• To develop an understanding of the scope of social practices in the visual arts
• To examine issues of access, inclusion and audience
• To identify underlying patterns and interrelationships in the range of approaches studied
• To examine the implications of current practices for the future of the arts

Objectives

By the end of the module, the student should have

• Extended their knowledge of the social practice of art
• Developed a clear conceptual understanding of key issues
• Examined debates and developed a critical distance
• Researched one of the set topics and presented their findings to their peers, encouraging interactive discussion

Indicative Content

• Artangel www.artangel.org.uk
• Ukeles/New York Sanitation www.getty.edu/artsednet/resources/Ecology/Issues/ukeles.hmtl
• Muf www.muf.co.uk/mpublis.htm
• Cornford and Cross www2.essex.ac.uk/arthistory/specta/C&C.htm
• Sandwell Asian Arts www.sandwellartsfocus.co.uk
• National Disability Arts Forum www.ndaf.org
• Art Works in Mental Health www.artworksinmentalhealth.co.uk/arts.html
• Prison Arts Foundation www.prisonartsfoundation.com/home.hmtl
• Gallery 37 www.gallery37.org
• FACT/SUPERFLEX www.fact.com.uk and www.superflex.dk
  
  

Indicative Reading List

All of the websites above provide introductions to the topics, many of which give further links. Some have more secondary source support than others and some will be more accessible as primary sources.

Arts Council, Towards 2010: New Times, New Challenges for the Arts, 2000
Artangel, Offlimits: 40 Artangel Projects, 2002
Bridgwood, A. Social Inclusion: Policy and Research in the Arts, Arts Council, 2002
Carrell, C. The Special Unit Barlinnie Prison: Its Evolution through its Art, 1982
Fact, Factors: Seven New Books on Art, Film and Creative Teaching, ongoing, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
Fisher, J. Global Visions: Towards a New Internationalism in the Visual Arts, 1994
Fornfield, P. Cellblock Visions: Prison Art in America, 1997
Henderson, D. “The Creative Arts in Counselling: a Multicultural Perspective,” Arts in Psychotherapy, vol 25, no.3, p.183-7
HEFCE, Arts Council and Design Council Working Group, Continuing Professional Development for Arts and Design Practitioners, 2001
Health Development Agency, Art For Health: a Review of Good Practice in Community-Based Arts Projects and Initiatives which Impact on Health and Well-Being, 2000
Jermyn, H. The Arts and Social Exclusion: a Review Prepared for the Arts Council of England, 2001
Jermyn, H. and Desai, P. What’s in a Word? Ethnic Minorities and the Arts, Arts Council Research Report 20, 2000
Jermyn, H. Placing Art in New Contexts, Arts Council Research Report 19, 2000
Lacey, S. New Genre Public Art, 1995
Muf, THIS IS WHAT WE DO: a muf manual, 2001
Peaker, A. and Vincent, J. Arts in Prisons, Home Office Research and Planning Unit, 1990
Phillips, P. “Maintenance Activity: Creating a Climate for Change.” In Felshin, N. ed. But is it Art: The Spirit of Art as Activism, 1995
Robson, A. Into Art:Positive Experiences of Disabled Artists, 1996
Senior, P. Helping to Heal: the Arts in Healthcare, 1993
Skelton, A, Arts in England: Attendance, Participation and Attitudes, Arts Council Research Report 27, 2002
Wilmoth, S, ed. Cornford & Cross: Childhood’s End, 2000