Q4 #Rural currently (and widely) swings red in the political arena, and the GOP seeks to defund the CPB and other public media agencies. How/why did the #rural narrative turn against public media? Do you see evidence of this where you live? #RuralAW

Q5 At its best, community radio can serve as a public forum for debate, affinity-gathering, outreach, and organizing. Do you see this principle at work in your #rural area? How? #RuralAW

That's all for this week, #RuralAW tweeters! Thanks for joining and, as always, feel free to chime in on these threads all week. Love & solidarity - @bourbonswan & P. McKay

Rural Arts Weekly Sorry to have missed this! Such a fascinating topic - especially as we look to hybrid and online platforms. Thanks for sparking the dialogue.

Have you visited the Listening Gallery yet? bit.ly/2MSdUBJ Rural Arts Weekly @NCravenNetwork Voices of Craven Settle TIC

#RuralArt #PublicArt - A report from Nat'l Endow f/t Arts shows that #rural counties that host #performingarts events regularly tend to have greater #populationgrowth Rural Arts Weekly wctrib.com/business/agric… #rplccapr #ruraldev #ruralvoices #community #artsandculture #ruralAmerica #tourism

Looks like rain is going around - today for #ruralaw - what are you saving for a rainy day? What do need to save for a rainy day? Share your ideas with #rainyruralday

Reminder: 2/3 of native ppl live rurally, on or near their sovereign nations.

"It was quickly apparent that my childhood experiences were worlds apart from many of my peers. The questions vary in nature but the overwhelming reality is that very few of my peers know anything about rural America." buff.ly/2IZ2Dhu #realsmalltowns

The 2019 South Arts Folk & Traditional Arts Master Artist Fellowship will provide $9,000 awards (with limited restrictions) to individual folk and traditional artists to support their continued training, research and/or learning opportunities. southarts.org/individual-art…

Today AMI & All Access EKY are telling true stories of love for each other, their bodies, their communities, and their craft at the International Storytelling Center’s Young Appalachian Story Summit. 🎥🌟👏

Support the next generation of Appalachian feminist artists – onstage and behind the scenes. Give to Crossing Roots: A Rural-Urban Theater Workshop today! gofundme.com/crossing-roots…

We've made 50% of our Crossing Roots Theater Workshop fund drive! 💃 Your donations directly support women artists in leadership from rural Appalachia to NYC and beyond. Give today: gofundme.com/crossing-roots…

Attn Southern & Appalachian film producers! The Southern Producers Lab 2019, produced and presented by the New Orleans Film Society, is now accepting applications: neworleansfilmsociety.org/southern-produ…

I HAVE READ EVERY DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE'S ENTIRE RURAL PLATFORM. Well the eight who have one Is good news allowed on Twitter? If so plz continue 5 candidates, including 2 front-runners, strike me as Very Legit on rural with big-time structural solutions + some creative surprises

We’ll see you there! #RuralWomenLead

Good morning from Lake Mille Lacs, home to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in the colonized territory of central Minnesota, about 100 miles north of Minneapolis-St. Paul! This week we’re live-tweeting the Rural Arts & Culture for LMDA! #racsummit2019 #racsummit #ruralarts

Artist @shanai_haana at her block printing station — sharing hand-stamped stories of region iron ranges & cultures. She art-ed out so hard she injured her hand ☠️✊🌿 #racsummit

HAPPENING NOW - 2019 Rural Arts & Culture Summit (Rural Arts & Culture) in Grand Rapids, MN. Follow along at #racsummit or on our partner project Cardinal Cross Arts Co.’s feed for real-time quotes, news & media. #creativepeoplepower