%0 Journal Article %A Ng-He, Carol %T Bind to build: An interdisciplinary art project for learning of community development %D 2013 %J Visual Inquiry, %V 2 %N 2 %P 139-147 %@ 2045-5887 %R https://doi.org/10.1386/vi.2.2.139_1 %K interdisciplinary art %K bookbinding %K art activism %K community development %K collaboration %K Jane Addams Hull-House Museum %I Intellect, %X Abstract In Spring 2012, I brought my undergraduate course ‘Arts and Community Development’ at Columbia College Chicago outside of the classroom and into the community – Albany Park – a neighbourhood on Chicago’s north side, known for its cultural and ethnic diversity. Building upon Chicago’s nineteenth-century activism legacy of noted pioneer settlement worker and founder of the Hull-House, this essay presents the process of my students’ art-based action research and creative workshop projects in an independently artist-run book-bindery, North Branch Projects, as a way of community engagement. The article will conclude with a personal reflection on the success of student-artist collaboration. %U https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/vi.2.2.139_1