The Traveling Show: public art tour since 2013
The Traveling Show is a long-term socially engaged project to rural South communities. The Traveling Show is a way to create an invitation through welcoming gestures that then encourages people to imagine more good could happen, while examining real and tough issues. The work launched in 2013, and is entirely free and public. *March 27-April 1, 2023, research | residency one, Gee's Bend, AL
May 22-26, 2019 Stewart County: Pasaquan, Lumpkin, Ridgeland
March 11-17, 2019 Marion, Alabama
2018 Walker County 2013-17: Walker County, St. EOM's Pasaquan Grounds + Buena Vista, Dalton, Athens, Gainesville, Rabun County, Atlanta, Monroe, Howard Finster's Paradise Garden + Summerville, Kingsland, Tunnel Hill, Meriwether County, Griffin Spalding CountyThe 2021-22 Boykin, AL Traveling Show is made possible with an NEA Art Works grant. The Traveling Show launch was made possible with support from a SEED Grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. The 2013-16 cycle was supported by major funding from Georgia Council for the Arts in affiliation with the National Endowment for the Arts, and Georgia Tourism.*a commission of Georgia Department of Economic Development, Columbus State University, and Pasaquan Historic Society.
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