Art and Social Interaction

This second edition expands upon a program that teaches interactive visual arts activities to college students specially designed to share with individuals in jails, nursing homes, psychiatric facilities, domestic abuse shelters, and youth care centers. Creating expressive art through social interaction with those affected, students gain intimate insight into critical issues of our time, such as crime; mental illness; substance, child, domestic abuse; and aging. Techniques and approaches are taught for drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, and crafts. The new edition includes student reflections on their experiences and how they influenced their life and future careers, plus evaluation reports from institutions on the effects the program had on their clientele. Another new addition: colour versions of many images can now be viewed online at www.routledge.com/9781032972008. Delivering everything needed to set up the course in any liberal arts college, the book covers planning, execution, projected outcomes and methods of evaluation. It offers students an education relevant to their lives and careers while giving institutions access to a dynamically effective volunteer program of self-enhancement through the arts.