THE RURBAN FRINGE

Exploring Rural Development: Using the Arts as an Economic Driver

Second in The ‘Fringe’s limited online series on rural/rurban development is Becky McCray, author of Small Biz Survival.  Not only has Becky created a great rural and small town business resource, she’s also an entrepreneur, social media consultant, and small biz speaker.  I was fortunate to connect with Becky last year, contributed a guest post to her [...]

Exploring Rurban Art – Lorraine Roy

The sixth and final artist in The Rurban Fringe’s limited online art series is Lorraine Roy, a textile artist living and working in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. 
Through her beautifully crafted and unique art, Lorraine demonstrates  – through fabric – that contemporary rurban art is not an art of cultivated isolation – rather, it is approachable and creates valuable [...]

Exploring Rurban Art – John Andrews

John Andrews – the fifth artist in The Rurban Fringe’s limited online series – is proud to explore, sustain, and raise the profile of creative rural art by understanding ‘community’ as a place from which one can create (and find!) meaning and culture.
Tell us a bit about yourself and your work.
I’m a graphic designer who’s [...]

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