Collective Creative Actions: Project Row Houses at 25 - Softcover

 
9780692126424: Collective Creative Actions: Project Row Houses at 25
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0692126422 ISBN 13: 9780692126424
Publisher: Duke University Press Books, 2018

Synopsis

Located in Houston's Third Ward—a historic African-American neighborhood—Project Row Houses (PRH) is a community platform that enriches lives through art with an emphasis on cultural identity and its impact on the urban landscape. Since its inception in 1993, PRH has fostered a positive, creative environment in the community by infusing it with art and creativity and creating sustainable opportunities for artists, mothers, entrepreneurs, and residents. Today the PRH site encompasses five city blocks and houses thirty-nine structures that serve as home base to a variety of community-enriching initiatives, art programs, and neighborhood development activities.

Collective Creative Actions: Project Row Houses at 25 highlights the history of the Third Ward neighborhood, PRH's role in its development over the past quarter-century, and the idea of social art practice from the perspective of PRH's five pillars: art and creativity; education; social safety net; good and relevant architecture; and economic sustainability. It also includes scholarly essays; a selection of impactful moments that have shaped the organization’s work; documentation of the hundreds of people who have participated in PRH programs; and numerous photographs. The book shows how the PRH model for art and social engagement not only applies to Houston, but can be adopted by diverse communities everywhere.

Contributors. Ryan N. Dennis, Nonya Grenader, Sandra Jackson-Dumont, George Lipsitz, Michael McFadden, Assata-Nicole Richards, Danny Samuels

Published by Project Row Houses
Distributed by Duke University Press

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About the Author

Ryan N. Dennis is Curator and Programs Director at Project Row Houses.

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Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0692126422
ISBN 13 
9780692126424
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
120
Editor
Dennis Ryan N.