Thoughts about art and community.
Guest 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 MoreI’m late to the party in reading the Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. (Pro tip: get thyself a copy of this and read immediately. I don’t care your backstory. It applies to you too.)
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.)
Read MoreWelcome to the What’s Good Project. This has a been lifetime in the making, so for real, welcome. I’m glad you’re here.
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