How to nurture learning communities is a core question we ask ourselves at New Village Press. Luckily this topic is central to our newest release, Iain Robertson's Cultivating Creativity. We are heartbroken that Iain died this past fall, but his legacy of radical curiosity lives on his book that explores ever so playfully, yet profoundly, the nature and workings of the creative process. To quote his chapter on effective learning communities, "Participants in thriving learning communities feel comfortable asking questions, questioning answers, and questioning questions—that is, challenging the presumptions and premises." May we find ways to generate supportive, openminded learning environments in 2022 and empower our most creative selves.
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Students at the University of Washington rate bottles on their "truthfulness" and record their insights on the process in an unusual exercise that Iain Robertson presents in his new book. |
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"We may talk about information and knowledge dispassionately, but values turn up the heat. Values, so used to being left to simmer on education's back burner, may boil over when brought to the front burner. Understanding the values that motivate and guide us is essential for creative explorations." —Iain Robertson, Cultivating Creativity, p. 194.
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Cultivating Creativity
by Iain Robertson
In stores January 11th!
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"Iain’s work offers an ecosystem to experience
and explore, not a path to follow.
This book will resonate with anyone interested
in harnessing the human capacity to create and
to do so reflectively, joyfully, and ethically with
an eye toward human flourishing as the
most important goal of education."
—Leslie Rupert Herrenkohl,
University of Michigan, Professor, Learning Sciences
& Technology and Combined Program in Education
& Psychology
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Informed by over three decades of teaching design studios and creativity seminars primarily at the University of Washington, Iain Robertson's Cultivating Creativity offers firsthand accounts and exercises for awakening creative expression in a variety of learning environments.
This exuberantly designed, full-color book also features student reflections and a fountain of Iain Robertson's wisdom and humor. For a world in hot pursuit of innovation, Cultivating Creativity offers surprising strategies for finding it and invites each reader to continue their search in a way only they can.
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Healing from Genocide in Rwanda
by Susan Viguers and Lily Yeh
“Brings the transformative power of art to a very dark place.” —JoAnn Greco, The Pennsylvania Gazette
Healing from Genocide in Rwanda: Rugerero Survivors Village, an Artist Book demonstrates the power of art in the service of healing, and is a testimony to responsive community process in a highly sensitive environment. The work immerses readers in the stories of two Rwandans who as small children experienced the 1994 Genocide. Their moving accounts are framed by paintings by Lily Yeh and a visual chronicle of the transformation, in the Rugerero Survivors’ Village, of a concrete burial slab into a powerful genocide memorial, designed by artist Lily Yeh and built with the villagers.
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How Spaces Become Places:
Place Makers Tell Their Stories
Edited by John Forester
“This book is a gift of hope and possibility, revealing how the participatory art and craft of placemaking can be a small laboratory for democracy.” —Leonie Sandercock, Professor in Community Planning, University of British Columbia
John Forester has collected "practice stories" of
place makers who respond to daunting challenges of affordable housing, racial violence, and immigration, as well as community building, arts development,
safe streets, and coalition building.
Contributors: Michael Pyatok • Al Zelinka •
Mark Lakeman • Michael Hughes • Karen Umemoto • James Brodick • Fr Phil Sumner • Malik Yakini • Barnaby Evans • Wendy Sarkissian •
Laurence Baudelet • Doug Rice • John Davis
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Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities
edited by Amara Geffen, Ann Rosenthal, Chris Fremantle and Aviva Rahmani
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Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
edited by Edvidge Guinta and Mary Anne Trasciatti
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Artists in My Life
by Margaret Randall
forewords by Mary Gabriel and Ed McCaughan
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Elaine de Kooning, Frida Kahlo, Lucy Lippard, and Sabra Moore are among Randall's 14 artists. |
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The Truth Tellers documentary, featuring artist and
author Robert Shetterly, continues its tour of screenings
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Author Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove is interviewed about Main Street: How a City's Heart Connects Us All for this New Books Network podcast,
New Books in Medicine
Project for Public Spaces highlights Dr. Fullilove in
"Our Top 10 Articles of 2021"
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Bill Cleveland speaks with Beverly Naidus, author of Arts for Change, on episode 38 of his podcast
Change the Story/Change the World.
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Bob Keyes finds deep relevance in the work of artist Robert Shetterly in the Truth Tellers documentary film and Portraits of Racial Justice book in this Portland Press Herald review.
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Our distribution and sales partner, NYU Press, has moved to
411 Lafayette Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10003.
We wish them a happy new home,
and we wish everyone a Happy New Year!
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