This week we discuss the importance of storytelling, arts, and culture in rural communities with Susan Duplessis, Director of Community Arts Development at the South Carolina Arts Commission.
About The Art of Community: Rural SC initiative of The South Carolina Arts Commission
Community Arts Development Program
The Art of Community: Rural SC Brochure
Films:
'A Tale of Two Cities' on Blackville and Estill, SC, featuring Nevada teaching artist, Markus Tracy
'Public Transformation: Denmark, SC' - a film by Ashley Hanson and Nik Nerburn of Minnesota
Artist:
About Artist Markus Tracy
About CREATE: Rural SC, a program of The Art of Community: Rural SC
Community Arts Development
Film: What is CREATE: Rural SC?
About The SC Promise Zone
https://scpromisezone.org/
President Obama's Promise Zone Initiative
Other Resources and references
SouthArts
NEA Our Town Program
ArtPlace America
National Rural Assembly
Daily Yonder: https://www.dailyyonder.com/topics/rural-assembly/rural-womens-summit/
Creative Placemaking
Article: 'The Soul of the South' by Paul Theroux
A conversation with author of The Deep South by Paul Theroux
Partners in this work
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Rural LISC: https://www.lisc.org/rural/
USDA Rural Development
The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
SC Office of Rural Health
South Carolina Assoc. for Community Economic Development
National Consortium for Creative Placemaking
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