Community Public art/ Collaborative Gardens
I love this site:
http://www.cpag.net/home/about_mission.html
"Chicago Public Art Group goals have remained consistent over 30+ historic years of art making.
• Design public art projects in partnership with the communities while maintaining a high level of artistic quality.
• Introduce creative skills to children and adults, thereby providing them with tools to articulate their ideas and observations and the confidence to transform their physical environment.
• Train and educate professional artists in the process of creating community responsive art projects, enabling them to become responsible leaders in the field of public art.
• Educate communities to the social and aesthetic possibilities of collaborative public art."
Murals, mosaics, collaborative gardens.
"Welcome to Chicago Public Art Group’s Community Public Art Guide: Making Murals, Mosaics, Sculptures, and Spaces, the most comprehensive manual for making public artworks through collaboration with community that has ever been produced. This site represents the collective experience of dozens of dedicated community public artists, working on hundreds of projects, with thousands of participants."
If you are into public- collaborative - community- art, this site is for you.