Art, Community and Environment, Writing on Drawing, and Research in Art &
Design Education are the three latest titles in the Readings in Art & Design
Education series. These texts are both fascinating and informative, offering
innovative discussion and a wealth of case studies, brought together by a
distinguished group of contributors.


Art, Community and Environment: Educational Perspectives 
Edited by Glen Coutts and Timo Jokela  

9781841501895 hb October 2008
£24.95 / $50

Art, Community and Environment provides an in-depth overview of all issues
surrounding community and environmental art activity. This is the first
English-language book to address the increasing interest in environmental
issues and artists’ interaction with the environment. Organised by the
themes of environments, communities and education, this structure enables
accessible reading and quick reference. The text investigates wide-ranging
issues raised by the interaction between art practice, people, and the
environment, both natural and urban. Topics such as empowerment through art,
community participation, and the problem of ownership are all addressed. As
well as offering commentary and analysis the volume is also an excellent
visual presentation of the subject it takes for its focus.

‘Art, Community and Environment: Educational Perspectives is a necessary
addition to transformative art education libraries. No other book so richly
brings together detailed descriptions and captivating images of
community-based projects that exemplify the relationship between making
environmental art, creating aesthetic experiences and embodying the essence
of place. This relational space calls artists, community members, educators
and learners to engage with the environment ethically, ecologically, and
creatively. For editors Coutts and Jokela, community-based art practices are
founded upon participation, engagement, collaboration and empowerment. Every
chapter illustrates these notions by pursuing dialogical practices within
community contexts and thus portrays how community art energizes a strong
sense of agency among participants. Formal and informal art education
contexts that pursue the goals laid out in this book will most certainly be
transformative for all those involved.’ – Rita L. Irwin, The University of
British Columbia.



Research in Art & Design Education: Issues and Exemplars 
Edited by Richard Hickman

9781841501994 hb October 2008
£24.95 / $50

Under Richard Hickman’s careful editorship Research in Art & Design
Education makes a strong case for the importance of art education as a
subject, summarising important issues in the field such as non-text based
approaches and interdisciplinary work. Featuring a range of research
projects published in the International Journal of Art & Design Education,
and reflecting on current attitudes, the title offers close analysis of new
methods and radical attempts to improve the quality of art education today.
The book is an indispensable and engaging resource for students and tutors
involved in teacher training courses internationally, in addition to
students on undergraduate level courses. 

‘Research in Art & Design Education confirms Picasso’s claim that artists do
not seek, but find; thus capturing the real meaning of art’s doing and how
in doing art, we learn. From their respective positions, this book’s
contributors converge in making a strong case for art and design research as
a horizon of specificities; as a wide and ever-expanding ground of
autonomous plurality; and as a discipline that is neither restricted to the
empirie of fact and measure, nor to generalist platitudes.’ – John
Baldacchino, Columbia University.



Writing on Drawing: Essays on Drawing Practice and Research 
Edited by Steve Garner

9781841502007 hb October 2008
£24.95 / $50

The breadth of drawing practice in contemporary culture is vast, and yet
there are very few published books on drawing research. This book, written
in a straightforward and accessible way, sets out to inspire new practices
by reflecting on where drawing research is today and citing priorities for
the future. Edited by Steve Garner, this title contains a varied collection
written by both drawing makers and drawing researchers. An essential
resource for artists, scientists, designers, and engineers, this volume
offers consolidation, discussion and guidance for a previously fragmented
discipline.

'This book captures the range of current debates, each contributor addresses
themes that are significant to the development of drawing both as a practice
and as a critical discourse. The book helps to outline an intellectual frame
of reference for drawing practices, and allows an interdisciplinary
conversation around the role of these activities in the wider world. This is
an impressive achievement, as an academic who wishes to explore drawing as a
cognitive process and as an artist working in the mass mediated world where
the language of drawing has found a vital role, this book will be invaluable
for me and to my students.' – Prof Mario Minichiello, Birmingham City University
‘The past decade has seen a change of attitude towards drawing. Its
importance as an element in human intelligence is now widely appreciated.’ –
Professor Ken Baynes, Loughborough University.


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