Below is a glossary article post in the category C which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Community Art based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Community Art
So, what is actually meant by Community Art?
Community art is an artistic activity based in the community, marked by interaction or dialogue with the community and often involves professional artists who collaborate with people who may not be involved in art.
Explanation of Community Art
The idea of community art developed from the idea of cultural democracy. Cultural democracy emerged after the second world war and described the practices in which culture and artistic expressions were produced by individuals and communities rather than by the central power institution. Cultural democracy seeks to democratize culture to bring awareness and appreciation of art to the widest possible society; and to break the boundary between high and low culture to make art can be accessed by a wider audience.
Although there was a previous tentative experiment in what was known as community art, including by the 19th century pre-Raphael brotherhood, only in the late 1940s the concept of community art emerged and began to be seen as a way to empower people’s power. Initiatives include placing visual artists, actors and musicians to work in the community to make public murals, drama, and composition.
In the 1960s, when social change was seen as possible, community art was seen as a way to vote to people who lost their rights.
Assemble is a collective based in London who works across the fields of art, design, and architecture to create projects together with communities that use and inhabit them.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix C, as well as terms associated with C.
Meaning of Community Art in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Community Art.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Seni Komunitas (Indonesian), Seni Komunitas (Java), and Kasenian Komunitas in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Seni Komuniti.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Community Art.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix C. This article wasupdated in Jun of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=community-art
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=community-art
- View example images of community-art through Google here
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