Summary
The meeting I was invited to attend was part of a photojournalism project, which precedes and will supplement a mural project, both of which stand under the banner of Urban Artworks. Urban Artworks is a neighborhood arts education and vocational training program for people aged 14 to 21. As apprentices in the creation of public art-works, the young people involved become familiar with the kinds of professional and creative processes society relies on. A statement about the project reads, "The project uses the arts to help youth gain vital and significant workplace skills; develop skills in the arts and learn the technical and creative processes involved in creating works of public art; and become connected and engaged in the community in a meaningful way." This isn't a paint-by-number exercise.
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Apprenticeship and Public Art& the Urban Artworks Project
Just when I was beginning to think the young people of the country were all ecstasy-addled, steroid-crazed, hedonistic zombies whose utter nihilism - if it was ever left without the hypnotic salve of mindless...
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