The Traveling Show: rural South project
since 2013
The Traveling Show is a long-term project traveling extensively to engage 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.
In 2024, the project is supported by a site-based choreography residency at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Starting with the premise that all people belong, stallings research concerns the spiritual significance of the rhythms through which humans live, to expand the connections between civic movements and choreography practices.
2024 rural Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.
June 26- July 1, 2023, research | residency two, Selma, Camden, Gee's Bend, AL
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, Georgia
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 County
Collaborators in The Traveling Show from 2013-2023: Living Walls, The City Speaks, Gee’s Bend Quilt Collective, Hambidge Center, Mayor’s Office, City of Dalton, chef Scott Peacock, Jean Childs Family, Paradise Garden Foundation, City of Summerville, Tunnel Hill Heritage Center and Historic Railroad Tunnel, saultopaul, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Center, Quinlan Arts Center, Monroe Art Guild, Pasaquan Art Environment, Reimagine Home Project, Downtown Development Authority of Monroe, Main Street Marion, Roosevelt Warm Springs | Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, Warm Springs Welcome Center, Foot Soldiers Park, and the Museum of Contemporary and African Art Selma.
The 2022-23 Boykin, AL Traveling Show is made possible with an NEA Art Works grant. The 2013-16 cycle was supported by major funding from Georgia Council for the Arts in affiliation with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Traveling Show was made possible in collaboration with Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, and Georgia Tourism. The Traveling Show: Pasaquan is a commission of Georgia Department of Economic Development, Columbus State University, and Pasaquan Historic Society.
The project launch was made possible with support of a three-year SEED Grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
PRESS
AJC- Howard Pousner- PREVIEW
ArtsATL-Andrew Alexander-REVIEW- public art as a change maker in Georgia
Huffington Post- Sally Hansell-REVIEW
Creative Loafing-Andrew Alexander- Critics Notebook: Public art tour across state
Encore Atlanta-PREVIEW- Public art tour
Film: Pete Candler/ a deeper south / Dustin Chambers
photos: Thom Baker, Mark Brown, Joe Dreher
The Traveling Show: rural South project
since 2013
The Traveling Show is a long-term project traveling extensively to engage 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.
In 2024, the project is supported by a site-based choreography residency at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Starting with the premise that all people belong, stallings research concerns the spiritual significance of the rhythms through which humans live, to expand the connections between civic movements and choreography practices.
2024 rural Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.
June 26- July 1, 2023, research | residency two, Selma, Camden, Gee's Bend, AL
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, Georgia
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 County
Collaborators in The Traveling Show from 2013-2023: Living Walls, The City Speaks, Gee’s Bend Quilt Collective, Hambidge Center, Mayor’s Office, City of Dalton, chef Scott Peacock, Jean Childs Family, Paradise Garden Foundation, City of Summerville, Tunnel Hill Heritage Center and Historic Railroad Tunnel, saultopaul, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Center, Quinlan Arts Center, Monroe Art Guild, Pasaquan Art Environment, Reimagine Home Project, Downtown Development Authority of Monroe, Main Street Marion, Roosevelt Warm Springs | Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, Warm Springs Welcome Center, Foot Soldiers Park, and the Museum of Contemporary and African Art Selma.
The 2022-23 Boykin, AL Traveling Show is made possible with an NEA Art Works grant. The 2013-16 cycle was supported by major funding from Georgia Council for the Arts in affiliation with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Traveling Show was made possible in collaboration with Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, and Georgia Tourism. The Traveling Show: Pasaquan is a commission of Georgia Department of Economic Development, Columbus State University, and Pasaquan Historic Society.
The project launch was made possible with support of a three-year SEED Grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
PRESS
AJC- Howard Pousner- PREVIEW
ArtsATL-Andrew Alexander-REVIEW- public art as a change maker in Georgia
Huffington Post- Sally Hansell-REVIEW
Creative Loafing-Andrew Alexander- Critics Notebook: Public art tour across state
Encore Atlanta-PREVIEW- Public art tour
Film: Pete Candler/ a deeper south / Dustin Chambers
photos: Thom Baker, Mark Brown, Joe Dreher