The Power of Artist-in-Residence Programs for Artists and Communities

If you’re a civic leader, or part of a community organization, you may consider the benefit of inviting a local artist to be a part of what you’re doing. Or you could invite a non-local artist to live in your community for bit. We creatives thrive on transforming a set of challenges into a new possibility. Our brains are wired to see potential, to see something better.

community, creativity, artist insight, tips, toolkit, AIRJennifer DrinkwaterNovember 12, 2022blog Comments

What's Good Mississippi

I can think of no one who’s a better and more generous community-builder than Derek Covington Smith, my friend and fellow artist from Brookhaven, Mississippi.

Case in point…

artist insight, AIR, community, creativity, Mississippi, tipsJennifer DrinkwaterMarch 22, 2022blogComment

Artist in Residence Programs: Filed under Future Community Art Toolkit Ideas

As an artist, I love artist-in-residence (AIR) programs because they combine two favorite pastimes: making art and travel….As a community arts nerd, I believe AIRs can benefit communities even more than they artists they serve.

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