Dialogue: What is creative placemaking?
The act of placemaking has inspired performance artist Molly Van Avery to look at all aspects of art-making differently.
Dialogue, Part 2: When is a place not a place?
Ashley Hanson uses her artistic talents in service to her rural roots but rejects the idea that the place needed her to "make" it.
Dialogue, Part 3: What should art do?
Should we be worried when artists are asked to save the world?
Dialogue, Part 4: Think about The Money
Charles responds to Ashley and Molly's essays with an attempt to locate why a common hesitancy emerges.
Dialogue, Part 5 (+/-): Time and place and the art of return
Successful public art in community requires a commitment to the place that endures beyond the last show.
Today’s cover: News and Notes before the eclipse
Brief report from the wilds of Missouri
“"Art won't save the world, it will just make it worth saving."”
— Derek Miller