Community Arts Undergraduate Minor Guidelines

• Community Arts Minor Information and Application (PDF)

The Arts and Administration Program (AAD) offers the Community Arts Minor to students at any point in their undergraduate studies, provided that there is adequate time for the completion of minor requirements.

28 credits with grades of C+ or better are required for the Community Arts Minor. 20 credits must be from AAD courses, with the additional 8 credits from relevant coursework selected in consultation with the Community Arts advisor.

The Community Arts Minor is designed for students with an interest in participating, leading, and organizing the arts in community settings. Students from Theatre, Dance, Music, Art, Education, Sociology, and Family and Human Services take a Community Arts Minor because they are interested in expanding their knowledge of community applications with and for the arts through coursework in arts administration and programming, arts philosophy, arts education, and community cultural development.

The Community Arts Minor is based on a definition of community arts that emphasizes the potential participation of all citizens in performance or exhibition-focused art groups and organizations that are community-based and culturally democratic in orientation. Such organizations and groups typically promote the arts as integral to the everyday life of the community, and build a sense of the unique character of the area. There is often a strong commitment to neglected and underrepresented groups in community arts programs.

Course requirements encourage students to be cognizant of the relationships between arts and culture, ethnicity, politics, economics, education, class, gender, age, and occupation. Students graduating with the minor will prepare themselves to facilitate citizen participation in the arts, understand methodologies for arts program development and arts administration, gain an appreciation for the breadth of arts organizations and their relationships to communities, and the importance of public participation in the arts.

AAD COURSES FOR COMMUNITY ARTS MINOR
(Courses subject to change. Check course schedules, and consult with Community Arts advisor regularly).

199 Controversies in Visual Arts
250 Art and Human Values
251 Arts and Visual Literacy
252 Art and Gender
410 Youth Arts Curriculum Methods
410 Performing Arts Policy and Admin
420 Event Management
422 Arts Program Theory
450 Art in Society
410 Community, Arts Partnerships, and Education
410 Planning Interpretive Exhibits
451 Community Cultural Development
462 Cultural Policy
465 Marketing the Arts
424 Conference Management
410 History Museum
410 Exhibits Studio
410 Cultural Museum
429 Museum Education

PRACTICUM - AAD 409
Practicum Packet
Students pursuing the Community Arts minor may choose to pursue a participatory learning experience through enrolling for Practicum credits. Practicums provide an opportunity to "apprentice" with local arts organizations to gain hands-on experience in working within arts organizations. Examples of student practicums include:

Maude Kerns Art Center
Education Program and Marketing
Lord Leebrick Theatre Co
Assistant to Managing and Artistic Directors
Eugene Opera
Guest Artists Relations
Impact Arts
Assistant to the Education and Artistic Directors
Springfield Museum
Collections Digitization
Jacobs Gallery
Publicity and Exhibitions
Bioneers Conference
Art and Film Coordinator
Maude Kerns Art Center
Artists Services Program
UO Foundation
Administrative Assistant
Eugene Glass School
Administrative Assistant
Jordan Schnitzer Museum
Collection Intern
Oregon Bach Festival
Community Steering Committee
Arts Umbrella Inc
Development Director

For more information about the Community Arts Minor, contact Dr. Lori Hager, 541-346-2469, lhager@uoregon.edu.