Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art
Book Launch
Friday, May 11, 2018
6-8pm

The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation will host a book launch for Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art, edited by Gregory Sholette and Chloë Bass of Social Practice Queens (a 2018 Rubin Foundation grantee). Art as Social Action is both a general introduction to, and an illustrated, practical textbook for the field of social practice, an art medium that has been gaining popularity in the public sphere. With content arranged thematically around such topics as direct action, alternative organizing, urban imaginaries, anti-bias work, and collective learning, among others, Art as Social Action is a comprehensive manual for educators on how to teach art as social practice. Several of the book’s contributors, including Pedro Lasch, Sheryl Oring, and Daniel Tucker, will be present to facilitate discussion about social practice methodologies.

Pedro Lasch’s contribution to Art as Social Action focuses on a prompt from ART of the MOOC, a series of free online courses also designed as an international public artwork and produced by Creative Time. As part of this launch, Lasch will facilitate an activity related to the use of covering and masking as a social strategy or technique, be it for artistic, political, or other purposes.