TABLE OF CONTENTS	6
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	8
	INTRODUCTION	10
	OUR ORIENTATION AND INTENTIONS	10
	ADDING TO THE CONVERSATION	11
	AND NOW…	12
	IN CONCLUSION	14
	REFERENCES	14
	SECTION 1:TELLING OUR STORY THROUGH VISUAL ARTS	16
	1. FEMINIST ARTS-BASED ADULT EDUCATION WITH HOMELESS AND STREET-INVOLVED WOMEN	17
	LOCATING MYSELF	18
	THE STRUCTURE AND ARTS OF THE PROJECT	20
	PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVIST ART	22
	SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED	24
	FINAL THOUGHTS	26
	REFERENCES	27
	2. “I STILL HAVE MY HANDS”:Rural Women, Depression, and Zines	29
	INTRODUCTION	29
	BACKGROUND	29
	Creating Counter-Narratives through Zines	31
	The Firebird and Other Stories	32
	Mongrel Mag	33
	My Shade of Blue	34
	SEAMFULNESS: UNRAVELLING REFLECTIONS	35
	Naming One’s “Social Bath”	36
	Aesthetic Openness as a Formal Strength	36
	Zinemaking as Agency	37
	ADULT LEARNING AT THE SEAMS	37
	REFERENCES	38
	3. WEAVING COMMUNITY TOGETHER:Learning at the Loom	40
	INTRODUCTION	40
	SERVICE LEARNING	41
	L’ARCHE IN ANTIGONISH	42
	THE THREE COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS	43
	Noah’s Ark: 2008–09	43
	The Peaceable Kingdom: 2009–10	46
	Chapel Cross: 2011–12	47
	REFLECTIONS	49
	NOTES	50
	4. A PSYCHOTHERAPIST BRINGS ART-MAKING TO PATIENTS IN ZIMBABWE:The Gift of Presence	52
	INTRODUCTION	52
	ABOUT ME	52
	ZIMBABWE AND HOSPITAL SETTINGS	53
	THE ART OF PRESENCE	54
	The Arts	54
	Photography	56
	Films	57
	Schools	57
	Massage and Listening	58
	REFLECTIONS	59
	SECTION 2: CREATIVE EXPRESSION: INCREASING UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN COMMUNITIES	62
	5. AMPLIFYING VOICES:Film Festivals, New Perspectives, Critical Reflection, and Inspiration	63
	INTRODUCTION	63
	AUTHOR	63
	DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVALS	64
	NEW PERSPECTIVES	65
	Dispelling Myths of Homelessness	65
	PROVOKING CRITICAL REFLECTION	66
	New Ideas about Health Education and about Cuba	67
	Challenging Perspective on Education and One’s Career	67
	INSPIRING HOPE, ENGAGEMENT, AND COLLECTIVE DREAMS	68
	Engaging Music: Social Development, Healing, and Activism	69
	CLOSING REFLECTIONS	71
	REFERENCES	72
	6. THROUGH THE LENS OF TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING:A Photovoice Pilot Project with Persons with Diverse Abilities in Belize	73
	INTRODUCTION	73
	PHOTOVOICE	74
	CAPTURING THE AHA! MOMENTS	75
	Accessibility	75
	Exclusion	76
	Identity	77
	Voice	78
	Services	78
	THE PHOTOVOICE EXHIBITION LAUNCH	79
	TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING	81
	REFLECTIONS	82
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	84
	REFERENCES	84
	7. MEETING ON THE RIVER OF LIFE:Fostering Loyalist and Mohawk Exchanges through the Arts	86
	INTRODUCTION	86
	BACKGROUND	87
	Dying for Change – Telling a Story	87
	The Six-Mile Divide – Telling Truths	88
	Another Conflict, a New Approach: Organizing for Change	89
	My Part: Marrying Various Art Forms in Ways That Support MarginalizedIndividuals and Groups	90
	MEETING ON THE RIVER OF LIFE EXHIBITION	91
	Historical Treaty Artefacts: Two Row Wampum Treaty Belt and SilverCovenant Chain	91
	The OPP: Providing Engaging Ways for Necessary Exchanges	92
	Planning and Holding the Exhibition	93
	Artworks in the Exhibition	95
	CONCLUSION	97
	Unintended Outcomes	97
	Personal Reflections	98
	REFERENCES	99
	8. VOICE, IDENTITY, AND COMMUNITY:The Possibilities and Challenges of Facilitating Arts-Based Engagement	100
	FAMILY AND SCHOOL MATTERS	100
	GROWING POLITICIZATION	101
	ARTS CREATES AN OASIS	102
	ABANTE BABAE – GO FORWARD WOMEN	106
	ARTQUAKE: SPOKEN WORD	108
	RAP WORKSHOP AT A YOUTH DETENTION CENTER	109
	THE ART AND POLITICS OF FACILITATION: REFLECTIONS	111
	9. THE ART PEACE PROJECT	113
	BACKGROUND AND MY ROLE	113
	PLAYING ON FAULT LINES	114
	ACADEMIC SPACE	118
	SELF-EMPOWERMENT	120
	NOTE	123
	REFERENCES	123
	SECTION 3:ENACTING & EMBODYING	125
	10. SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER:The Political Fashion Shows of Filipino Activists	126
	INTRODUCTION	126
	IN THE BEGINNING…	126
	THE ARTS-BASED ACTIVISM OF THE PWCBC	127
	THE POLITICAL FASHION SHOWS	128
	SPANISH COLONIZATION	129
	EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES	132
	SO FAR AWAY	133
	THE FAMILY SEPARATION DRESS	135
	REFLECTIONS ON POLITICAL FASHION SHOWS AS FEMINISTPOPULAR EDUCATION	136
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	138
	NOTES	138
	REFERENCES	138
	11. FRACTURED FABLES:A Prison Puppet Project	141
	INTRODUCTION	141
	THE PROJECT	142
	THE CHALLENGE	143
	THE EARLY PROCESS	144
	THE BODY OF WORK	146
	THE SEAL BOY	147
	PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER	148
	THE FINAL STRETCH	148
	SOME NOTES ON PUPPETRY	150
	CLOSING REFLECTIONS	151
	NOTES	151
	REFERENCE	151
	12. THE PARK BENCH PLAYERS: Telling Stories of Living with Mental Illness with Sincerity,Humour, and Respect	153
	INTRODUCTION	153
	About the Author	154
	THE PROJECT	155
	The Development of the Play	157
	The Premiere	158
	THE IMPACT	158
	Expansion: School Performances and the Teacher Resource Tool	161
	Keeping the Show on the Road—A Journey of Hope and Recovery	162
	CONCLUSION	163
	13. TELLING OLD STORIES IN NEW WAYS:Popular Theatre in Western Kenya	164
	INTRODUCTION	164
	FOUNDATIONS	165
	TURNING STORY INSIDE OUT	166
	THE FIRST WORKSHOP: ASKING QUESTIONS THROUGH THEATRE	169
	THEORY INFORMING PRACTICE	172
	MOVING FORWARD	174
	NOTES	174
	REFERENCES	175
	14. A MOTHER/DAUGHTER DISTANCE DANCE: Virtually Connecting Incarcerated Mothers andTheir Daughters through Choreography	176
	INTRODUCTION	176
	CONTEXT AND NEED	176
	Incarceration of Women in the United States	176
	Incarcerated Mothers and the Effects on Families	177
	COLLABORATIVE VISION	178
	Beginnings	178
	The Pearl	179
	BEAUTY, CHANGE, AND VALUES	179
	Structure and Process	179
	Building Trust	179
	Generating Movement	181
	Resistance and Loss	182
	VIRTUALLY CONNECT WORKSHOP	183
	Connection Lost	184
	CONCLUSION	185
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	186
	REFERENCES	186
	CONCLUSION:The Strands and The Braid	187
	SELF-AWARENESS	188
	Reduction of Stigma	188
	Claiming One’s Own Identity	188
	Increased Agency and Empowerment	188
	Envisioning New Realities	189
	Facilitator Self-Awareness	189
	EMBODIMENT	189
	Spontaneity and Play	189
	Recalling Trauma and Providing a Means of Communication	189
	Fictionalizing Reality	190
	COLLABORATION/RELATIONSHIPS	190
	Fostering a Collaborative Spirit	190
	Art as Equalizer	190
	Giving up Control	190
	Art as Language for Creating Relationships	191
	COLLECTIVE ACTION	191
	Promote Difficult Conversations	191
	Promote Dialogues across Difference	191
	Public Pedagogy	191
	TRANSFORMATION	192
	Disorienting Dilemma or Catalyst	192
	Critical Self-Reflection	192
	Identity Shifts	192
	THE BRAID	193
	REFERENCES	193
	CONTRIBUTORS	194