1. Community Based Arts Education

2. Who designed it? Kristin G. Congdon Doug Blandy Paul E. Bolin
Discussed further by J. Ulbricht

3. What is Community Based Arts Education?
“The history of community-based art education and community arts is often associated with children, youth, and adults coming together in formal and informal cultural organizations. These places can serve as spaces for public discourse about art and other issues of mutual concern.” –Kristin G. Congdon
Informal Teaching
Organized Community Teaching
Outreach
Ethnography
Public Art

4. Jaume Plensa, Crown Fountain, 2004

5. Alfredo Jaar, Infinite Cell, 2004

6. “Odessa is a progressive, community-based arts organization that works to support emerging artists. Our mission is to enhance the cultural experience of the Memphis community by providing forward-thinking emerging artists with a connection to other progressive and supportive open environments.  Currently, Odessa is seeking non-profit status and working on independent projects outside of its ‘white-walls’ comfort zone.”

7. Our Mission Building community through heritage-based arts experiences
Our Vision 
A place where the arts connect and transform people, helping all feel good about themselves and others.
Our Values 
We believe The arts have the power to:
instill pride
make youth smarter
inspire action
help heal the sick
curb youth delinquency
improve neighborhoods
create jobs
promote harmony and appreciation of diversity
illuminate and help meet today's challenges, creatively
In celebrating and nurturing the cultural heritage of Black because of its:
aesthetic value: beauty, harmony
spiritual value: understanding, enlightenment, insight
social value: connection with others, a sense of identity
historical value: connection with the past
symbolic value: objects as repositories or conveyors

8. References
Congdon, K. G., Bolin, P. E., & Blandy, D. E. (2001). Histories of Community- Based Art Education. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.
Congdon, K. G. (2004). Community Art In Action. Worcester, Mass.: Davis Publications.
Driskell, C. (2008). Critical Voices in Action: Teaching for Social Justice in Community-based Art Education. Georgia: G. Welch School of Art and Design at Digital Archive.
Jaar, A. (n.d.). SHORT: Alfredo Jaar: Gramsci & Pasolini | Art21. Art21. Retrieved July 6, 2012, from pasolini
Memphis Black Arts Alliance. (n.d.). Memphis Black Arts Alliance. Retrieved July 6, 2012, from
Odessa Memphis. (n.d.). Odessa Memphis. Retrieved July 6, 2012, from
Peter London. (n.d.). Peter London. Retrieved July 2, 2012, from
Ulbricht, J. (2005). What Is Community-Based Art Education? . Art Education, 58 (2), Retrieved July 2, 2012, from the ERIC database.