As more and more artists and teachers initiate courses in community-based arts, the field is developing a knowledge base and a wide-ranging catalogue of references for learning.

This is a growing collection of syllabi for some of the courses taught recently in the U.S. and beyond. They reveal the topics, materials and teaching methods being explored by those at the cutting edge of this work. Some of these courses directly address the skills of community-based art. Some of them are on related topics. Many use the essays and other features on CAN as teaching tools.

More than simple lists of materials, these syllabi are glimpses of the thinking going on in the field and the ways educational tools are being used in research and development. We hope this feature opens a few more windows on community-based art and presents more opportunities for creative collaboration among working scholars and practitioners.

—The Editors

Syllabi

Art As Activism
Instructor: Maggie Leininger
Roosevelt University, Chicago (Spring 2008)

Art in a Time of War
Instructor: Beverly Naidus
University of Washington, Tacoma (Spring 2005)

Art of the Public
Professor Peggy Diggs
Williams College (Spring 2005)

Art, Activism, and Community: Social Change through the Visual Arts
Instructor: Mindy Nierenberg
Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University (Spring 2008)

Arts and Community Development
Instructor: Tom Borrup
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Summer 2008)

Arts and Peacebuilding
Craig Zelizer, Visiting Assistant Professor
Georgetown University
Government 412
Spring Semester, 2007

Boal and Beyond
Professor Jan Cohen-Cruz
New York University, New York. N.Y.
Tisch School of the Arts
Drama Department (Spring 2005)

Citizen Artist
Professor: Kate Collins
Bowling Green State Univ., Bowling Green, Ohio (Spring 2008)

Community Research Service Learning
Professor Stephanie A. Johnson
California State University Monterey Bay
Visual and Public Art Department (Spring 2005)

Community-Based Theatre: Art, Culture and Social Change
Instructor: Caron Atlas
New York University, New York. N.Y. (Fall 2003)

Cultural Policy and the Arts
Professor Ann Daly
University of Texas (Spring 2005)

Cultural Studies
Instructor: Tom Borrup
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Fall 2007)

Cultural, Ethnic and Gender Issues in Dramatic Literature. Topic: Community-based Theatre
Dr. Ann Elizabeth Armstrong
Miami University, Oxford Ohio (Spring 2003)

Do You See What I'm Saying?
Dr. Amy Sarno and Dr. Darren Kelly
Beloit College (Fall 2007)

Eco-art: Art in Response to the Ecological Crisis
Instructor: Beverly Naidus, Associate Professor
University of Washington Tacoma (Spring 2007)

Field Internship in Community Arts
Dr. Billy Yalowitz, Pepón Osorio
Temple University (Spring 2005)

Interdisciplinary Seminar in Community-based Arts
Dr. Billy Yalowitz
Temple University (Fall 2004)

Is This What Democracy Looks Like: Art, Elections & Beyond
Instructor: Caron Atlas
New York University, New York, N.Y.
Tisch School of the Arts
Art and Public Policy program (Fall 2004)

Labor, Globalization and Art
Instructor: Beverly Naidus, Associate Professor
University of Washington Tacoma (Winter 2008)

Making Art in Community II
Jann Rosen-Queralt and Fletcher Mackey
MA in Community Arts (MACA)
Maryland Institute College of Art
Winter/Spring 2006

Performance and Social Change
Professor Sonja Kuftinec
University of Minnesota (Spring 2005)

Professionalism in Community Arts Practice & Community Arts Residency II
Krafchek, McDonagh, & Hypki
MA in Community Arts (MACA)
Maryland Institute College of Art
Winter/Spring 2006

Projects in World Arts and Cultures: WHO'S HUNGRY?
Instructors: Dan Froot & Dan Hurlin
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (Winter Quarter 2008)

Radical Street Performance: Global Perspectives
Professor Jan Cohen-Cruz
New York University, New York. N.Y.
Tisch School of the Arts
Drama Department (Spring 2005)

Research for Devising Community-Based Performance
Professor Jan Cohen-Cruz
With Urban Bush Women members & Rosemary Quinn, ETW director/ acting teacher
New York University, New York, NY
Tisch School of the Arts
Drama Department (Fall 2005)

Seminar Current Issues in Art Education: Identity, Social Justice, Activism
Associate Professor: Dr. Rachel Williams
University of Iowa
Spring 2006

The Artist as Activist
Instructor: Tom Tresser
Loyola University Chicago (Spring 2007)

U.S. Community-Based Theater
Professor Jan Cohen-Cruz
New York University, New York. N.Y.
Tisch School of the Arts
Drama Department (Spring 2003)