Social action projects:
This section is about more of an art therapist role in social action projects. The first project Kaplan discusses is Operation Adventure. "Operation Adventure was an alternative education program using the arts as the vehicle." The programs purpose was to bring kids to learn new things and use art and way to make learning more fun and relevant. Teachers were not need, but adults who were willing to volunteer and were interesting people. The program started in the years when the civil rights movement was occurring and the operation was helping citizens speak up for what they believe in. Art helped people speak up for what they believed in and this made the operation more popular and fun to be in. Kaplan took the operation to a small section in Chicago called Boyle Heights. The operation was huge there and many people learned from it. The classes were diverse which made it a huge impact during this time in history. The operation lasted for four years, and some of the volunteers still use the operation today in other cities. The Operation Adventure is shut down now in Chicago because of tragic events, but the operation made a huge impact on the people when it had first began during the civil rights.
This section is about more of an art therapist role in social action projects. The first project Kaplan discusses is Operation Adventure. "Operation Adventure was an alternative education program using the arts as the vehicle." The programs purpose was to bring kids to learn new things and use art and way to make learning more fun and relevant. Teachers were not need, but adults who were willing to volunteer and were interesting people. The program started in the years when the civil rights movement was occurring and the operation was helping citizens speak up for what they believe in. Art helped people speak up for what they believed in and this made the operation more popular and fun to be in. Kaplan took the operation to a small section in Chicago called Boyle Heights. The operation was huge there and many people learned from it. The classes were diverse which made it a huge impact during this time in history. The operation lasted for four years, and some of the volunteers still use the operation today in other cities. The Operation Adventure is shut down now in Chicago because of tragic events, but the operation made a huge impact on the people when it had first began during the civil rights.
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