Save the Date for the first Digital Exchange Webinar on February 15 at 12 PM EST Reflections on the Rural Creative Placemaking Summit The first Next Generation Digital…
Roadside Theater Artistic Director Dudley Cocke facilitates a story circle. Photo by Jim Carroll. [Editor’s Note: Throughout the month of April, Art of the Rural shared a series…
The Music of BETSY! An interview with Ron Short and Desmar Guevara. Video content by Zhivko Illeieff [Editor’s Note: Throughout the month of April, Art of the Rural…
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…
Caridad De La Luz and Ron Short developing script in Norton, Virginia, February 2015. Photo by Zhivko Illeieff. [Editor’s Note: Throughout the month of April, Art of the…
‘Reflection’, Photo Credit David Weiland Shahrazad: A Tale of Love and Magic The Summer Spectacle, Double Edge Theatre, Ashfield, MA By Savannah Barrett The end of August marked…
Gard Foundation Mini-grant receipient: Cleveland Public Theatre’s Teen Step Program In 2010, in celebration of his 100th birthday, the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Robert E. Gard Wisconsin…
By Alyce Ornella, North Country series Editor Here’s Clyde Joy singing “Echoes from the Hills” as recorded by Al Hawkes at Event Records, Westbrook, Maine, 1957. Joy, who…
Photograph of the Fennimore Art Museum By Rachel Beth Rudi, Digital Contributor • “Rural art museums face distinct challenges when it comes to building audiences for exhibitions and…
The Lone Pine Family; The Al Hawkes Collection By Alyce Ornella, North Country series Editor In the twin cities of Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, a young girl named Rita listens…
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
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
