Home Institution
Bates College
Publication Date
Fall 2013
Abstract
This study illuminates the world of contemporary visual art in Samoa. Research was primarily conducted using personal communications with members of the contemporary visual art community. A basic framework of the community was established by overviewing the present informal galleries, formal galleries, and art schools. This project explores the impacts felt on the contemporary visual art community; their subsequent challenges, and successes. These impacts include; a cash economy, conflict between traditional and contemporary styles, a need for higher education, Christianity, Samoan artists overseas, in-country and international support. Possible solutions and hopes for the future are also discussed.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Civic and Community Engagement | Community-Based Research | Place and Environment
Recommended Citation
Cancelarich, Sarah, "Impacts on the Contemporary Visual Arts Community in Samoa" (2013). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1711.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1711
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Arts and Humanities Commons, Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Community-Based Research Commons, Place and Environment Commons
Program Name
Samoa: Pacific Communities and Social Change