Art, Community and Environment investigates wide-ranging issues raised by the interaction between art practice, community participation, and the environment, both natural and urban. This volume brings together a distinguished group of contributors from the United States, Australia, and Europe to examine topics such as urban art, community participation, local empowerment, and the problem of ownership. Featuring rich illustrations and informative case studies from around the world, Art, Community and Environment addresses the growing interest in this fascinating discipline.    “ Art, Community and Environment is a necessary addition to transformative art education libraries. No other book so richly brings together detailed descriptions and captivating images of community-based projects that exemplify the relationship between making environmental art, creating aesthetic experiences and embodying the essence of place. This relational space calls artists, community members, educators and learners to engage with the environment ethically, ecologically, and creatively. For editors Coutts and Jokela, community-based art practices are founded upon participation, engagement, collaboration and empowerment. Every chapter illustrates these notions by pursuing dialogical practices within community contexts and thus portrays how community art energizes a strong sense of agency among participants. Formal and informal art education contexts that pursue the goals laid out in this book will most certainly be transformative for all those involved.” -- Rita L. Irwin, University of British Columbia "I highly recommend both for teacher education and fine arts education classes in higher education."– Rita L. Irwin, Studies in Art Education ― Studies in Art Education Glen Coutts is a reader in art and design education at the University of Strathclyde. Timo Jokela is professor of art education at the University of Lapland.     Art, Community and Environment Educational Perspectives By Glen Coutts, Timo Jokela Intellect Ltd Copyright © 2008 NSEAD All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-84150-257-1 Contents Acknowledgements, Preface, Introduction Glen Coutts and Timo Jokela, Part One: Environments, Chapter 1: A Wanderer in the Landscape: Reflections on the Relationship between Art and the Northern Environment Timo Jokela, Chapter 2: Developing an Environmental Aesthetic: Aesthetics and the Outdoor Experience Angus McWilliam, Chapter 3: Strategies for the Convivial City: A New Agenda for Education for the Built Environment Malcolm Miles, Part Two: Communities, Chapter 4: Beyond Process: Art, Empowerment and Sustainability Mark Dawes, Chapter 5: Community Art Projects and Virtual Learning Environments Maria Huhmarniemi, Chapter 6: Community-Based Art Education in the North: A Space for Agency? Mirja Hiltunen, Chapter 7: Crossing the Line Sarah Bennett, Part Three: Education, Chapter 8: Art and Design Education and the Built Environment Eileen Adams, Chapter 9: Connections between Public Art and Art and Design Education in Schools Eileen Adams, Chapter 10: Art, Design and Environment: A Programme for Teacher Education Eileen Adams and Tony Chisholm, Chapter 11: Training Community Artists in Scotland Julie Austin, Chapter 12: Community Art: What's the Use? Glen Coutts, Chapter 13: Collaborative Project-Based Studies in Art Teacher Education: An Environmental Perspective Timo Jokela, Chapter 14: Hard Lessons: Public Sculpture and the Education System in Nineteenth-Century Glasgow Ray Mckenzie, Chapter 15: Living City: An Experiment in Urban Design Education Les Hooper and Peter Boyle, Chapter 16: Using Multimedia to Teach Young People about Public Art in Glasgow Glen Coutts, Notes on Contributors, Index, CHAPTER 1 A Wanderer in the Landscape: Reflections on the Relationship between Art and the Northern Environment Timo Jokela The landscape of identity I am an environmental artist and places affect me perhaps more than people do. I was born and have lived most of my life in northern Finland. Being a Laplander is one of the stronger aspects of my identity. This identity is not static; I consider it a dynamic whole that is constantly being reconstructed and comprises many other identities. Identities are located in symbolic time and space – in an 'imaginary geography'. They always incorporate a feeling of home, the 'landscape of the identity'. It is precisely in the landscape that my art and my identity as a Laplander converge and form a leitmotif for my most salient work as an artist. I recognize myself in the following text, where Tournier describes the bond between person and place at its strongest: ... individuals become attached to their place and merge with it; they associate their place with their image of themselves; they locate themselves there wholly, so that no one can touch the place without touching them. In territorial terms, the landscape of my identi