film still from Winter’s Bone By Rachel Reynolds Luster, Rural Correspondent The 83rd Academy Awards will be aired live this Sunday. I’m thankful the one station that…
“Dale Dickey and Jennifer Lawrence shooting Winter’s Bone,” Sebastian Mlynarski This Sunday millions of viewers around the world will watch the Academy Awards. For the first time in…
Templeton’s home-grown rye crop; from the distillery’s blog We occasionally like to dwell on issues of food culture and the culinary arts that have a particular rural connection…
City’s just a jungle; more games to playTrapped in the heart of it, tryin’ to get awayI was raised in the country, I been workin’ in the townI…
This morning The Daily Yonder published an excellent review of Grant Wood: A Life, a new study of the legendary regionalist painter by R. Tripp Evans. Within her…
A view from a studio; from The Wormfarm Facebook page The Wormfarm started in 1995 as a CSA, growing vegetables primarily for urban folks, so that urban-rural connection…
photograph by Beth Harrington; The Winding Stream Facebook page I owe it to [this interview] that I was granted, to make sure it sees the light of day….
Flowing Well South of Anderson, IN; Kay Westhues Given the last few posts here on The Art of the Rural, and the oil plumes stretching out like dead…
photograph by Tarina Westlund Justin Ringle is a rural Idaho native who fronts Horse Feathers, a band from Portland, Oregon. This group of musicians honors traditional music and…
photograph by John Kelly Much like The North Dakota Rural Arts Initiative we highlighted a few weeks ago, The Idaho Dance Theatre is a forward thinking arts organization…
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
Indiana Arts Homecoming: Indianapolis, October 5
