Lesson 7 Downloads
- Lesson 7 Workbook PDF Download
- Lesson 7 – PowerPoint
- Aesthetic Perspectives: Attributes of Excellence in Arts for Change Full Framework book PDF version, published by Animating Democracy, an arm of Americans for the Arts. Available for download here from the Animating Democracy website.
- Aesthetic Perspectives: Attributes of Excellence in Arts for Change Full Framework E-book version, published by Animating Democracy, an arm of Americans for the Arts. Link to Ebook published online through Issuu
- Aesthetic Perspectives: Attributes of Excellence in Arts for Change Companion Guides, published by Animating Democracy, an arm of Americans for the Arts. Available for download here from the Animating Democracy website.
- “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner
Lesson 7 - Additional Resources
- “A Beautiful Ecclectic Voice in a Family” by RAW artist Shayna Fratini . Originally published as part of “Excellence and Equity in Arts for Change” Blog Salon on ARTS Blog, part of Americans for the Arts.
- “Complex Movements: Artists Put the Framework to Use” by Complex Movements. Originally published as part of “Excellence and Equity in Arts for Change” Blog Salon on ARTS Blog, part of Americans for the Arts.
- “Of Distinction: Community engaged notions of value” by Ananya Chatterjea. Originally published as part of “Excellence and Equity in Arts for Change” Blog Salon on ARTS Blog, part of Americans for the Arts.
- “The Case for Complexity” by Mike Blockstein. Originally published as part of “Excellence and Equity in Arts for Change” Blog Salon on ARTS Blog, part of Americans for the Arts.
- “The Spirits Sitting On My Shoulder” by Denise Uyehara. Originally published as part of “Excellence and Equity in Arts for Change” Blog Salon on ARTS Blog, part of Americans for the Arts.
- Aesthetic Perspectives: Attributes of Excellence in Arts for Change Supplementary Webpage, part of the Animating Democracy website.
- Animating Democracy Website
Homework Submission
Prepare for Homework and Final Presentation
- On your own, complete the “Applying Aesthetics” Worksheet.
- As a group, discuss how you might consider applying this aesthetic model to your own project. Which attributes are most important to the work you are trying to do? Which questions for those attributes might you consider when creating this project. Which will help you to describe/define what is excellent and/or successful about the art you are creating through this project? (only one submission per group)
- As a group, as it relates to stakeholders and your work on THIS project, what are some of the ways that the aesthetic attributes can be considered when sharing this work with key stakeholders? (i.e. overcoming vocabulary barriers with funders, describing what success looks like to folks who are skeptical of the value of community art, etc.) (only one submission per group)
- Complete your final project. Turn in your final presentation online by the due date. (only one submission per group).