Community-Based and Museum Art Education

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Class Hours: 3 Lab/Discussion: 0 Credits: 3 Prerequisite: ARED 215 Description: Examines theories, issues and practices related to art education within community-based and museum settings. Includes art and children’s museums, community art programs, after-school programs, public and collaborative art programs, and emerging organizations, programs, and resources. In these settings, art educators work with a diversity of learners that may include children, adults, community activists and cultural workers, as well as with a diversity of art processes and media. Examines relationships between theory and practice and collaborates with community and museum-based organizations . Dual listed for graduate credit as ARED 523.