Next Generation: The Future of Arts & Culture Placemaking in Rural America
Submitted by Steve on February 25, 2016
A new website aims to assert the essential role of arts and cultural organizations in rural economic and community development. Next Generation: The Future of Arts & Culture Placemaking in Rural America the full title of a “digital learning commons” announced by Art of the Rural (AOTR) and the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) is designed to provide a platform for storytelling, research, and best practices as well as an inclusive space for deeper collaboration. The Learning Commons wants to address two major challenges facing rural arts practitioners geographic distance and access to information and networks and establishes a digital intermediary through which these partnerships can develop.