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: 

News and Commentary
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:

Blogs: 
The GOAT Blog (High Country News)

Radio:

Appalshop : article link 1 and 2
Minnesota Artists : article link 1 and 2 
Vermont Folklife Center : article link 1  
Western Folklife Center : article link 1 and 2

Museums, Galleries, Performance Spaces:
Abbe Museum 

Arts Education:

Film Organizations:
Appalshop : article link 1 and 2

Films and Audio Documentaries: 

Writers:
Sherman Alexie : 
Shane Seely : article link 1 and 2
William Stafford :  
James Still : 
Jesse Stuart :  
Charles Wright :  


Music Organizations and Record Labels:
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 
David Lundahl : article link 1 and 2 
The M12 Group 
Chris Sauter : article link 1 and 2 
Richard Saxton 
Amy Stein : article 1 
Kay Westhues : article link 1 and 2

Theater:

Culture and Agriculture:
The Aldo Leopold Foundation : 

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:


Minnesota:

Mississippi:


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:
The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering :  article link 1 and 2  
Utah Folk Arts Program :     


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