This book is part of the Reference Points series published through Portland State University Art and Social Practice MFA Program. The series is an evolving pedagogical framework in which graduate students formulate and research a significant topic or practitioner(s) related to socially engaged art. Because the series is designed to shift and respond to the concerns of the program's current students and faculty, mode, structure, and content are open-ended.
This book is a compilation of the 2014 and 2015 Reference Series which includes "A Soft Spot in a Hard Place, Art and Education, Ben Kimmont & Mark Menjivar, Talk to the Gun, and Wendy Ewald.