Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Rowman & Littlefield International
Pages: 204
Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-78661-471-1 • Hardback • June 2020 • $158.00 • (£123.00)
978-1-78661-472-8 • eBook • June 2020 • $43.99 • (£35.00)
Silvie Jacobi is a Joint-PhD Researcher at King's College London and Humbolt University Berlin
Chapter 1: Introduction / Chapter 2: Contemporary art and schools of art in a globalised art world / Chapter 3: Theoretical framework: From place-based learning to communities of practice / Chapter 4: Case Context and Methodology / Chapter 5: Learning at the intersection between the studio and the city at Manchester School of Art / Chapter 6: Spatial relations, emerging scenes and questions of the market in Manchester / Chapter 7: Positions of artistic learning and diverse place-based activities in Leipzig / Chapter 8: Artists’ spatial relations and landscapes of practice in Leipzig / Chapter 9: Comparative analysis and conclusion / Bibliography / Author Biography / Appendix
Jacobi’s research helps us to better conceptualise the relationship between artists, art schools and place, adding significantly to current knowledge on creative labour, human and cultural geography, arts education and artistic practice. Art Schools and Place provides a passionate, richly engaging, original contribution to our understanding of how art schools shape (and are shaped by) place and contextualised learning practices. — Roberta Comunian, Reader in Creative Economy, Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London
Art Schools and Place provides an intriguing, case study-based contribution to critical geographies of art. It focuses on delicate interrelations between locally specific, place-based criteria which shape fine arts education and variegated influences of globalized contemporary art worlds. Through thorough empirical analysis, Jacobi shows how the emergence of art scenes is embedded in global art frames, yet permeated by local spatial, cultural and socio-political practices. An appealing read for art school graduates, scholars and arts administrators!— Friederike Landau, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
This is a compelling text. In unpicking the geographical and contextual factors in the development of art schools Jacobi opens up an interesting discussion about the purpose of an art education and the role that such institutions play in the wider community. The importance of location, and of space, is fundamental and pertinent at a time when making practices are under scrutiny. — Henry Ward, Creative Director, Freelands Foundation
Silvie Jacobi highlights an essential characteristic of the Art School that reaches back to their origins from an era of industrialisation and rapid urbanisation. The contemporary importance of this work is in evidencing art school sensitivities to place, mostly disguised as ‘hidden curricular’, genuinely experienced as distributed processes of globally orientated local innovation at a level of individual agency.— Paul Haywood, Dean of Academic Programmes: Art and Performance, UAL: Central Saint Martins
This is a fascinating book that examines the role of place in shaping the development of artists, artistic production and art scenes. It should be recommended reading for fine art course leaders both within and outside of our major city centres.
— Sarah Rowles, Director Q-Art & BA Fine Art Lecturer, Arts University Bournemouth