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IU Center for Rural Engagement launches new rural arts series offerings in three communities

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

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Kerry Thomson

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement will host a variety of new arts and cultural offerings in the Indiana communities of Huntingburg, Nashville and Salem this winter and spring.

Expanding upon programming launched this fall, the center is collaborating with the IU Arts and Humanities Council to deliver cinema screenings, theater and musical performances, exhibits, creative writing workshops and artists-in-residence programs in partnership with local artists and residents. These events are part of larger community plans to increase local access to arts and cultural opportunities.

"The Center for Rural Engagement and the Arts and Humanities Council welcome the opportunity to continue work with Huntingburg, Nashville and Salem -- three communities with different visions and shared enthusiasm around the arts," said Kerry Thomson, executive director of the IU Center for Rural Engagement. "As we work together to create programming that resonates with each community, we are also developing strategies to increase local capacity around artistic and cultural assets."

Events include Hamiltunes, a sing-along musical experience based on the hit Broadway show "Hamilton" performed by the Jacobs School of Music and the Singing Hoosiers; pop-up cinema screenings of "The Little Woods," "Roma," "Cold War," and "Eddie the Eagle," in partnership with IU Cinema; touring exhibits of faculty and student work and professional practice sessions from the IU School of Art, Architecture + Design; elder art workshops and folk art exhibitions with Traditional Arts Indiana and the Mathers Museum of World Cultures; creative writing workshops and readings; and the IU Theatre touring revue.

"Hamiltunes" is performed in Nashville, Indiana, and will soon be in Huntingburg and Salem as part of the IU Center for Rural Engagement's rural arts series.

In addition to arts events, the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs Master of Arts Administration students and faculty have launched capstone and site-specific practicum projects addressing key strategic planning needs for each partnering community.

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