{"product_id":"engaging-art-the-next-great-transformation-of-americas-cultural-life-paperback","title":"Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America's Cultural Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven J. Tepper\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBill Ivey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEngaging Art\u003c\/em\u003e explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society - from museum attendance to music downloading. Drawing on the perspectives of experts from diverse fields (including Princeton scholars Robert Wuthnow and Paul DiMaggio; Barry Schwartz, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Paradox of Choice\u003c\/em\u003e; and MIT scholars Henry Jenkins and Mark Schuster), this volume analyzes key trends involving technology, audience demographics, religion, and the rise of \"do-it-yourself\" participatory culture. Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and independently carried out by the Curb Center at Vanderbilt University, \u003cem\u003eEngaging Art\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new framework for understanding the momentous changes impacting America's cultural life over the past fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers suggestive glimpses into the character and consequence of a new engagement with old-fashioned participation in the arts. The authors in this volume hint at a bright future for art and citizen art making. They argue that if we center a new commitment to arts participation in everyday art making, creativity, and quality of life, we will not only restore the lifelong pleasure of homemade art, but will likely seed a new generation of enthusiasts who will support America's signature nonprofit cultural institutions well into the future. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51196628861151,"sku":"9780415960427","price":95.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/LEyeE_MXdT9780415960427.webp?v=1786616442","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/engaging-art-the-next-great-transformation-of-americas-cultural-life-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}