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New Village Press
October 2021 320 pages • 6 x 9 Paper • $30.00S(£23.99) 9781613321423 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781613321430
Sociology
November 2021 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.25 Full color picture book Paper • $40.00S(£33.00) 9781613321348 Cloth • $89.00X(£71.00) 9781613321355
Art |Anthropology
HOW SPACES BECOME PLACES
Place Makers Tell Their Stories
JOHN F. FORESTER
Useful and inspiring cases illustrate participatory placemaking practices and strategies
These are stories of community members acting together to transform edgy, empty, contested, or unsafe spaces into functional, safe, convivial places. A diverse set of place makers, from activists to architects, spanning four countries and ten U.S. locales tell their stories in their own words. The complex and challenging cases range from building affordable housing to community building in the aftermath of racial violence. After grappling with issues like immigration, climate change, conflict resolution, and coalition-building, place makers recount how they worked alongside once-suspicious community residents, city and state transportation engineers, local youth and religious congregations, and other members of the public to enhance and enrich the places in which they live.
John F. Forester is a professor of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, whose work focuses on participatory planning, practical improvisation, and dealing with differences.
HEALING FROM GENOCIDE IN RWANDA
Rugerero Survivors Village, an Artist Book SUSAN VIGUERS and LILY YEH
A testimony to responsive community process in a highly sensitive environment and the power of art in the service of healing
This work immerses readers in the stories of two Rwandans who as small children experienced the 1994 Genocide. It tells of the horrific tragedy each survived, the courage necessary for surviving, and the humanity they embody. Their stories are framed by two chapters chronicling the transformation, in the Rugerero Survivors’ Village, of a concrete burial slab into a powerful Genocide Memorial with its bone chamber, designed by artist Lily Yeh and built by the villagers. The book evokes its world through images (photographs, drawings, paintings, pattern, and color from Lily Yeh's multifaceted Rwandan Healing Project) as well as words. It is not limited to the literature of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, but belongs to the world as part of the collective human experience. An essential theme is the importance of the dead for the living, of honoring the dead, of remembrance.
Susan Viguers has taught literature and directed the University Writing Program at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Lily Yeh is an internationally celebrated artist known for founding the Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia, a national model in creative placemaking and participatory community building through the arts.
PORTRAITS OF RACIAL JUSTICE
ROBERT SHETTERLY
A vivid portrait collection of past and present Americans speaking truth to power
The first volume of Robert Shetterly's Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait book series, Portraits of Racial Justice takes a multimedia, interdisciplinary approach, blending art and history with today’s issues concerning social, environmental, and economic fairness. Shetterly's paintings, as well as essays and profiles of those portrayed, illuminate a community of people not only willing to recognize the shortcomings of America’s history and identify the consequent injustices of power, but most importantly, are individuals who offer their visions of a better world moving forward. Starting with Michelle Alexander and ending with Dave Zirin, the diverse array of fifty full-color portraits spans multiple generations and struggles. This volume also includes four original opening essays on racial justice in the United States by Ai-jen Poo, Dave Zirin, Sherri Mitchell, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., which provide an intersectional response to the long-term goal of diversity and inclusion. As Shetterly says, “without activism, hope is merely sentimental.” Portraits of Racial Justice, Shetterly’s homage to transformative game-changers and status quo fighters, provides the inspiration necessary to spark social change.
Robert Shetterly is an artist based in Maine whose paintings and prints appear in collections across the United States and Europe. He is best known for his Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series, which he began during the run-up to the Iraq War in 2002 to surround himself with a community of people who made him proud to call himself an American. Much of his current work focuses on honoring and working with activists on various issues, including challenging systemic racism in the US.
“This visually spectacular work, highlighting the courage of Americans past and present who dared to advocate for a more just world, serves as a reminder of the roads we have traveled and offers hope for future generations.” —LaVonda N. Reed, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Law, Syracuse University
September 2021 128 pages • 8.5 x 11 Full color picture book Cloth • 9781613321638 • $39.95T(£32.00)
Art | History
Iain Robertson is Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington’s Department of Landscape Architecture. Through hands-on teaching experience and research, he explores how design and creative thinking can be encouraged in multiple disciplines and fields. In addition to 30 years of teaching experience with the University of Washington, he has taught creativity seminars for design students and honors students internationally.
CULTIVATING CREATIVITY
IAIN ROBERTSON
A rich and playful resource for fostering creativity
The product of over three decades of teaching design studios and creativity seminars primarily at the University of Washington, Cultivating Creativity offers firsthand, on-the-ground accounts of encouraging creative expression. In this lively book, readers will find a wealth of exercises and strategies that challenge traditional educational pedagogy and embrace creativity. More than a practical guide, this book uses a combination of playful design, full-color illustrations, participant reflections, and pedagogical reflection. Readers can turn to the “Who, What, Where, How, and Why” chapters for guidance on developing exercises of their own or flip to any page for a dose of inspiration before their next creative project. Today’s world is filled with nations, businesses, venture capitalists, and institutions of higher education in hot pursuit of “innovation.” Cultivating Creativity offers up new strategies for rejecting the status quo and unleashing the creative potential in every one of us.
January 2022 256 pages • 8.5 x 8.5 500 color illustrations Cloth • 9781613321195 • $49.95S(£40.00)
Education
ECOART IN ACTION
Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities Edited by AMARA GEFFEN, ANN ROSENTHAL, CHRIS FREMANTLE, and AVIVA RAHMANI
Ready-to-go, vetted approaches for facilitating artistic environmental projects
How do we educate those who feel an urgency to address our environmental and social challenges? What ethical concerns do art-makers face who are committed to a deep green agenda? How can we refocus education to emphasize integrative thinking and inspire hope? What role might art play in actualizing environmental resilience? Compiled from 67 members of the Ecoart Network, a group of more than 200 internationally established practitioners, Ecoart in Action stands as a field guide that offers practical solutions to critical environmental challenges. Organized into three sections—Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations—each contribution provides models for ecoart practice that are adaptable for use within a variety of classrooms, communities, and contexts. Educators developing project and place-based learning curricula, citizens, policymakers, scientists, land managers, and those who work with communities (human and other) will find inspiration for integrating art, science, and community-engaged practices into on-the-ground environmental projects. If you share a concern for the environmental crisis and believe art can provide new options, this book is for you!
Amara Geffen is Emerita Professor of Art at Allegheny College and the founder and director of the Art & Environment Initiative in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Ann Rosenthal received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999, focusing on environmental and community art. Her artwork is exhibited widely, and her writing appears in journals and anthologies. Chris Fremantle established eco/art/scot/ land inb 2010, connecting the arts in Scotland with wider networks. He has recently joined the staff at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen. He is chair of the Art Focus Group for the Ramsar Culture Network and has served on the Executive of the Scottish Artists Union. Aviva Rahmani is an ecoartist whose work has been exhibited, published, and funded internationally. She is an affiliate with the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder and gained her PhD from the University of Plymouth, UK.
February 2022 320 pages • 8.5 x 8.5 45 black & white illustrations Paper • 9781613321461 • $34.95S(£26.99)
