Contents
A Roadmap to Art Became The Oxygen : An Artistic Response Guide 1
About The USDAC 2
PART ONE : Essential Understandings 3
Making the most of art became the oxygen 4
Natural and civil disasters and social emergencies 5
Organic, supportive, invasive 7
Six principles for arts & emergency management 11
PART TWO : Crafting Artistic Response 15
What can art do? 16
A range of artistic response 21
Story-gathering 21
Public art 23
Poetry and narrative 27
Music 28
Dance 29
Theater 32
Media and photography 34
Individual art-making 36
PART THREE : Bridging Worlds : Artists and Agencies 40
Official emergency management 43
Emergency preparedness and relief for artists and arts organizations 47
Making the case : Can you prove that? 48
What's needed? 50
PART FOUR : Partnerships, Ethics, Values, Caring and Self-care 53
Be prepared : Offering effective artistic response 54
Crafting good partnerships 55
Six essential ethical commitments for 56
Effective artistic response 56
Caring and self-care 63
In Conclusion 65
Links 67
Glossary 72
