Creative Placemaking & Cross-Sector Partnerships
Last spring, Arts Midwest invited me to host a really fun conversation with some really smart women who do meaningful, creative things in rural communities as part of the Arts Midwest Rural Threads podcast and programming series.
I adore and admire each of these humans:
Amber Danielson, Director of Arts and Culture Alliance in Marshalltown, Iowa (and who has been featured in a For the Common Good interview).
Melissa Bond, Community Arts Extension Program leader for the University of Kentucky. I am not lying when I say that Melissa is the model and trailblazer for all things Community Art Extension. She’s also a farmer and a theatre-maker, and I am certain there’s a connection there.
Gabriella Torres, artist and creative placemaker living and working in Clinton, Iowa. She wrote Cultivating a Creative Placemaking Mindset in Your Community, a terrific article that accompanied this podcast and that you absolutely should read.
Big thanks to Arts Midwest for the opportunity and platform, and thanks to Amber, Melissa, and Gabi for being game.
So give a listen and let us know what you think and what we missed!
Like learning about the ins and outs of being a community artist or a community arts leader? Check out interviews with artists Akwi Nji, Catherine Reinhart, Jordan Brooks, Reinaldo Correa, Kristin M Roach, Rami Mannan, and Jill Wells, and interviews with community arts leaders Amber Danielson, Allison McGuire, Andy McGuire, and Jennifer Brockpahler.