3/6/2018 Public Transformation The Art of Community: Rural S.C. New Tools for Community Development Main Street South Carolina Presentation in Manning, SC Feb. 22, 2018 1
3/6/2018 Welcome to South Carolina! Population > 5 million 46 counties From the mountains to the coast: the Upstate, Midlands, PeeDee &Lowcountry Traditions and practices: Gullah Geechee baskets, Catawba pottery, Music traditions of old time, gospel, Blues, Rock & Roll Industry: Manufacturing--Textile Capital of the World, BMW, Mercedes, Boeing Agriculture: Peaches—”the peach state, ” A legacy of rice and cotton, wealth, poverty, division Cities: Greenville, Spartanburg, Rock Hill, Columbia, Florence, Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Hilton Head Rural Con Context: t: Six Coun Six Counties, ties, Six M Six Mavens, , Six T Six Team ams A new fr A ne w fram amework ork A st A state ate ar arts commi commiss ssion 2
3/6/2018 Lottie Audrey A Promise Zone Johnny Gary Evelyn Yvette May 2016 Leadership by INsIGHTs South Carolina A three-tiered design Arts Commission Advisors Mavens Team Members Advisory Co-Chairs Ken May Official Partnership Funding by USDA-Rural Development Dr. Ann Carmichael Vernita Dore Background Bob Reeder 3
3/6/2018 Our stories Considering these questions: What is our story of place? What is unique and distinctive? Who tells our story? What makes you proud of your community? What’s compelling and urgent? Who leads change? The power of a field trip Where we’ve been, where we’re headed: …… if you don’t know where you are you don’t know who you are. . –Wallace Stegner regarding poet farmer Wendell Berry to Kentucky 4
3/6/2018 INsIGHTs Seeing differently Experiencing together New thinking Laughing together Eating together The power of discovering place together-- Our first community tour in Allendale July 2016 5
3/6/2018 December 2016 The power of local meetings. CRAWL is announced in Denmark The power of shared learning & experience February 2017 6
3/6/2018 The power of folk & traditional arts The power of local economic development 7
3/6/2018 The power of an example The power of documentation telling our stories & sharing our stories 8
3/6/2018 Practicing what we preach… The power of learning through local Projects County Issue _____________Maven_______ Hampton Health Audrey Hopkins-Williams Allendale Business Retention Lottie Lewis Bamberg Blight Yvette McDaniel Barnwell Youth/Education Evelyn Coker Colleton Health/Food Gary Brightwell Jasper Literacy Johnny Davis Hampton County: Estill Nature Trail Health and wellbeing 9
3/6/2018 Allendale: Business retention Bam Bamber erg Coun g County: ty: Denmark “blight” 10
3/6/2018 Food, Health,Education Barnwell County: Blackville— Youth, education 11
3/6/2018 Jasper Coun Jasper County P ty Project oject The Art of Literacy The power of the art of community 12
3/6/2018 The power of NEXT GEN: Bobby Harley Michael Dantzler Ment Nelson Ashley Jordan CREATE Rural SC Young Voices/Nex t Gen Updates 13
3/6/2018 Lessons learned • There are no prescriptions • Listen with love • Celebrate small changes • The timeline is long • Ask for: • New voices • Reflection • Documentation • Practice: • Telling our stories • Writing our stories • Sharing our stories in new settings • Mutuality • Discover, Understand and Value: • Multiple contexts and perspectives • Traditions of people in place Everyone is learning • • Ask what partners and community members need • Connect people and ideas to one another Forward focus 2017-2019 Di Divi ving deeper i ng deeper into Health and wellness Education Economic Development In Intersections w with th Fa Faith Arts and Cul Arts and Culture Ma Makers Entr Entrepr epreneur neurshi ship 14
3/6/2018 Strategic Partners Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English The South Carolina Arts Commission is pleased to work closely with these partners addressing issues related to health, education and economic development within rural South Carolina and beyond. Thank you! Susan DuPlessis Program Director South Carolina Arts Commission sduplessis@arts.sc.gov 15
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