Community Creativity Conversations: Recent Episodes
Arts Midwest
Community Creativity Conversations is an audio series that features cultural leaders who are making art central to problem solving on more issues in more communities. Learn from Midwesterners who are making intersectional change, addressing racism and inequity, and bringing people together through creativity and art.
In our third episode, hear from Lynn Cuny and Kyle White, two members of the leadership team at Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota-led grassroots organization working to build economic prosperity and community vitality in the Pine Ridge Reservation. Lynn and Kyle share about how Thunder Valley CDC is creating space for Oglala Lakota people and lifeways to thrive, and how their new rebrand connects to the ongoing work of liberation.
In our second episode, hear from Dawn Espe and Jane Leonard, two Minnesotans who are passionate about equitable community development. Writer and radio producer Leah Lemm spoke with them about a new resource they’re working on to help solidify and advance equity efforts in rural Minnesota and beyond.
Read a full article about the Rural Communities Equity Action Guide here.
This conversation was recorded as part of a Community Creativity Cohort convening in March 2021. The Cohort is a group of 40 organizations who are making art central to their community building efforts, funded by the Bush Foundation and operated by Arts Midwest.
In this Community Creativity Conversation, meet Dipankar Mukherjee and Meena Natarjan, cofounders of Pangea World Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Writer and radio producer Leah Lemm spoke with these innovative creators about a project they’re working on to fight gentrification and displacement in South Minneapolis following the murder of George Floyd.
Read a full article about Pangea World Theater here.
This conversation was recorded as part of a Community Creativity Cohort convening in March 2021. The Cohort is a group of 40 organizations who are making art central to their community building efforts, funded by the Bush Foundation and operated by Arts Midwest.