Rhonda Porter April 15, 2012 Community Divided Then United

ARE 6933 Globalization Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography is a compilation of sites that reflect issues and solutions relating to communities such as my own, which have been fractured, socially, emotionally and economically due to the effects of globalization. The following online sources include artists web sites, whose art reflects emotional issues of globalization on communities and citizens such as cultural divide, poverty, trauma, human conflict and violence. Also included are web sites of organizations who utilize the arts as a means to battle the effects of globalization upon young people and their communities. Arts to end violence. (2012, February). Youth organizing to save our streets [Web stie]. Retrieved from http://artstoendviolence.tumblr.com/ Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets is a youth developmental organization that attempts to battle the forces of globalization that affect young people, such as violence and drugs, in an effort to heal and transform both the individual and the community. Arts to End Violence is an annual contest that showcases site specific art created by the youth and how it relates to community building and non-violence. Ben-Haim, T. (n.d.). Pieces for peace. Cityarts [Web site]. Retrieved from http://www.cityarts.org/Pieces-for-Peace/about-pieces-for-peace/index.php CITYarts is an organization that empowers youth by allowing students to team with professional artists in order to create murals that reflect civic, social and global issues, in order to impact their lives and transform their community. The Pieces for Peace project builds bridges of cultural understanding by encouraging students to think globally and act locally. Kovalev, D. (2008, June, 21). Yue minjun. Sgustok Magazine [Web site]. Retrieved from http://sgustok.org/art/yue-minjun Chinese Contemporary artist, Yue Minjun, utilizes a cynical realistic style, recognizable from the Cheshire cat style smiles that artificially radiate from his characters. His work, Execution, which seems to depict the horrific Tiananmen conflict, is aimed more broadly towards a global expression of human conflict as a result of violence that reflects both joy and uncertainty. It exudes connectivity between the confusion of an individual and the confusion of the world. Lopez, C. (n.d.) Murals. Urban Art Trail [Web site] Retrieved from http://www.urbanarttrail.com/murals.php This website was created by Candice Lopez, who successfully used art to change the dynamics of her neighborhood, which had been taken over by local drug dealers, as a guide for others who wish to take control of their neighborhood, create a sense of pride, and inspire the youth to become engaged in the molding of their own communities. Malovic, C. & Rosenthal, J. (2008). New Orleans Kid Camera Project [Web site] Retrieved from http://www.kidcameraproject.org/index.html

This project is a grassroots community endeavor to initially help address the psychological and emotional trauma of Hurricane Katrina on children. Through the use of photography and video, children are given an opportunity to explore their environment, interact with others in an attempt to battle the political and social effects of such a trauma. Public art projects: Infinite dreams (2011). Groundswell Community Mural Project [Web site] Retrieved from http://www.groundswellmural.org/Public_Art_Projects/2011/2011_SLI_infinitedreams.html Groundswell Community Mural Project is an organization that brings together artists, youth and community organizations in an effort to create social and personal transformation. Murals like Infinite Dreams use art as a vehicle for peace through joining diverse communities and cultures in an attempt to realize a peaceful global society. Sweet, K. (1996, June). Local color. The Chicago Public Art Group [Web site]. Retrieved from http://muralart.org/gude.htm Chicago based artist, educator, and author, Olivia Gude, ,has created over 50 large scale community-based murals and spent the last 30 years working with intergenerational groups, teens, elders and children in an effort to affect social change as well as unite communities. Her mural, Where We Come From Where Were Going, echoes individual voices of citizens as they answered this question and incorporates their answers into this heteroglossic mural that reflects a globalized community. True, L. (n.d.) International projects. True Mosaics Studio [Web site]. Retrieved from \http://www.truemosaics.com/international.html Artist and educator, Laurel True, has been creating community mosaic projects for almost 20 years as reflections of cultural significance and community pride as well as fostering crosscultural communications and understandings in an effort to foster a sense of global community. Weber, J. (2003). Journey together. John Pitman Weber [Web site]. Retrieved from http://jpweberart.com/weber/MIG/index.php?currDir=./Public%20Work&pageType=image&ima ge=journeytogether01.jpg&startFrom=2 Activist and artist since 1969, John Pitman Weber, creates art that is committed to social issues that reflect both global issues and are infused with an emotional resonance in an effort to affect change. The bricolage mosaic, Journey Together, was a collaboration between artists, students, and senior citizens using intergenerational dialogue to try to heal and unify the fracturing effects of globalization across ages, cultures, and experiences. Weiss, C. (2009). Indian land dancing. Cynthia Weiss [Web site]. Retrieved from http://cynthiaweiss.com/public/indian-land-dancing/ Artist and educator, Cynthia Weiss, creates both personal and public artworks using a style she refers to as domestic magic realism, which expresses multi-faceted stories found within community histories, that combine to create a collective whole. Her bricolage mural, Indian Land Dancing, was a collaborative effort between artists and community, which celebrates Indian heritage and culture as they fight to express their voices as a part of this withering community of Native American culture.

Yeh, L. (2012). Barefoot Artists [Web site]. Retrieved from http://www.barefootartists.org/index.html Barefoot Artists, created by Lily Yeh, is a non-profit organization that uses art as a vehicle towards empowering local and international impoverished communities by teaching the participants the concepts behind community building and economic development through art. By teaching the skills needed to continue this process, communities can pass it forward and help other communities in need.