{"id":1452,"date":"2010-10-29T08:59:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T15:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2010\/10\/connecting_culture_and_agricul\/"},"modified":"2010-10-29T08:59:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T15:59:48","slug":"connecting_culture_and_agricul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/connecting_culture_and_agricul.php","title":{"rendered":"Connecting culture and agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle celebrated the 2010 recipients of the Governor&#8217;s Awards in Support of the Arts. It was another great batch of recipients (full disclosure, I&#8217;m on the Advisory Committee for the sponsoring organization, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiffa.org\/\">Wisconsin Foundation for the Arts<\/a>). Links to videos about each recipient are included below.<\/p>\n<p>A particular favorite, for a while now, is The Wormfarm Institute, a combination of organic farm, artist residency, and cultural connector in rural Reedsburg, Wisconsin, working to &#8221;build a sustainable future for agriculture and the arts by fostering vital links between people and the land.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wormfarminstitute.org\/artistrez.html\">Artists in residency<\/a> work 15 hours a week tending to the farm, and helping things grow. Artists also enhance the life and work of local farmers through the very cool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wormfarminstitute.org\/WFroadside.html\">Roadside Culture Stands<\/a> project. The Woolen Mill Gallery provides a public space to connect the dots, as well (as in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wormfarminstitute.org\/FFKey.html\">current Smithsonian exhibit there<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Well worth a watching. Makes you want to get your hands into the soil &#8212; both literally and metaphorically.<\/p>\n<p>Other videos of worthy and wonderful recipients are also available for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oR2jVKlY59M\">Racine Art Museum Executive Director Bruce Pepich<\/a>, arts funders\/supporters<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=64dOOrC9cPw\"> Betty Harris and J. Corkey Custer<\/a>, and Wisconsin-based theatrical and architectural lighting company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KV-AhMsZ3Nc\">Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC)<\/a>. Also worth watching is the overview of the 2010 commissioned artist for the awards, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RjG_OS1uXzY\">master metalsmith Jon Michael Route<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"458\" height=\"283\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WdeYdf36FAk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WdeYdf36FAk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"458\" height=\"283\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle celebrated the 2010 recipients of the Governor&#8217;s Awards in Support of the Arts. It was another great batch of recipients (full disclosure, I&#8217;m on the Advisory Committee for the sponsoring organization, the Wisconsin Foundation for the Arts). Links to videos about each recipient are included below. 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