""The Art of Engagement" represents a singular contribution to debates about the politics of art in California and far beyond."--Derrick R. Cartwright, author of "Benjamin West: Allegory and Allegiance" and co-author of "Luis Gispert/Loud Image," and "An Interlude in Giverny"
"This book's combination of California as a subject, especially the social and political components, with the visual arts, makes it of wide interest to both scholars and general readers."--Paul J. Karlstrom, editor of "On the Edge of America"