{"product_id":"engaging-art-steven-j-tepper-9780415960427","title":"Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America's Cultural Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEngaging Art\u003c\/em\u003e explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society - from museum attendance to music downloading. Drawing on the perspectives of experts from diverse fields (including Princeton scholars Robert Wuthnow and Paul DiMaggio; Barry Schwartz, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Paradox of Choice\u003c\/em\u003e; and MIT scholars Henry Jenkins and Mark Schuster), this volume analyzes key trends involving technology, audience demographics, religion, and the rise of \"do-it-yourself\" participatory culture. Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and independently carried out by the Curb Center at Vanderbilt University, \u003cem\u003eEngaging Art\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new framework for understanding the momentous changes impacting America's cultural life over the past fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume offers suggestive glimpses into the character and consequence of a new engagement with old-fashioned participation in the arts. The authors in this volume hint at a bright future for art and citizen art making. They argue that if we center a new commitment to arts participation in everyday art making, creativity, and quality of life, we will not only restore the lifelong pleasure of homemade art, but will likely seed a new generation of enthusiasts who will support America's signature nonprofit cultural institutions well into the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven J. Tepper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415960428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415960427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.07w x 0.86d","brand":"Steven J. Tepper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44716606849279,"sku":"9780415960427","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00f258d5-4e39-41d7-bead-30b98b0787c2.jpg?v=1705682982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/engaging-art-steven-j-tepper-9780415960427","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}