About
Youth at Tumbleweed
- What is “Public Practice”?
Definition of Public Practice in the Arts and Design
Public Practiceis an evolving field that uses participation, reciprocal relationships and collaborations in community contexts to promote civic dialogue and investigate pressing issues of our time. This practice is also referred to as participatory art, community-based arts, public art, situational art, social sculpture, relational aesthetics, social art practice and by other terms descriptive of arts engaging communities.
Primary goals:
- Demonstrate models of good public practice
- Raise the Public Practice profile in Herberger Institute and the University
- Bring together new and established community partners
Public Practice presumes that art and design matter for society.
Who We Are:
The Public Practice Research Group @ Arizona State University
This interdisciplinary group bridges public practice across the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and Arizona State University. Representatives from each Unit and guests from related Schools are:
Elizabeth Johnson - Coordinator for Public Practice, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
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- Gregory Sale – Assistant Professor, Intermedia, School of Art
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- Sabine Feisst – Associate Professor, Music
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- David Birchfield – Associate Professor, Arts, Media & Engineering (AME)
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- Stephani Woodson – Associate Professor, Theatre & Film
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- Richard Mook – Assistant Professor, Music
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- Aimee León – MFA Candidate, Intermedia
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- Heather Lineberry – Associate Director, ASU Art Museum
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- Youth at Tumbleweed
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- Lisa Tolentino, Doctoral Candidate, School of Arts, Media & Engineering (AME)
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- Corie Rosen, Professor, Academic Theory and Lecturer, Law
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- Mary Fitzgerald – Associate Professor, Dance
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- Thomas Catlaw – Associate Professor, Public Affairs
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- David Tinapple – Assistant Professor, Arts, Media, & Engineering (AME)
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- Daniel Schugurensky – Professor, Public Affairs, Social Transformation
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- Jonathan Koppell – Director, School of Public Affairs
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- Andrea and Mike at Courage Center
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- James Shraiky – Director, Healthcare Design Initiatives
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- Rose Weitz – Professor, Women & Gender Studies
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- Tatyana Koziupa – PhD Student, Arts, Media & Engineering (AME)
