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Art of the RuralArt All Over the Place: Chronicling Local Life with Lucy LippardIn this episode, Matthew Fluharty visits writer, curator, & activist Lucy Lippard in Galisteo, New Mexico. Lucy discusses the publication of her local newsletter El Puente de Galisteo, which she began editing & distributing in January 1997, in collaboration with local residents & community organizations.She reflects on her involvement in the Galisteo community & how the village has changed over the past few decades, which she has also chronicled in Pueblo Chico: Land and Lives in Galisteo since 1814 (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020). Lucy also discusses the inspirations behind her book The Lure of the Local (The New Press, 1997) and its...
2025-04-1630 min
Art of the RuralStay At It: Faye Dant on Telling A Deeper Story in America's HometownFaye Dant joins Matthew Fluharty to discuss Black history in Hannibal, MO, and the inspirations behind Jim's Journey and her book Hannibal's Invisibles.In this first episode of the new Art of the Rural podcast, meet Faye Dant. Faye is the founder and director of Jim’s Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center, an organization with a mission to build cross-cultural understanding by documenting, preserving and presenting the history of the 19th and 20th-century African American community in Hannibal and northeast Missouri.Faye grew up in Douglasville in Hannibal, on...
2025-03-1251 min
Art of the RuralIntroducing the Art of the Rural PodcastIn this trailer, hear from Art of the Rural Executive Director Matthew Fluharty about our new podcast, bringing together artists & culture bearers from across rural America and Indian Country.Learn more about each episode at artoftherural.org/podcast, and stay in-the-know by following us on online:Instagram & Substack @artoftheruralFacebook: theartoftheruralAs new episodes roll out, you can also tune into our previous podcast, In High Visiblity: On Location in Rural America and Indian Country (2021-2022), wherever you get your podcasts.Thank you to individual donors across the country, the Ford Foundation, and the...
2025-03-0701 min
Art RestartWhat urban-rural divide? Matthew Fluharty supports art across geographies.Matthew Fluharty is the founder and executive director of Art of the Rural, an organization that works to support and promote the work of artists and culture bearers across the country and that also aims to bridge cultural divides across urban and rural areas.Initially created as a blog in 2010, Art of the Rural has since then developed several long-term projects in collaboration with artists and community leaders, particularly in the upper Midwest (Art of the Rural is based in Winona, MN) and in Kentucky Appalachia. Projects have included “High Visibility: On Location in Rural American and In...
2024-11-0426 min
ART IS CHANGE: Strategies & Skills for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers58: Why Rural Stories Get Erased—And What Activist Artist Organizers Like Matthew Fluharty Are Doing to Stop It – Part 2Episode 58: Matthew Fluharty - Art of the Rural - Chapter 2This is our second episode focusing on Matthew Fluharty's work at Art of the Rural. In it we explore the continuing story of Sauget Illinois, the power of nostalgia, the iconic importance of Busch Light beer, and the amazing legacy of Family Video. Listen to Art of the Rural Chapter 1 HEREBIOMatthew is the Founder and Executive Director of Art of the Rural, a member of M12 Studio, and faculty on the Rural Environments Field School. His work flows between...
2022-10-2637 min
ART IS CHANGE: Strategies & Skills for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers57: Why Rural Stories Get Erased—And What Activist Artist Organizers Like Matthew Fluharty Are Doing to Stop It – Part 1Episode 57: Matthew Fluharty - Art of the Rural - Chapter 1Matthew Fluharty is a curious, thoughtful, passionate, humble dot connector who asks as many questions of himself as he does of the cosmos in his roles as a poet, essayist, curator, and policy wonk. The Art of the Rural, the organization he founded in 2010, is at the forefront of the story liberation movement.BIOMatthew is the Founder and Executive Director of Art of the Rural, a member of M12 Studio, and faculty on the Rural Environments Field School. His work flows between...
2022-10-1233 min
High Visibility: On Location in Rural America and Indian CountryTraveling in Place: Erika NelsonHigh Visibility is a podcast on arts, culture, and ideas in rural America and Indian Country produced by Art of the Rural and Plains Art Museum, a part of a longterm collaboration of exhibitions, publications, and events that share the richly divergent stories, experiences, and visions of folks across the continent. This episode is hosted by Matthew Fluharty, organizing curator of High Visibility. Today’s guest is Erika Nelson, an independent artist and educator whose work asks provocative questions on the place of contemporary art in the public realm, particularly in rural spaces. Erika's work can be foll...
2021-11-161h 06
High Visibility: On Location in Rural America and Indian CountryMemory, Myth, and Home: Jovan C. SpellerJovan C. Speller joins Matthew Fluharty for a conversation on her recent work and its meditation on Black origins, land, and multilayered family histories. Jovan C. Speller is a multidisciplinary artist based in Minneapolis, MN. Her work – visual, textual and performative – interprets historic narratives through contemporary discourse. Her research-based practice is centered around elevating, complicating and inventing stories that explore ancestry, identity, and spatial memory – making the intangible tangible and the invisible visible. Speller holds a B.F.A. in Fine Art Photography from Columbia College Chicago. Speller's work has been exhibited at The Plains Art Mus...
2021-03-2230 min
High Visibility: On Location in Rural America and Indian CountryLess Arc, More Contact: Karl UnnaschIn this episode, Karl Unnasch joins Matthew Fluharty for a conversation on his creative process, rural community, and bridging difference between cultures and geographies. Husk, his metal and stained glass sculpture of a crushed Busch Light can, is included in the High Visibility exhibition.A rugged farm upbringing streaked with a penchant for the surreal: This has been the driving force behind the work of Karl Unnasch. With decades of expertise in wood, metal, stonework and stained glass, phantasmagorical combinations of media have become his hallmark. Backed by a comprehensive education in the arts (MFA 2003), his notions...
2021-03-0157 min
The Weekly WordSterling Fluharty and Andy Lyman legislative recapHosts Matthew Reichbach and Joey Peters are joined by independent journalists Sterling Fluharty and Andy Lyman to discuss what just happened at the legislative session -- specifically the final hour where a huge tax bill was forced through.
2013-03-2135 minThe Weekly WordMatt Grubs and Sterling FluhartyLive from the Roundhouse, hosts Joey Peters of the Santa Fe Reporter and Matthew Reichbach of NM Telegram had SFR's Sterling Fluharty and New Mexico PBS' Matt Grubs on to discuss a controversial piece of legislation that seeks to exempt legislators from the Inspection of Public Records Act.
2013-03-1333 min