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Community Arts University Without Walls Puerto Rico, Study Away 2017

February 2, 2017

Community Arts University Without Walls Puerto Rico, Study Away 2017

Community Arts University Without Walls Puerto Rico, Study Away 2017

Course Dates: July 5 - 27, 2017

Pre-trip classes at OSU: July 5, 6 & 7 1:00 - 4:00 PM
In-country classes in Puerto Rico/Trip: July 9 - 23
Post-trip class at OSU: July 27, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Community Arts University Without Walls (CAUWW) is a special course of study for those interested in the impact and role of cultural arts in engaging issues of social justice within communities. The course, taught by renowned community experts and scholars culturally grounded in the arts, public policy and advocacy, will present best practices that has made positive and significant contributions to diverse communities. The 2 1⁄2 weeks intensive course of study focuses on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, important contemporary issues including cultural equity, social and economic justice and their continuing impact on the present and future generations of cultural arts activists. The program is a unique study away program where students from universities and colleges across the US attend with artists who work in communities where art has an impact on community development and social justice. 

Central to the process is the commitment to embrace and honor the cultural histories and traditions that inform the aesthetic and artistic expressions of the diversity of communities of color, poor white, and culturally grounded communities. CAUWW has at its fundamental theoretical approach and praxis:

  1. Core values that include varied cultural perspectives and equitable standards,

  2. First voice for community leadership in policies addressing their community

    issues and solutions,

  3. Cross disciplinary work to include culture and art as integral to public policy,

  4. Equal valuing of community cultural arts, artists and organizations, and

  5. Support for local and global connectivness to honor cultural perspectives as equal

    contributors to culture and art.

Collectively this underlies the global spectrum of cultural experiences that is the nexus of achieving cultural equity. 

To RSVP: https://barnettcenter.osu.edu/puerto-rico-study-away-2016

Featured Faculty

OSU Program Director & Faculty:


Sonia BasSheva Manjon, PhD

Associate Professor Arts Administration, Education & Policy
Director The Lawrence & Isabel Barnett Center for Integrated Arts & Enterprise Affiliate Faculty Latina/o Studies
 

CAUWW Co-Directors & Faculty


Marta Moreno Vega, PhD

Adjunct Professor Art & Public Policy NYU Tisch School of The Arts
Founder & President Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute 1825 
 

Maria Elba Torres Muñoz, PhD

Professor Center of Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Inter American University of Puerto Rico & University of Puerto Rico 

 
Application: To apply, follow the URL above to access our website. Fill in the required information and upload an essay introducing yourself and why you want to participate in Study Away Program to Puerto Rico.