Thoughts about art and community.
According to David L. Cohn, the Mississippi Delta begins in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN and ends on Catfish Row in Vicksburg, MS. The geographically isolated “Delta”, as called by locals, is an alluvial plain used historically for cotton plantations in northwestern Mississippi along the Mississippi River.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreGuest post by is Naomi Friend, a professional artist in central Iowa. Naomi explores the prairies of the Midwest through art-making. She is inspired by the ecosystems, plants, and animals that make up the texture of our landscape. She seeks to investigate the role of humans as caretakers of creation.
Read MoreBelow are some helpful categories to consider when planning a creative community engagement event, project, or program. Take what works, leave the rest. Add more.
Read MoreIn 2010, I started hanging around with some theatre-makers. Outside of performing in elementary school plays, seeing the occasional production as a grown person, and watching Waiting for Guffman, my theatre knowledge was scant, at best.
Read MoreI don’t often like to speak in generalities, but I would venture to guess that we all have that pull to some place, and that those emotional ties give us inklings about what we value.
Read MoreI am an artist/teacher turned artist/teacher/community art investigator who grew up in Mississippi and has found herself in Iowa for the last 12 years. (I thought I’d be in Iowa for a year. So it goes.)
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