Creative and green: Intersections of art, ecology, and community.

摘要

This thesis explores the role of art in encouraging ecological awareness and activism in members of the public. Art is examined as a problem-solving process that can facilitate a positive shift in the relationship Americans have with ecology; six different case studies (organizations, programs, and long-term projects) are used to illuminate ways in which this change can take place.; Chapter 1: Art in Waste Management and Recycling Education analyzes SF Recycling & Disposal's Artist-in-Residence Program in San Francisco; the Twenty-Seventh Avenue Solid Waste Management Facility and Recycling Center in Phoenix; and Art From Scrap, a materials reuse center in Santa Barbara. Chapter 2: Art in Land and Water Remediation analyzes AMD&ART, a nonprofit organization in Vintondale, Pennsylvania; three artworks by Patricia Johanson; and Beneath Land and Water, a public art project in Elkhorn City, Kentucky.