Art As Living Practice

Art as Living Practice introduces a variety of artistic media and processes, provides insights into their histories, and explores how and why artists work as they do. Exploring connections between local and global art, this textbook highlights canonical artworks while investigating art on campus and in the regional Southeast Texas community. Familiarizing you with a broad array of images and the specialized vocabulary of art and its history, this book empowers you to better appreciate the art you see here (in these or other printed pages), in digital media, on campus, and in museums in the community or abroad. In featuring the voices of art, art history, art education, and graphic design faculty as well as museum curators and nonprofit art advocates, this book is designed to enrich engagement with art on campus, in Southeast Texas, and beyond. Features of Art as Living Practice include: hundreds of color images. locally, regionally, and globally recognized artworks. vocabulary to inform discussions and write about art. art, media, and processes explained by top professionals in their fields. suggestions for appreciating art on campus and in community art spaces. tips for understanding relationships between art and visual culture. guidance on careers in art, art history, art education, and graphic design.