community artist
Community artists research, plan, organise and lead artistic activities for people brought together by a shared interest, capacity, environment or condition. They manage and coordinate creative projects with local groups and individuals to foster their artistic creativity and improve their quality of life. Community artists make the arts accessible to the community they work for, and provide opportunities for participants to shape their artistic programme.
Also called: artist in mediation, community & participatory artist, community dance artist, community arts worker, hospital clown, community dance practitioner, dance leader, artist & community facilitator
- 29
- essential skills
- 16
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- performance artist7 skills in common
- conceptual artist6 skills in common
- digital artist6 skills in common
- artistic painter5 skills in common
- choreographer5 skills in common
- dance répétiteur5 skills in common
- sound artist5 skills in common
- street artist5 skills in common
Essential skills
29- approve reports for artistic project
- art history
- assess community arts programme resources
- assess data collected to improve community arts programme
- assess your competencies in leading community arts
- balance participants' personal needs with group needs
- collaborate with stakeholders in leading community arts
- communicate with target community
- contextualise artistic work
- coordinate community arts activities
- define artistic approach
- develop a coaching style
- develop artistic coaching programme
- develop artistic educational activities
- develop cultural activities
- develop educational resources
- direct community arts activities
- discuss artwork
- identify sources on potential target communities for art
- intellectual property law
- interact with an audience
- labour legislation
- manage participants' expectations in arts
- manage personal professional development
- participate in artistic mediation activities
- record lessons learnt from your sessions
- research your target community
- study community as a target community
- work with respect for own safety
Optional skills
16- adopt a person-centred approach to community arts
- be a role model in community arts
- coordinate artistic production
- define roles of supporting team for community arts programme
- demonstrate technical expertise of your dance style
- develop artistic project budgets
- evaluate supporting team in community arts program
- help the programmer define an artistic vision
- keep personal administration
- manage artistic project
- participate in music studio recordings
- present exhibition
- read scripts
- theatre techniques
- use pedagogic strategies for creativity
- work with supporting team in community arts programme
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How close are you to being a community artist?
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