Art schools and place : geographies of emerging artists and art scenes

Art education has a definite impact on artists' sense of place and their spatial relations. Exploring where and why artists choose to locate is the first step in describing an art scene ethnographically. This research considers coming to and going through art school as a crucial inter-subjective learning environment. Artists learn not just to engage with place through spatial and relational practices, but gain a sense of mobility and transnational flows in a globalized art world. This book is the first time the art school has been studied this way in the nascent field of art geography, blending the tool kits of human geography and urban studies. This is timely against the backdrop of worldwide university closures of physical space and cost intensive fine art courses as a triumph of managerialism and business-case over education. This volume helps highlight how investment in this form of education has an important capacity for nurturing art scenes and feeding into the community at large. Art Schools and Place Contents 1 Introduction 2 Contemporary art and schools of art in a globalised art world 3 Theoretical framework: From place-based learning to communities of practice 4 Case context and methodology 5 Learning at the intersection between the studio and the city at Manchester School of Art 6 Spatial relations, emerging scenes and questions of the market in Manchester 7 Positions of artistic learning and diverse place-based activities in Leipzig 8 Artists’ spatial relations and landscapes of practice in Leipzig 9 Comparative analysis and conclusion Bibliography Author biography Appendix Index "This book is the first time the art school has been studied this way in the nascent field of art geography, lending from the tool kits of human geography and urban studies. This is timely, against the backdrop of worldwide university closes of space and cost intensive fine art courses as a triumph of managerialism and business-case over education"-- Provided by publisher