Why Have Community Arts Fallen Out Of Favour?

Grainne Coughlan, Technological University Dublin

Abstract

As a researcher, art historian and evaluator of a particular kind of art practice called socially engaged art, I am often met by the general public's uncertainty as to what this kind of art is. In contrast the term community arts is a familiar one and is used regularly to describe a wide variety of art practices taking place in and with particular communities.