East St. Louis, at the base of a Cargill elevator and overlook; photograph by Jesse Vogler [We are grateful that the American Bottom project has received a Divided City grant from…
THE YEAR OF THE RURAL ARTS 2014 was a program of events, conversations, and online features celebrating the diverse, vital ways in which rural arts and humanities contribute…
Last week, we shared information about Art of the Rural collaborations that address both rural and urban communities alongside staff from the Rural Policy Research Institute and M12…
Parler recording musicians in the Oriole Barbershop, Bentonville, Arkansas; University of Arkansas Libraries Special Collections flickr page Last week Art of the Rural launched Middle Landscape, a series of…
Model, Colorado; photograph by Matthew Fluharty There are two Ripenings – One – of sight – whose Forces spheric wind Until the Velvet Product Drop, spicy, to the…
Wisconsin Local Arts Conference: November 29
National Arts Strategies Summit for Change: Sundance, Utah,November 12-15
Common Field: Los Angeles, November 2-5
Wyoming Arts Council 50th Summit: Lander, WY, November 2-4
Charting The American Bottom: Missouri History Center, October 26
At The Edge of Everything Else: St. Louis, October 25
Indiana Arts Homecoming: Indianapolis, October 5
Artists' Thrive: Berea, KY, September 6-9
Rural Arts and Culture Summitl: University of Minnesota-Morris, June 6-8
Rural Environments Field School: Points across the American High Plains, May 15-June 3
Council on Foundations Annual Conference: Dallas, TX, April 23-26
Open Engagement: Chicago, IL, April 21-23
It's Good to be Young in the Mountains: Cumberland, KY, April 21-23
Delta Regional Authority Leadership Institute: New Orleans, LA, January 23-24
Association of Minnesota Counties Annual Convening: Minneapolis, MN, December 6, 2016
Common Field Convening: Miami, FL, October 20-23, 2016
Grantmakers in the Arts: St. Paul, MN, October 16-19, 2016
Next Generation Rural Creative Placemaking Summit: Iowa City, IA, October 12-14, 2016
Rural 2 Rural Conference: Bylth, Ontario, Canada, September 27-30, 2016
Wisconsin Regional Small Town Downtown Forum: Shell Lake, WI, September 20,
2016
Our Communities: A Symposium on the Arts, Racine, WI, September 7-9, 2016
Art & Survival 2016: Double Edge Theatre, Ashfield, MA, August 5-7, 2016
