(same as ART_VS 4514, THEATR 4514; cross-leveled with MUS_GENL 7514, ART_VS 7514, THEATR 7514). This course introduces undergraduate and graduate students to the broad field of community engagement in the arts. Students will explore case studies of community arts engagement within US contexts, examine how arts engagement can foster economic and cultural growth, and explore creative placemaking as a kind of community arts engagement. The course culminates with students proposing a creative placemaking project that to draws on each student’s arts background, creative and/or research interests, and works in dialogue with the needs and assets of a particular community. Graded on A-F basis only. Prerequisites: MUS_GENL 4510; Sophomore standing or instructor’s consent.