{"product_id":"awakening-creativity-lily-yeh-9780981559377","title":"Awakening Creativity: Dandelion School Blossoms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAwakening Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e shows in gloriously illustrated detail how Lily Yeh guides a participatory process of artistic expression that uplifts a distressed community. Her open, joyful approach to artmaking is a model for building healthy cultural esteem. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLily Yeh is an acclaimed visual artist who has worked with students, community leaders and teachers in Canada, China, Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya, Syria, Italy and in cities and neighborhoods across the United States. Yeh is considered one of America's most innovative urban designers and social pioneers. \u003ci\u003eAwakening Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e is her first, much-awaited book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAwakening Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e, Yeh facilitates the art-making process for students of The Dandelion School, the only nonprofit organization in Beijing that serves the children of poor migrant workers coming from 24 provinces. Yeh worked with hundreds of students, teachers, volunteers and workers to transform the school's main campus with mural painting, mosaics, and environmental sculpture. Students were involved in every aspect of the art-making, which has become central to the school's curriculum and well-being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLily Yeh founded Barefoot Artists, a volunteer organization that uses the power of art to revitalize impoverished communities. Yeh is also the co-founder and former director of The Village of Arts and Humanities that has brought to life over 200 abandoned lots in the most distressed districts of North Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lily Yeh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0981559379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780981559377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Village Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.45h x 8.14w x 0.73d","brand":"Lily Yeh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44130151465215,"sku":"9780981559377","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_133ef933-c684-419e-a9c8-cba1ec28fd24.jpg?v=1687467844","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/awakening-creativity-lily-yeh-9780981559377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}