USDA announces ‘rural summit’ for June 3, 2010

The Department of Agriculture has announced it will hold a “rural summit” on June 3, 2010, in Hillsboro, Missouri.

press release announcing the summit says the event will “provide an opportunity for rural Americans to share their vision for creating a more prosperous and promising future for rural America.”

Registration is open on a first-come, first-served basis via the USDA website

Drawing Resilience: Maureen Hearty

Maureen Hearty transforms objects, space, and community, seeing art as a tool for action, education, and opportunity. The majority of her community-based work today is on the eastern plains of Colorado, considered one of the most sparsely populated areas in the United States. In Joes, Colorado (pop. 78), she is activating space using art, music, and the collection of story. In 2020, Maureen and her friend Kristin Stoltz were awarded an NEA grant for a project titled “Arts for a Prairie Seas: Farming Fluxus.”

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