Such a Pretty Girl

This full-color celebration of citizen artists revitalizing their communities profiles 10 exemplary grass-roots arts projects. Stories range from children building a mud façade on their Oregon school to an annual blessing procession and festival in north Philadelphia that brings to life dozens of the most derelict blocks in urban America.

This collection of human-interest stories and resources about grass-roots community building offers a rare and appealing counterbalance to the clinical policy reports common to the field. Profiles are written in language that inspires and informs both community development professionals and citizen activists.

Lead editor Lynne Elizabeth is director of New Village Press and former editor of New Village Journal and Earthword Journal.

Aceasta sarbatoare colorista a artistilor cetateni care isi revitalizeaza comunitatile profileaza 10 proiecte de arta exemplare de baza. Povestile variaza de la copii care construiesc o fatada de noroi in scoala lor din Oregon pana la o procesiune anuala de binecuvantare si festival in nordul Philadelphia, care aduce la viata zeci de blocuri cele mai abandonate din America urbana. Aceasta colectie de povesti si resurse de interes uman despre comunitatea de baza cladirea ofera un contrabalans rar si atragator raporturilor de politica clinica comune domeniului.