Rural Connectivity Webinar

Technology and social media have become increasingly important to rural advocacy campaigns, and rural organizations need resources to learn about, experiment with, and apply the latest digital tools to help advance their policy work. This webinar is the first in a series and deals with projects in mapping access to broadband.

 

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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