In this episode, I’m meditating on what defines community, especially Black community, and what it means to be a Black cultural worker at a major museum in Columbia, South Carolina with my friend Sherrie Belton.
Sherrie Belton is a Fairfield County, SC native who loves asking questions, solving problems, and causing good trouble. From classrooms to museums, she has spent the last decade doing creative community work across the Midlands of South Carolina. Though typically she serves as an arts programmer and arts educator, she began exploring what it means to be a maker through an open call for proposals for Indie Grit Lab’s Rural Project. It’s where Route 3 Box 187D was born, an audio series that celebrates the everyday triumph and resiliency of Black families in rural South. Sherrie is particularly interested in Black community regeneration, cultural preservation, and creative placemaking.
This conversation was recorded on April 5, 2020.
Produced by Curtis Caesar John
Music by audionautix.com
