Video Conversation: Pipeline Activists Discuss Lessons Learned

After years of fighting new oil and gas pipelines in rural areas, activists have scored major victories that cloud the future or eliminate several big projects. The Rural Assembly partnered with Southerly to learn more about this work by talking to the activists and leaders on the ground. In this video conversation, Lyndsey Gilpin, Founder and Editor of Southerly Magazine, talks with three people who helped lead anti-pipeline campaigns about their work and what lies ahead.

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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