The Art of the Rural podcast highlights the work of individuals & organizations across rural America & Indian Country. Join us for conversations expressing visions and futures across the wide field of non-urban art, culture, and community.
Founded in 2010, Art of the Rural is a collaborative arts non-profit organization that works to resource artists & culture bearers to build the field, change narratives, and bridge divides. Learn more and support our work at artoftherural.org (http://artoftherural.org)
Sharing and Supporting Native Creativity with Holly Doll (5 Plain Questions)
This episode was produced in partnership with 5 Plain Questions and Eleven Warrior Arts. Hosted by Joe Williams, 5 Plain Questions is a podcast that proposes 5 general questions to Native American and Indigenous artists, creators, musicians, writers, movers and shakers, and culture bearers. In this episode, meet Holly Doll. Holly Doll lives in Bismarck, North Dakota, and is a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. First and foremost, Holly is an artist. She specializes in Lakota form...
15 May 2026
Uplifting Two-Spirit Stories and Cultural Healing with Penny Kagigebi (5 Plain Questions)
This two-part episode was produced in partnership with5 Plain Questions and Eleven Warrior Arts. Hosted by Joe Williams, 5 Plain Questions is a podcast that proposes 5 general questions to Native American and Indigenous artists, creators, musicians, writers, movers and shakers, and culture bearers. In this episode, meet Penny Kagigebi. Penny is a Two-Spirit queer artist, curator, and community collaborator. She is Crane Clan from White Earth Nation Ojibwe in northwestern Minnesota. For years,...
27 Apr 2026
“Get Dirty, Eat Well, and Make Art”: Reflecting on 25 Years of Wormfarm Institute with Donna Neuwirth & Jay Salinas
Meet Donna Neuwirth and Jay Salinas, co-Founders of Wormfarm Institute, a cross-sector arts and culture organization rooted in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the heart of the Driftless region of the Upper Midwest. Over thirty years ago, Jay and Donna made a leap of faith, leaving behind Chicago, and the city’s vibrant arts scene, for a forty-acre dairy farm in Wisconsin. Out of this experiment grew one of the most inventive and influential models for artistic, cultural, and agricultural stewardsh...
1 Apr 2026
Championing Native Rights with Suzan Shown Harjo, Part 2 (5 Plain Questions)
This two-part episode was produced in partnership with5 Plain Questions and Eleven Warrior Arts. Hosted by Joe Williams, 5 Plain Questions is a podcast that proposes 5 general questions to Native American and Indigenous artists, creators, musicians, writers, movers and shakers, and culture bearers. Suzan Shown Harjo is a Cheyenne citizen of Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes and Hodulgee Muscogee. She is a six-decade champion for Native rights, Founder and President of the Morning Star Institute, ...
20 Mar 2026
Championing Native Rights with Suzan Shown Harjo, Part 1 (5 Plain Questions)
This two-part episode was produced in partnership with5 Plain Questions and Eleven Warrior Arts. Hosted by Joe Williams, 5 Plain Questions is a podcast that proposes 5 general questions to Native American and Indigenous artists, creators, musicians, writers, movers and shakers, and culture bearers. Suzan Shown Harjo is a Cheyenne citizen of Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes and Hodulgee Muscogee. She is a six-decade champion for Native rights, Founder and President of the Morning Star Institute, ...
27 Feb 2026
Tending Our Circles: The Long Conversation with Fire in the Village's Annie Humphrey & Shanai Matteson
In this episode, meet Annie Humphrey and Shanai Matteson of Fire in the Village, a collective of artists and cultural organizers that build and sustain spiritual fires of connection where they live in Anishinaabe territory, or rural northern Minnesota, and with arts and music communities around the region. As we learn, Fire in the Village isn't what we might conventionally call an organization or a program. As Shanai shares in this conversation, Fire in the Village is better understood as a ...
12 Dec 2025
Amplifying Dakota Language & Creativity with Dr. Kate Beane (5 Plain Questions)
Host Joe Williams interviews Dr. Kate Beane about amplifying Dakota language and creativity, exploring the intersection of art, history, and Indigenous culture.
11 Nov 2025
Dreaming Back Knowledge with Autumn Cavender
Autumn Cavender, a Wahpetunwan Dakota midwife, shares her journey integrating art, birth, and storytelling, highlighting the revitalization of Dakota language and cultural practices in her midwifery work in an interview.
24 Oct 2025
Hearing the Archive, Land, and Memory with Brian Harnetty
Sound artist Brian Harnetty discusses his work with sound archives and communities, focusing on place-based projects and the importance of listening in this interview.
3 Sept 2025
Cultivating Latinx Culture & Creativity with Maria Cristina Tavera (5 Plain Questions)
Host Joe Williams interviews Latinx artist Maria Cristina Tavera about her work exploring identity and culture through art.
15 Aug 2025
Tending to Place: Art, Reciprocity, and the Road with Mary Welcome
Host [Host Name] interviews multidisciplinary cultural worker and rural avant-garde artist Mary Welcome about tending to place, reciprocity, and life on the road.
30 Jul 2025
Reconnecting with Practice: The Music of Mali Obomsawin (5 Plain Questions)
Mali Obomsawin, interviewed by Joe Williams, discusses her diverse musical journey through jazz, roots, and experimental sound, highlighting her role as a contemporary Indigenous artist.
10 Jul 2025
Magical Places: On the Road & At Home with Erika Nelson
Independent artist and educator Erika Nelson shares her two-year exploration of Outsider Art across America, revealing the communities and artworks encountered during her travels in this interview.
30 Apr 2025
Empowering Indigenous Voices: The Photographic Practice of Joseph J. Allen (5 Plain Questions)
This episode was produced in partnership with5 Plain Questions and Eleven Warrior Arts. Hosted by Joe Williams, 5 Plain Questions is a podcast that proposes 5 general questions to Native American and Indigenous artists, creators, musicians, writers, movers and shakers, and culture bearers. Joseph J. Allen, a Minnesota-based photographer, Art of the Rural Fellow, and returning guest to 5 Plain Questions, shares insights from his artistic journey and community work in this engaging conversation...
16 Apr 2025
Art All Over the Place: Chronicling Local Life with Lucy Lippard
In this episode, Matthew Fluharty visits writer, curator, & activist Lucy Lippard in Galisteo, New Mexico. Lucy discusses the publication of her local newsletter El Puente de Galisteo, which she began editing & distributing in January 1997, in collaboration with local residents & community organizations. She reflects on her involvement in the Galisteo community & how the village has changed over the past few decades, which she has also chronicled in Pueblo Chico: Land and Live...
26 Mar 2025
Photographing the Rural: Imaging & Engaging Community with Xavier Tavera (5 Plain Questions)
This episode was produced in partnership with 5 Plain Questions and Eleven Warrior Arts. Hosted by Joe Williams, 5 Plain Questions is a podcast that proposes 5 general questions to Native American and Indigenous artists, creators, musicians, writers, movers and shakers, and culture bearers. In this episode, Xavier Tavera brings his unique perspective as a Minnesota-based photographer and cultural storyteller. In this engaging conversation, he reflects on the evolving nature of storytelling an...
12 Mar 2025
Stay At It: Faye Dant on Telling A Deeper Story in America's Hometown
Faye Dant joins Matthew Fluharty to discuss Black history in Hannibal, MO, and the inspirations behind Jim's Journey and her book Hannibal's Invisibles. In this first episode of the new Art of the Rural podcast, meet Faye Dant. Faye is the founder and director of Jim’s Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center, an organization with a mission to build cross-cultural understanding by documenting, preserving and presenting the history of the 19th and 20th-century African American community in Hannib...
7 Mar 2025
Introducing the Art of the Rural Podcast
In this trailer, hear from Art of the Rural Executive Director Matthew Fluharty about our new podcast, bringing together artists & culture bearers from across rural America and Indian Country. Learn more about each episode at artoftherural.org/podcast, and stay in-the-know by following us on online: Instagram & Substack @artoftheruralFacebook: theartoftheruralAs new episodes roll out, you can also tune into our previous podcast, In High Visiblity: On Location in Rural America and Indi...
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Dr Kate Beane
Autumn Cavender
Brian Harnetty
Maria Cristina Tavera
Mary Welcome
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