Art and Upheaval turns a world eager for hope and good news onto the fact that everyday around the world there are artists daring to speak truth (and beauty!) to power in ways that build understanding and reconciliation where there were previously only hardened hearts and ruin.—David Griffith, author, A Good War is Hard to Find: The Art of Violence in America"Through the eloquent telling of stories of ordinary people daring to speak out, fight back and take action, Bill Cleveland shows us the most precious gift innate in all of us, the power to imagine and create. The act of creation can heal our deepest wounds and turn crisis into opportunity."—Lily Yeh, artist and founder, Barefoot Artists and The Village of Arts and Humanities"Another insightful set of observations from a master storyteller. In his new book Cleveland deepens our sense of how human imagination and creativity sit next to upheaval in the ecology of meaning."—Jennifer Williams, artist, founder, The Center for Creative CommunitiesPraise for Art in Other Places:"An important addition to the expanding body of work on community arts... Cleveland has collected heartwarming stories from deeply committed people who should be our role models."—Lucy Lippard, writer, critic"This book and his work in other places show not only concern for the human condition, but how we can improve it."—Jonathan Borofsky, artistBill Cleveland is a pioneer in the community arts movement and one of its most poetic documenters. Activist, teacher, lecturer, and musician, he directs the Center for the Study of Art & Community. Previous works include Making Exact Change and Art in Other Places.