Group Project ideas - Irene

From my perspective, the crux of the group project is this:

 

1.      The Cultural Leadership Core Course—offered across the UNM curriculum as a required core course for a variety of majors, including arts and business, co-taught by UNM faculty and community practitioners such as you. 

2.      The Arts Learning Laboratory (ALL) becoming a state-wide or regional organization in the field of Community Cultural Leadership, with a strong emphasis on participatory art-making.  This would mean starting a professional membership organization for this field, complete with academic research, a journal, an annual conference, and membership dues.  Fellowships could be offered for undergrad and grad students with ALL in this vein.

3.      Building Community Partnerships with appropriate, existing community arts organizations and offer credit for students who receive on-the-job training (i.e., Internships) with these organizations, similar to the internships currently offered through the Arts Management program.

That means, to my mind, CURRICULUM, RESEARCH/ACADEMICS, and PRACTICUM are all three key elements of this group project!