Sowing Possibility | 6 | Ashley Hanson on Rural Cultural Work, Site-Specific Theater and Community Development

from Reframing Rural · host Tree Ring Records, LLC

Ashley Hanson is the director of PlaceBase Productions, a site-specific theater company working with nontraditional actors to create stories specific to small towns, and the founder and executive director of Department of Public Transformation, an artist-led nonprofit that's fostering community connection, civic pride and equitable participation in rural places. This episode explores the role of the arts in facilitating community cohesion and rural community development, and the challenges and opportunities of leading an art nonprofit.

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