A New Exploration of Artistic Participation by Local Residents of Barcelona: “Utopia House Museum” Community Arts Education Practice Project

Abstract

Utopia House Museum is a community art education project. In the context of the growing worldwide emphasis on the concept of arts and cultural education, the current state of arts participation among local citizens in Barcelona is still not promising. To address this issue, the concept of "Museum-House" is developed with the aim of bringing museums into the community and creating an outreach of museums in the community. However, it is more easily adapted to the needs of the community than the museum and radiates to the neighboring communities. Through an arts education program called Utopia House Museum, the community's issues and needs are addressed through community collaboration on craft and creative arts activities. The physical space of this project is offered to the community not only as a museum space, but also as a community cultural space with certain living areas that change according to the needs of the neighborhood. This is a utopian museum project that emerges from the idea of home and adds new ideas to the current public participation in art and cultural practices.