice, and race. Her artistic work has been supported by many organizations, including the Laundromat Project, the Pulitzer Foundation, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. A graduate of Yale and Brooklyn College, she is an assistant professor of art, teaching in Social Practice Queens, Queens College, CUNY.

Résumé
&quote;Art as Social Action . . . is an essential guide to deepening social art practices and teaching them to students.&quote; Laura Raicovich, president and executive director, Queens MuseumArt as Social Action is both a general introduction to and an illustrated, practical textbook for the field of social practice, an art medium that has been gaining popularity in the public sphere. With content arranged thematically around such topics as direct action, alternative organizing, urban imaginaries, anti-bias work, and collective learning, among others, Art as Social Action is a comprehensive manual for teachers about how to teach art as social practice.Along with a series of introductions by leading social practice artists in the field, valuable lesson plans offer examples of pedagogical projects for instructors at both college and high school levels with contributions written by prominent social practice artists, teachers, and thinkers, including:Mary Jane JacobMaureen ConnorBrian RosaPablo HelgueraJen de los ReyesJeanne van HeeswickJaishri AbichandaniLoraine LeesonAla PlasticaDaniel TuckerFiona WhelanBo ZhengDipti DesaiNoah FischerLesson plans also reflect the ongoing pedagogical and art action work of Social Practice Queens (SPQ), a unique partnership between Queens College CUNY and the Queens Museum.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface Art As Social Action Gregory Sholette and Chloë Bass, Social Practice Queens (SPQ), New York City.
Introductory Essays Where Who We Are Matters: Through Art to Our More Social Selves Chloë Bass, New York City. Pedagogy as Art Mary Jane Jacob, Chicago, Illinois.
Lesson Plans I: Art as Social Research / Listening / Self-care Transactions, Roles, and Research Marilyn Lennon, Julie Griffiths, and Maeve Collins, Limerick, Ireland. Luxury to Low-End Link. An Economic Inequity Experiment for the Age of Brand Temples Noah Fischer, New York City. Activating the Archive Ryan Lee Wong, New York City. What Will Your Work Organize? Ashley Hunt, Los Angeles, California. The Listening Workshop. A two-hour relational encounter that exposes the politics of voice and listening Fiona Whelan, Dublin, Ireland. Social Practice Studio Katie Bachler and Scott Berzofsky, Baltimore, Maryland. Ways of Being (Support) Susan Jahoda and Caroline Woolard, New York City. SexEd + PPNYC + Parsons Norene Leddy and Liz Slagus, New York City. Sounding Place - MA SPACE Acouscenic Listening Workshop Sean Taylor, Limerick, Ireland. Participatory Asset Mapping Susan Jahoda, The Pedagogy Group, New York City. Calling in Sick Taraneh Fazeli, The Pedagogy Group, New York City.
Essay Toward a Social Practice Pedagogy The Pedagogy Group, New York City.
Lesson Plans II: Teaching and Performing Direct Action The Arts for Social Change. Development of a Strategic Plan for Direct Action Christopher Robbins, Ghana ThinkTank, New York City. Assignment: Displace an Object or Everyday Action Pedro Lasch, Durham, North Carolina. Socratic Mapping Daniel Tucker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Graphic Responses to the NW Detention Center: Work by Art & Global Justice Students" Beverly Naidus, Tacoma, Washington. Interventionist Art: Strategy and Tactics. Graduate course for art and public policy Todd Ayoung, Ithaca, New York. March of Solidarity: Cultural Workers of St. Petersburg Russia School of Engaged Art, Rosa House of Culture, Chto Delat/What is to be Done?, St. Petersburg, Russia. A Training Ground for the Future: Taking on Campus Issues with Art Sheryl Oring, Greensboro, North Carolina. Misplaced Women? One-day-long intense performance art workshop on migration in the public spaces in Belgrade, Serbia, October 29, 2015 Tanja Ostojic , Belgrade, Serbia. Documents of Resistance: Artists of Color Protest (1960-Present) Collective Timelines Antonio Serna, New York City.
Interviews What We Produce: Social Models That Can Be Re-purposed and Reapplied an interview of Pablo Helguera, Jeff Kasper, and Alix Camacho Vargas, SPQ, New York City. Fail Better: An Interview with the Center for Artistic Activism Alix Camacho interviews Steve Duncombe and Steve Lambert, New York City.
Lesson Plans III: Art and Social Injustice NYU Flash Collective: An Art Intervention in the Public Sphere Dipti Desai and Avram Finkelstein, New York City. Future IDs: Reframing the Narrative of Re-entry Gregory Sale with Aaron Mercado, Dominique Bell, Dr. Luis García, José González, Ryan Lo, and Kirn Kim, Phoenix, Los Angeles, California. Due Time Sarah Ross, Damon Locks, and Fereshteh Toosi, Chicago, Illinois. Balloon Mapping the Calumet River Industrial Corridor in Chicago Laurie Palmer, Sarah Ross, and Lindsey French, Chicago, Illinois. SPURSE Lesson Plan: Designing a Multi-Species Commons Matthew Friday and Iain Kerr, New Paltz, New York. CONTACT ZONES. Understanding Art in Processes of Territorial Research Alejandro Meitin, La Plata, Argentina. Sensing Social Space Bo Zheng, Hong Kong. Becoming Zoya Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya (Gluklya), Jon Platt, and Sonya Akimova, Chto Delat School of Engaged Art, St. Petersburg, Russia. Freedom. Safety. Now! Jaishri Abichandani, New York City.
Essay Why Socially Engaged Art Can't Be Taught Jen Delos Reyes, Chicago, Illinois.
Lesson Plans IV: Collective Learning and Urban Imaginaries Poetry Wor…