CultureWork: A Periodic Broadside for Arts and Culture Workers
CultureWork is an electronic publication of the University of Oregon Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy. Its mission is to provide timely workplace-oriented information on culture, the arts, education, policy, and community.
ISSN 1541-938X
Current Issue Includes:
October 2008. Vol. 12, No. 3.
Consulting = Responsibility + Collaboration Alice Parman
Welcome to the Fall 2008 edition of CultureWork: A Periodic Broadside for Arts and Culture Workers!
In "Consulting = Responsibility + Collaboration," Alice Parman explores museum/exhibit consultation as a balance between collaboration and responsibility. Questions are addressed about guiding clients in ethical ways for pursuing aspirations within their capabilities. Parman also outlines ways of developing a collaborative environment that combines consultant expertise with client knowledge and passion. Caveats and tips are offered for potential museum/exhibit development in which clients can make the most of their work with a consultant.
Regards,
Julie Voelker-Morris
Robert Voelker-Morris
Editors
Current Special Topic:
Second Life: Virtual DIY
The third piece in our ongoing special topic series on DIY (Do-it-yourself) arts and culture moves into the world of online virtual worlds. Under consideration are ways in which organizations can utilize virtual spaces as locations for low-overhead international outreach. We are highlighting a specific organization, The Heron Sanctuary (THS), using a Second Life (http://secondlife.com/) platform. Of particular interest is that THS works with, and is administered by, people with disabilities (physical, mental, and emotional) using digital arts as forms of personal expression. What follows is an interview with THS co-founder Gentle Heron and artworks and poems by co-founder SuperQuiet Heron.
Previous Issue Includes:
July 2008. Vol. 12, No. 2.
How Can Arts Leaders Play an Active Role in Cultural Planning Initiatives in Their Local Communities? Tina Rinaldi
Welcome to the latest edition of CultureWork!
In this issue, Tina Rinaldi shares her experiences and reflects on serving as a novice chair for a community cultural planning committee. Drawing on her time on this advisory committee, Rinaldi provides an overview of the challenges and successes for citizen-led cultural review. What does it mean for the arts and culture professional to work in a forum with a high level of community participation? What are the roles of each stakeholder? Rinaldi addresses these and other questions of this dynamic and exigent forum for municipal cultural engagement.
Julie and Robert Voelker-Morris
Editors
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Do.It.Yourself? - Reflections on an arts exhibition in Portland, Oregon that was "independently" produced by the artists it showcased (with a little help from their peers, neighbors, patrons, lovers and the Whitney Museum of American Art)
As part of our special topic series on DIY (Do-it-yourself) arts and culture, we present a commentary by Wendy Miller, an arts consultant in Portland, Oregon. In 2003, a group of Portland based artists resolved to form the large-scale exhibit, Core Sample, in reaction to the neglect they felt was created by an extensive regional presentation of artists. Miller outlines her experiences as the at-will production manager for Core Sample, exploring ways in which administrative practices may effectively organize and fund arts initiatives that support the hands-on nature of DIY culture. To expand this inquiry, Miller further provides recommendations for working within a DIY organizational model.
Julie and Robert
Zines and Do-It-Yourself Democracy represents the explorations of the students and faculty associated with the Zines and Do-It-Yourself Democracy freshman seminar at the University of Oregon. This exhibit features examples of zines created by zinesters from around the United States as well as by students in the seminar. This exhibit is an online interpretation of a Spring 2005 University of Oregon Knight Library exhibit of the same title.
Curators:
Doug Blandy
Robert Voelker-Morris
CultureWork seeks submissions of concise (500-1500 words) critiques and advisories on community arts and the preparation of community arts workers. Graphics that express the spirit of community arts are welcome, to be published with attribution. Manuscripts should be sent via email as an attachment (as either .doc Word format or .txt plain text format), or can be sent via postal mail on zip disk, CD-R, or DVD-R. Use American Psychological Association guidelines for style and citations (http://apastyle.apa.org/). If accepted for publication, authors may be asked to make revisions.
Send submissions to culturwk@uoregon.edu or via postal mail: care of Arts & Administration Program, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
CultureWork is an electronic publication of the University of Oregon Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy. Its mission is to provide timely workplace-oriented information on culture, the arts, education, and community. For previous issues of CultureWork, visit the Previous Issues page. Prospective authors and illustrators please see the guidelines above.
Opinions expressed by authors of CultureWork broadsides do not necessarily express those of the editors, the Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy, or the University of Oregon.
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Copyright - Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy unless otherwise noted; all other publication rights revert to the author(s), illustrator(s), or artist(s) thereof.
Co-Editors: Julie Voelker-Morris, Robert Voelker-Morris
Advisor: Dr. Douglas Blandy.
Comments to: culturwk@uoregon.edu
