“I had just purchased a medium-format, twin-lens camera, and, as usual, I was out riding around looking for something to shoot,” [Bill Yates] says. Sweetheart Roller Skating caught…
By Savannah Barrett In its second year, ArtFields is a unique Arts Competition and Celebration held in Lake City, South Carolina, a rural agricultural hub once renowned for the…
Photograph by Pamela J. Peters By Matthew Fluharty Indian Country Today recently published an interview with Pamela J. Peters, a Los Angeles-based photographer originally from the Navajo Reservation who…
Photograph from a “Stories from Da Dirt” production. By Dr. Judith Jennings and Savannah Barrett …
Grain Elevator from Measure of Happiness; Frank Gohlke We offer this Readings selection from John Brinckerhoff Jackson’s seminal text Discovering the Vernacular Landscape. The New York Times called…
Family at a Lexicon of Sustainability pop-up art show; Douglas Gayeton, KQED blog By Rachel Rudi, Digital Contributor In this week’s update from our Rural Arts and Culture…
Local Ads, 2010; Britten Traughber Photographer Britten Traughber was born and raised on the plains of Central Illinois, though her current work has placed her in a locale…
Frank Gossner, of the Voodoo Funk blog, in Ghana; Eilon Paz, Dust and Grooves By Rachel Reynolds Luster, Contributing Editor Today we introduce a new weekly series, Arts…
all photographs by Jennifer Joy Jameson By Jennifer Joy Jameson, Notes From The Field editor I have a few friends who were recently married—the kind of friends who…
Arkansas State Folklorist Mike Luster at the Roundtable; Jennifer Joy Jameson By Rachel Reynolds Luster, Contributing Editor Last month Art of The Rural joined a host of artists…
