About the Book
The Community Arts Center Handbook is a collection of illustrated methods toaid arts organizations at various stages of the planning and design process.Setting up a new arts council or improving an existing requires a visioning processthat offers community participants opportunities to make their arts concernsknown, as well as planned actions to achieve desired outcomes. The effectivenessof an organization depends upon a relationship to its constituents, who may be actual members or the broader public. The transparency of thecouncils' goals can influence the way that media is used to keep the communityinformed. Consequently, a well-planned communications program deliversinformation translated into the language of the audience. Assessing communityassets through workshops and surveys of arts activities provides the basis foridentifying facility space requirements-and such requirements determine thesuitability of existing facilities for use as an arts center. Arts groups sometimesembark on a building program without knowing where to begin and who shouldbe involved. It is also evident that each arts group differs in its organization, scope and community support, yet most are similar in their lack of funds anddispersal of activities and locations. Arts groups using this guide will find thatthey will become better informed about planning, design and management andare better positioned to identify appropriate professionals to implement theirideas.The illustrations in this book represent Henry Sanoff's involvement in projectsin Australia, Japan and the United States. Other contributors includeGraham Adams, Kofi Boone, Lucy Davis, Matt Devine, Marilia Do-Val, Neil Goldberg, Jeffrey Levine, Ann McAllum, Evrim Demir Mishchenko, Rory O'Moore, Sergio Ortiz, Ryoko Sato, and Nadya Snigiryova, Additional support came from an earlier grant (1982-1983) from the NationalEndowment of the Arts Design Arts Program and the North CarolinaArts Council for the publication of an Arts Center Workb
About the Author: Henry Sanoff, AIA, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, College of Design, North Carolina State University is known for his many books-including, Democratic Design, School Building Assessment Methods, Schools Designed with Community Participation, Programming and Participation in Architectural Design; Community Participation in Design and Planning, Creating Environments for Young Children, School Design, Integrating Programming Evaluation and Participation in Design, and Visual Research Methods in Design. He is the former USA editor of the Journal of Design Studies, and recognized as the founder of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). His research has concentrated in the areas of community participation, school facilities, children's environments, community arts, community revitalization, and aging populations. Professor Sanoff has been a visiting lecturer at more than 85 institutions in the USA and abroad and a visiting scholar at The University of London, Oxford Polytechnic, Royal College of Art, Monterrey Technical Institute, Tokyo University, Western Australia Institute of Technology, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, University of Wellington, Royal Danish Academy of Art, University of Thessaloniki, University of Hamburg, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Misr University (Egypt), University of Veracruz, and the Polish Institute of Architects. He received the NCSU, Holladay Medal of Excellence, Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Achievement Award, ACSA Architecture Distinguished Professor, ACSA Community Design Award, Distinguished Fulbright Award to Korea, Fulbright Senior Specialists Award to Peru, and the EDRA Honor and Service Awards.
