Title Producing local color : art networks in ethnic Chicago / Diane Grams

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 281 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) Contents Theory of local art production networks -- Local places -- Community-based art and the ideologies of local participation -- Aesthetic networks and cultural capital -- Autonomy networks and artistic control -- Problem-solving networks and social stability -- Gentrification networks and the whitewashing of culture -- Empowerment networks and the restoration of local culture -- Post-urban culture? Summary In big cities, major museums and elite galleries tend to dominate our idea of the art world. But beyond the cultural core ruled by these moneyed institutions and their patrons are vibrant, local communities of artists and art lovers operating beneath the high-culture radar. Producing Local Color is a guided tour of three such alternative worlds that thrive in the Chicago neighborhoods of Bronzeville, Pilsen, and Rogers Park. These three neighborhoods are, respectively, historically African American, predominantly Mexican American, and proudly ethnically mixed. Drawing on her ethnographic research in each place, Diane Grams presents and analyzes the different kinds of networks of interest and support that sustain the making of art outside of the limelight. And she introduces us to the various individuals--from cutting-edge artists to collectors to municipal planners--who work together to develop their communities, honor their history, and enrich the experiences of their neighbors through art. Along with its novel insights into these little examined art worlds, Producing Local Color also provides a thought-provoking account of how urban neighborhoods change and grow Analysis art, community, rogers park, pilsen, bronzeville, neighborhoods, chicago, ethnicity, race, culture, african american, hispanic, ethnography, blues, blackness, marginalization, urban, activism, legitimacy, aesthetics, sociology, middle class, gentrification, privilege, innovation, landmarks, empowerment, network, restoration, subjectivity, gender, diversity, murals, space, nonfiction, history, museum, whitewashing Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Art and society -- Illinois -- Chicago Artists -- Social networks -- Illinois -- Chicago Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions Ethnic art -- Illinois -- Chicago Marginality, Social -- Illinois -- Chicago Sociology, Urban -- Illinois -- Chicago Social sciences -- Network analysis. ART -- Popular Culture. Art and society Artists -- Social conditions Ethnic art Manners and customs Marginality, Social Social sciences -- Network analysis Sociology, Urban SUBJECT Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs Rogers Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs Subject Illinois -- Chicago Illinois -- Chicago -- Bronzeville Illinois -- Chicago -- Pilsen Illinois -- Chicago -- Rogers Park Form Electronic book ISBN 9780226305233 0226305236 1282901915 9781282901919 9786612901911 6612901918

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