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Community Arts University Without Walls Puerto Rico, Study Away 2017

February 2, 2017

Community Arts University Without Walls Puerto Rico, Study Away 2017

Community Arts University Without Walls Puerto Rico, Study Away 2017
Community Arts University Without Walls (CAUWW) is a special course of study for those interested in the impact and role of cultural arts in engaging issues of social justice within communities. The course, taught by renowned community experts and scholars culturally grounded in the arts, public policy and advocacy, will present best practices that has made positive and significant contributions to diverse communities. The 2 1⁄2 weeks intensive course of study focuses on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, important contemporary issues including cultural equity, social and economic justice and their continuing impact on the present and future generations of cultural arts activists. The program is a unique study away program where students from universities and colleges across the US attend with artists who work in communities where art has an impact on community development and social justice. 

Central to the process is the commitment to embrace and honor the cultural histories and traditions that inform the aesthetic and artistic expressions of the diversity of communities of color, poor white, and culturally grounded communities. CAUWW has at its fundamental theoretical approach and praxis:

  1. Core values that include varied cultural perspectives and equitable standards,
  2. First voice for community leadership in policies addressing their community issues and solutions,
  3. Cross disciplinary work to include culture and art as integral to public policy,
  4. Equal valuing of community cultural arts, artists and organizations, and
  5. Support for local and global connectiveness to honor cultural perspectives as equal contributors to culture and art.

Collectively this underlies the global spectrum of cultural experiences that is the nexus of achieving cultural equity.