Is live theater unsustainable in rural communities? Not according to Lisa Mount

Joni Dahlstrom shares a lively discussion about performance arts with Lisa Mount, the producer and director of Headwaters: A Goodly Portion of Our Songs & Stories.

References
Background on Jo Carson, Headwaters’ playwright (1946-2011)
“We Are Standing on the Edge of a Story”

Artistic Logistics
Artistic Logistics is a cooperative of independent consultants who provide a variety of services to arts organizations in urban and rural areas throughout the U.S.A. Led by Lisa Mount and based in Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia, Artistic Logistics offers a working relationship that’s personal, participatory, egalitarian, artist-centered, and fun.

Sautee Nacoochee Community Association
Nurtures creativity and preserves and protects the beloved resources of the Sautee and Nacoochee valleys and surrounding areas.

Center for Rural Arts Development and Leadership
The Center for Rural Arts Development and Leadership Education (CRADLE) is committed to strengthening the expressive life through localization (telling our own stories, singing our own songs), participation (telling those stories and singing those songs ourselves), stability (building long-term relationships), and self-reliance (making organizations sustainable).

Colquitt Miller Arts Council – Swamp Gravy History
What is Swamp Gravy? It’s Georgia’s Official Folk-Life Play depicting Southern Life.

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