ABSTRACT
Open Engagement (OE) creates a platform that explores and supports the work of transdisciplinary artists, activists, students, scholars, community members and organizations. Since 2007 OE has become a vital international site for the support and development of socially engaged art. The case studies also chart the evolution of OE from foundation for an education, to the basis of a framework for teaching outside of the classroom, to developing a site that is in itself a free and accessible education for socially engaged art. Since 2007, OE has maintained its position as a free conference that does not charge presenters or attendees. As OE moves forward it has the potential not only to highlight, mobilize and strengthen existing networks of support through a receptive mobility but also in itself to serve as a model. OE is committed to expanding national and international support and awareness for socially engaged art.
