In conjunction with The Art of the Rural website, we present below this indexed list of rural arts links. From what we've discovered through our own internet searching, no comprehensive list of rural arts links exists; we hope to serve this need. All of these links will also be integrated into our interactive Rural Arts Map.
This list is a work-in-progress. Please help us add your favorite rural arts sites--though this list in its present form is lengthy, there are many gaps in coverage of genres and regions of the country. Also, throughout the course of 2011 we would like to also create a useful list of local arts organizations, and we could really use our readers' help! Please submit your suggestions in the "comments" section below or send an email to artoftherural at gmail. When your comment has been deleted below, you will know that I've added your suggestions to the links list.
Here are the categories; clicking on the "article link" associated with select entries will provide a link to articles from The Art of the Rural that discuss the artist or organization:
This list is a work-in-progress. Please help us add your favorite rural arts sites--though this list in its present form is lengthy, there are many gaps in coverage of genres and regions of the country. Also, throughout the course of 2011 we would like to also create a useful list of local arts organizations, and we could really use our readers' help! Please submit your suggestions in the "comments" section below or send an email to artoftherural at gmail. When your comment has been deleted below, you will know that I've added your suggestions to the links list.
Here are the categories; clicking on the "article link" associated with select entries will provide a link to articles from The Art of the Rural that discuss the artist or organization:
Blogs
Radio
Regional and National Arts Organizations
Museums, Galleries, Performance Spaces
Arts Education
Film Organizations
Films and Audio Documentaries:
Writers
Music Organizations and Record Labels:
Musicians
Visual Artists
Dance
Theater
Culture and Agriculture
Food Culture
and
Local Arts Organizations
News and Commentary:
Local Arts Organizations
News and Commentary:
Blogs:
Art and Seek: Arts, Music, Culture for North Texas
Blog for Rural America
The Center for Rural Arts Development and Leadership Blog
Blog for Rural America
The Center for Rural Arts Development and Leadership Blog
The GOAT Blog (High Country News)
Radio:
Regional and National Arts Organizations:
Alliance for California Traditional Arts :
American Folklife Center
Americans For The Arts
Animating Democracy
Alliance for California Traditional Arts :
American Folklife Center
Americans For The Arts
Animating Democracy
The Center for New England Culture : article link
The Center for Rural Arts Development and Leadership
The Center for Rural Affairs
The Center for Rural Arts Development and Leadership
The Center for Rural Affairs
Minnesota Artists : article link 1 and 2
Missouri Folk Arts Program : article link
National Council for the Traditional Arts
National Endowment for the Arts :
National Endowment for the Humanities :
National Council for the Traditional Arts
National Endowment for the Arts :
National Endowment for the Humanities :
National Rural Youth Assembly : article link
Northwest Folklife :
Oregon Folklife :
Portal Wisconsin
The Rural Learning Center
Northwest Folklife :
Oregon Folklife :
Portal Wisconsin
The Rural Learning Center
Vermont Folklife Center : article link 1
Western Folklife Center : article link 1 and 2
Hudson Museum - University of Maine : article link
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Arts Education:
Film Organizations:
Films and Audio Documentaries:
Alan Lomax's documentaries on Folkstreams
Behind The Chutes
Buffalo Creek Flood & Buffalo Creek Revisited :
Behind The Chutes
Buffalo Creek Flood & Buffalo Creek Revisited :
Wendell Berry : article link 1 and 2 and 3
Willa Cather :
Fred Chappell
Harry Caudill :
Harry Crews :
Lorine Niedecker :
Willa Cather :
Fred Chappell
Harry Caudill :
Harry Crews :
Lorine Niedecker :
The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering : article link 1 and 2
Flannery O'Connor :
Breece D'J Pancake :
Flannery O'Connor :
Breece D'J Pancake :
Dust-to-Digital : article link 1 and 2
Twos & Fews : article link 1 and 2
Musicians:
The Carter Family : article link 1 and 2
John Cohen : article link 1 and 2
Roscoe Holcomb : article link 1 and 2
Visual Artists:
Jetsonorama : article link 1 and 2 and 3
Caleb Kenna and his Golden Cage project : article link
Kay Westhues : article link 1 and 2
Theater:
Food Culture:
Southern Foodways Alliance : article link 1 and 2
Local Arts Organizations: This is an area we are looking to develop during 2011. Please help us add your favorite local arts organizations to this list by submitting suggestions in the "comments" section below or to artoftherural at gmail. Your suggestions will also be added to our Rural Arts Map.
Alabama:
Florida:
Idaho:
Illinois:
Kansas:
Kentucky:
Louisiana:
Maryland:
Maine:
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance: article link
Spindleworks Art Center
Tides Institute and Museum of Art
Spindleworks Art Center
Tides Institute and Museum of Art
Minnesota:
Mississippi:
Missouri:
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
Missouri Artisans Association
Missouri Association of Community Arts Agencies and their comprehensive members list
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
Missouri Artisans Association
Missouri Association of Community Arts Agencies and their comprehensive members list
Nebraska:
New Hampshire:
New Mexico:
Nevada:
The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering : article link 1 and 2
Western Folklife Center : article link 1 and 2
North Dakota:
Ohio:
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
Pennsylvania:
South Carolina:
Texas Dance Hall Preservation : article link
Texas Folklife
Texas Mountain Trail Region: article link
Utah:
Texas Folklife
Texas Mountain Trail Region: article link
Utah:
The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering : article link 1 and 2
Farms For City Kids : article link
Vermont Folklife Center
Virginia:
Piedmont Council for the Arts
Washington:
Northwest Folklife
West Virginia:
West Virginia Folklife Center
Wisconsin:
Vermont Folklife Center
Virginia:
Piedmont Council for the Arts
Washington:
Northwest Folklife
West Virginia:
West Virginia Folklife Center
Wisconsin: