Programs

Community Arts Minor

The Community Arts Minor is designed for students who want to learn how to use the arts as a tool for community development. The curriculum balances coursework and practical work experience in community arts. Core courses for the Community Arts Minor include:

ART 2600 Building Community through the Arts

In communities throughout the world, artists work alongside their fellow citizens – including city planners, school administrators and educators, health care providers, and elected officials – to improve the political, social, and economic status of their communities.  Building Community through the Arts explores the theory and practice of community-based arts and the relationship between arts and community development.  As part of their learning, students work in teams with artists and other partners on Home, New Orleans – a multi-disciplinary, art-and-community development project grounded in selected New Orleans neighborhoods.  This course is offered jointly by Xavier, Tulane, and Dillard Universities.

 

ART 3200 Arts Trends and Policy

This course provides a critical overview of current theories, practices, and policies in the arts.  Topics include current support systems for the arts (both non-profit and for profit), alternative ways of sharing art, and models of art impacting social policy.

Community Partnerships

CAP partners with community-based arts organizations on projects that bring high quality arts education to youth throughout the Greater New Orleans region. Offerings include after-school and summer programs for elementary, middle, and high school students.

Partnerships to Build Capacity for Youth Arts Initiatives

Since 1999, CAP has partnered with arts colleges and universities throughout the country to build capacity for community-based youth arts initiatives. Collectively, the programs are committed to cultivating and sharing expertise to train a new generation of socially engaged arts leaders.

CAP's higher education partners include:

California College of the Arts (Center for Art and Public Life)
Columbia College Chicago
Institute for American Indian Arts
Maryland Institute College of Art
New York University (Tisch School of the Arts)
California State University, Monterey Bay (The Reciprocal University for the Arts)