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SpART: Bringing People Together Through Sport and Art
Pierre Leichner
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2019.09.010
Thompson Community Center, Richmond, Canada
SpART was a one-year part time artist residency whose goal was to engage members of a recreational community center in making artistic expressions of the sports they participated in Over 200 participants actively engaged and over a thousand members of the public saw and watched their art works. Overall, participation was enthusiastic. The project demonstrated how art could be introduced in daily operations of a sport-focused community center. A video of sporting memories highlighted the benefits of sport in building community, friendships and maintaining health. Space and time were limitations.
community engagement, artistic expression
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