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Oct 01, 2019
In Weogufka, AL the local Indigenous Maskoke community are reclaiming their ancestral homelands, re-introducing animals to the bioregion, growing vegetables to contribute to the health of the community and reawakening traditional arts practices, including language revitalization and women’s medicinal practices, in an effort to improve health outcomes for the community.
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Sep 16, 2019
Tosa Two Heart (Oglala Lakota) and Bryan Parker (White Mountain Apache, Muscogee Creek, Mississippi Choctaw) discuss First Peoples Fund’s Rolling Rez Arts bus which was developed to strategically support Native artists on the large and extremely rural Pine Ridge Reservation.
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Sep 09, 2019
Renowned filmmaker Queen Muhammad Ali is running a remarkable project in her home island Tutuila, AS. She is addressing the obesity and diabetes epidemic with documentation, archiving and eLearning of Indigenous Samoan healing arts, natural herbal medicines, plant-based nutrition, and by creating a social wellness hub that will serve as an artistic resource for a healthier community.
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Sep 04, 2019
Taller de Permiso is an activist and community led arts space and campaign which seeks to decode, re-imagine and make easier the permitting processes in the area for small informal business owners. To improve their community’s economic outcomes, three artists in Brownsville, TX have launched a series of workshops and a supporting media campaign
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Aug 20, 2019
“One thing about it is you can never trust the coal company. … They call it Bloody Harlan for a reason. We don’t intend no harm. We’re just here trying to get what’s rightfully owed to us.” That’s what Shane Smith, a former Blackjewel and Revelation Energy miner, told alumni of our Appalachian Media Institute when they interviewed him last week on... Read More
May 24, 2019
At the ArtPlace 2019 Annual Summit, hundreds of grantees, funders, staff, and friends met for three days in Jackson, Mississippi, as one community. We explored themes of healing through music, spoken word, food, visual and performing arts, and—most compelling—listening.
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May 22, 2019
ArtPlace and DAISA Enterprises are thrilled to announce the release of “Cultivating Creativity: Exploring Arts & Culture in Community Food Systems Transformation.” The fifth in ArtPlace’s series of Creative Placemaking Field Scans, this new report explores how arts and cultural practices can be better leveraged to create equitable and place-based food systems change across the country.
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Apr 10, 2019
The words “artist” and “bureaucrat” can seem as opposite as the north and south poles. But poets, actors, musicians, dancers, and art-makers of all other stripes have been infiltrating our government’s ranks for years—and many are making great strides. Meet Randall Szott of the Vermont House of Representatives.
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Mar 26, 2019
In what types of community-based efforts is artistic and cultural expression contributing to food and agricultural outcomes? Our recent working group delved into a draft report that had examined the databases of ten federal agencies and foundations and identifying 180 projects integrating arts and culture with food and agriculture. We looked at projects dealing with tourism, culinary... Read More
Aug 16, 2018
Ashley Hanson is a theater artist, social practitioner, storyteller, and lover of rural places. This featured essay is adapted and expanded from a Firestarter Talk given by Ashley Hanson at the National Rural Assembly in Durham, NC in May, 2018. "The drive to my mother’s house is one of my favorites. As I turn off the two-lane... Read More