The COMMUNITY ARTS CULTURAL ARTS ADVOCACY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM provides those interested in working within the community arts field courses taught by renowned experts culturally grounded in the arts, public policy and best practices that have made significant contributions to diverse communities. The summer intensive course of study focuses on the legacy of the civil rights, cultural equity, social and economic justice movements and their continuing impact. The courses will include a historical analysis of the challenges that motivated the emergence of the field, the role of founding artists and cultural workers in establishing community-based programs and organizations. Students will meet and work with policymakers, scholars, community arts advocates, artists and cultural workers to collectively work and develop strategies for contributing to their communities and the broader society to assure equity at all levels of society. Central to the process is the commitment to embrace and honor the cultural histories, traditions and evolving transformations that inform the aesthetic and artistic expressions of the diversity of communities of color and poor white culturally grounded communities. CAUWW has at its fundamental theoretical approach and praxis values that underlie the global spectrum of cultural experiences that are the core of achieving cultural equity.
COMMUNITY ARTS CULTURAL ARTS ADVOCACY CERTIFICATE
16 Credit – Summer Intensive Program – June 4-29, 2012
Location: Consejo de Educación de Puerto Rico y la Middle States Association (CEA), 50 Calle Cristo Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Next Generation of Cultural Arts Advocates:
CAUWW is for those who are working within their core communities or who are committed to working in community grounded programs and institutions. It is for cultural arts advocates seeking to continue expanding their understanding and knowledge of cultural arts transformative strategies to continue deepening and expanding their contributions within their programs, organizations and communities.
Exchanges between cultural arts advocates in Puerto Rico and advocates participating in CAUWW will provide the opportunity for sharing of intelligences, community work experiences, comparative strategies and collaboration on joint initiatives and or projects over time. The courses will focus on historical, theoretical and practical studies and research, in the field exchanges with cultural arts colleagues in Puerto Rico. Experts in community arts advocacy will teach the courses and supervise field experiences and supervise mentorship projects.
