{"product_id":"practicing-in-public-catherine-lasota-9781682194973","title":"Practicing in Public: Conversations on Socially Engaged Art in NYC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does art look like when it is embedded in movements, communities, and public institutions rather than confined to galleries? These conversations trace how artists are organizing, collaborating, and working in the open--testing new ways of practicing, imagining, and building collective futures amid crisis.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePracticing in Public\u003c\/em\u003e gathers a vital new body of conversations and interviews emerging from Social Practice CUNY, a network of artists, organizers, and educators working with communities beyond the university, predominantly across New York City, to confront the most urgent questions of our time. Contributors span staff, collaborators, and faculty and graduate students across the CUNY system, reflecting a wide range of disciplines, lived experiences, and political commitments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcross these exchanges, artists and practitioners explore activist organizing, coalition building, environmental and economic justice, art and climate change, unruly queer archives, and the role of cultural work in an era of overlapping crises. Grounded in real-world projects addressing immigration, affordable housing, information sharing, and climate response, the book asks a central question: What futures become imaginable through interdisciplinary, socially engaged practice?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdited and introduced by Catherine LaSota, the anthology draws inspiration from SPCUNY Fellows' projects, cross-institutional collaborations, and conversations from the podcast Part of the Practice. Together, these dialogues document the possibilities, frictions, and contradictions of working publicly--within and against institutional constraints--while offering concrete models for collaboration and collective action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeeply rooted in the largest urban public education system in the United States, City University of New York, \u003cem\u003ePracticing in Public\u003c\/em\u003e is both a record of experiential learning and a provocation: a field guide for artists, students, organizers, and cultural workers seeking new ways to practice, organize, and imagine a shared future as old systems fracture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Lasota\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682194973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682194973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OR Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Catherine Lasota","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001071542527,"sku":"9781682194973","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/practicing-in-public-catherine-lasota-9781682194973","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}