Radical and Alternative Pedagogies Discussion (02.28.2016 @ The Public School)
Join an ongoing discussion and research project that began with the question “do artists need art school?”
Since October 2015, a group has met regularly to feel and think our way around alternative pedagogies, and research contemporary and historical models for community-based education. (Including the *PLM’s La Escuela Racionalista and La Casa del Obrero Internacional, both of which operated a century ago nearby today's Public School location).
With a mid-term goal of hosting a ‘tabling day’ for the many rad-ped / alt-ped groups and organizations Southern California hosts, we’re currently in process of compiling information on local contemporary alternative practices.
Please bring your thoughts to the conversation, and ideas for projects to include and envision.
Past questions raised:
– Can existing institutional practices be reformed for greater diversity and inclusivity?
– Are new structures of engagement necessary?
– What do our local and broader communities need?
– How are recent alternative projects addressing the question?
– How viable are these projects and alternatives?
– What are strategies that can be applied locally?
Some additional writings / readings we have found helpful:
Join an ongoing discussion and research project that began with the question “do artists need art school?”
Since October 2015, a group has met regularly to feel and think our way around alternative pedagogies, and research contemporary and historical models for community-based education. (Including the *PLM’s La Escuela Racionalista and La Casa del Obrero Internacional, both of which operated a century ago nearby today's Public School location).
With a mid-term goal of hosting a ‘tabling day’ for the many rad-ped / alt-ped groups and organizations Southern California hosts, we’re currently in process of compiling information on local contemporary alternative practices.
Please bring your thoughts to the conversation, and ideas for projects to include and envision.
Past questions raised:
– Can existing institutional practices be reformed for greater diversity and inclusivity?
– Are new structures of engagement necessary?
– What do our local and broader communities need?
– How are recent alternative projects addressing the question?
– How viable are these projects and alternatives?
– What are strategies that can be applied locally?
Some additional writings / readings we have found helpful:
- The Future - Art Degree Optional, by Janet Owen Driggs, Nancy Popp
- Will Art School Adjuncts Organize? by Janet Owen Driggs and Robby Herbst
- Dismantling Art School, by Nancy Popp
- The Neoliberal Arts, by William Deresewicz
- Speculative Capitalism by Matias Viegener
- Ultra-Red Workbook No. 5: Protocols for a School of Echoes
- How One of America's Last Free Colleges Screwed it's Students and Betrayed it's Legacy, by Felix Salmon
- How is the Artist or Writer to Function (Survive and Produce) in the Community, Outside of Institutions? by Sesshu Foster
