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<br> Lily Yeh changed my life completely and if you read this book, your life as you know it will begin to change, as well, through the vibrancy of art in action called love. <br>Awakening Creativity is a radical manifesto for social change through art. Lily Yeh is a transformational artist. Yes, she employs pencils, paper, paints and paintbrushes, and all manner of objects to create her world-welcoming mosaics. But the art Lily Yeh is most interested in is the art of living. She is a builder, an organizer, an alchemist, and a healer who is drawn to the broken places on the planet from Rwanda to Haiti to her own ancestral home in China. It is here in the open wounds of the world that she finds what is beautiful through the inspiration of those who live there; human beings reaching through the pain of poverty and war to create art which creates joy which is why first and foremost, Lily Yeh is a peacemaker. Follow her work and you will follow the path of transformation. <br>--Terry Te

<br> Lily Yeh changed my life completely and if you read this book, your life as you know it will begin to change, as well, through the vibrancy of art in action called love. <br>Awakening Creativity is a radical manifesto for social change through art. Lily Yeh is a transformational artist. Yes, she employs pencils, paper, paints and paintbrushes, and all manner of objects to create her world-welcoming mosaics. But the art Lily Yeh is most interested in is the art of living. She is a builder, an organizer, an alchemist, and a healer who is drawn to the broken places on the planet from Rwanda to Haiti to her own ancestral home in China. It is here in the open wounds of the world that she finds what is beautiful through the inspiration of those who live there; human beings reaching through the pain of poverty and war to create art which creates joy which is why first and foremost, Lily Yeh is a peacemaker. Follow her work and you will follow the path of transformation. <br> --Ter

<br> Lily Yeh changed my life completely and if you read this book, your life as you know it will begin to change, as well, through the vibrancy of art in action called love. <br> Awakening Creativity is a radical manifesto for social change through art. Lily Yeh is a transformational artist. Yes, she employs pencils, paper, paints and paintbrushes, and all manner of objects to create her world-welcoming mosaics. But the art Lily Yeh is most interested in is the art of living. She is a builder, an organizer, an alchemist, and a healer who is drawn to the broken places on the planet from Rwanda to Haiti to her own ancestral home in China. It is here in the open wounds of the world that she finds what is beautiful through the inspiration of those who live there; human beings reaching through the pain of poverty and war to create art which creates joy which is why first and foremost, Lily Yeh is a peacemaker. Follow her work and you will follow the path of transformation. <br>--Ter

The outward look of an environment makes a clear, defining statement about the values of the people and activities housed within that environment. The Dandelion School, recreated by Lily Yeh, is a dramatic demonstration of how a school's environment is a direct reflection of the teaching and learning in that setting--and how deeply the quality of the environment affects individuals' self-esteem and their own perceived worth in the community. This is a very important understanding about the built environment. Yeh, an artist, uses her art to teach people how to use their own art to discover themselves and their community. Through a collaborative process, she helps them remake their art into a larger community piece that is then applied to the immediate environment. At the Dandelion School in China, Yeh worked with students, teachers, staff and the community to take a very drab concrete structure and turn it into a place of creative expression and meaning. Yeh knows how to use her art, her spirit and her love to make a difference. Crafting joy best describes her work. In transforming the school environment in collaboration with the students, Yeh shows us how art and a systematic process can create both personal and environmental change. Through the process of creating art, she helps both the students and the community explore who they are, what they care about, their history and how to express their views. All these creations were synthesized into collaborative art pieces, which were then memorialized by placing them in everyday surroundings. The Dandelion School proves that you do not need vast amounts of money to create an amazing learning environment. You do need dedicated leaders open to new ideas, who understand the creative process and have the stamina to work long and hard with many different kinds of people. You need vision, compassion and the will not to quit. Yeh's book should be used as a model in run-down schools everywhere. It should be used in community development training and in every school of design. Her work is the best of what art can do to build the human spirit and make a community place. Thank you, Lily, for your work and for documenting it so carefully in this book.--Susan Goltsman Children, Youth and Environments

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Lily Yeh is an internationally celebrated artist known for founding the Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia, a national model in creative placemaking and participatory community building through the arts. In 2002, Yeh founded Barefoot Artists, to bring transformative artmaking to impoverished communities in multiple countries (including Kenya, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Rwanda, China, Taiwan, Ecuador, Syria, Republic of Georgia, Haiti, Germany, Palestine, and the United States. Lily is the author of Awakening Creativity.

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