Arts and Culture in Global Development Practice

Cindy Maguire, PhD, is Associate Professor of Art & Design Education at Adelphi University, USA. She also co-directs ArtsAction Group, a community-based collective of arts educators, art therapists, artist teachers, and educators committed to facilitating arts and education initiatives with young people in conflict-affected environments. Ann Holt, PhD, is a visiting assistant professor of Art & Design Education at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, and an adjunct professor of Art & Design Education at Adelphi University, USA. She also serves as advisor to ArtsAction Group.

Introduction: Bringing forth human expression, forming identity, and empowering communities through arts and culture: Who defines it? Who is it for? Who gets to do it? Ann Holt and Cindy Maguire 1. A temple of art in the middle of the desert: Reflections on creating Motif Art Studio and the role of art in the Sahrawi refugee camps Mohamed Sleiman Labat 2. A Painted Conversation: Narratives in community-based mural making processes Natalia Pilato 3. Ojos que Sienten: Changing the narrative of seeing through sensory photography Gina Badenoch 4. Turning higher education hierarchies inside out: Sticky encounters in co-designing a community centre using multimodal interventions Kim Berman and Boitumelo Kembo 5. Creative teaching through solidarity networks in the Saharawi refugee camps: Desert Voicebox Danielle V. B. Smith and Violeta Ruano 6. Healing and education through the arts: A HEART-based approach Girija Kaimal, Sara Hommel, Lauren Pisani, and Jonathan Seiden 7. Cultivating Black diasporic memories and communities through community archiving Désirée Rochat 8. Cross-cultural collaborations through the lens of art therapy: Sri Lanka Emilija Mecelicaite and Janine Simpson 9. The arts and creative education as resistance and renewal: Kosovo Refki Gollopeni 10. Authentic and ethical fashion design guided by the heart Alexia Sobrado 11. Bridging communities through innovation: Art, design, and entrepreneurship: COPE NYC Vida Sabbaghi 12. Feminist art and education: Facilitating a cross-cultural exchange: U.S.–China Art Summit Karen Keifer-Boyd and Xinxin Guo 13. Moving the margins in Malawi: Culturally responsive art education for girls Darden Bradshaw and Novea Mcintosh