FCC commissioner to address Assembly

Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn will be among the federal officials addressing the 2011 National Rural Assembly.

Commissioner Clyburn, an advocate of expanding broadband access to rural communities and other underserved populations, will speak at lunchtime on Wednesday, June 29, 2011.

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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