DANC 4900 Building Community in the Arts

DANC 4900 Building Community in the Arts
Building Community in the Arts
This course will be taught in coordination with courses offered at Xavier and Dillard Universities. The course examines the theory and practice of community-based arts, civic engagement in higher education, and the relationship between art and community development. Students will work in teams with local artists on Home, New Orleans?, a multi-disciplinary, art-and-community-development project grounded in 4 selected New Orleans neighborhoods, the 9th Ward, the 7th Ward, Central City and Lakeview.
Notes: Upper level course in the fine arts that fulfills Fine Arts and Public Service and for the BA and BFA dance major may serve to fulfill the Capstone Experience in their senior year.
credit hours: 3