Arts Engagement in Rural Communities
- Arrange by population of home community
- Discuss definitions of ruralism and experiences of ruralism (are these the same thing?!)
Outreach at the Stanley Museum of Art (15 minutes)
- Challenges
- Successes
- Evaluation
- Financial Resources
Ideate (20 minutes)
- Re-arrange by regions
- Identify regional demographics, challenges, resources (financial/capital), resources (material, i.e. objects), resources (personpower)
- Identify one goal per group that each individual will take back to their home institution
Wrap Up (5 minutes)
- Gather participant information to create a network of rural arts outreach professionals
Suggested Readings
Donovan, Lisa and Maren Brown. Leveraging Change: Increasing Access to Arts Education in Rural Areas. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 2017.
Kroiz, Lauren. Cultivating Citizens: The Regional Work of Art in the New Deal Era. Oakland: University of California Press, 2018.
Leach, Darin. “Expanding the Role of Arts and Cultural ORganizations to Attract the Next Generation of Rural Leaders Focus of Oct.12 -14 National Summit in Iowa City.” Press Release. United States Department of Agriculture - Rural Development. September 1, 2016. Accessed September 11, 2019.
Luis, Keridwen N. Herlands: Exploring the Women’s Land Movement in the United States. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018.
Nichols, Bonnie. “Rural Arts, Design, and Innovation in America: Research Findings from the Rural Establishment Innovation Survey.” National Endowment for the Arts, November 2017. Accessed September 11, 2019.
Scherson, ATS. “‘From a Human Doing to a Human Being’: The Impact of Nonprofit Arts Education Programs in Rural Appalachia.” BA thesis, Ohio University, 2019.