I will never forget walking around the fountain, soaking up all the sounds and the Black joy exuberating from building to building—people dancing in the streets in unison, celebrating together for one day.

we are at the edge of a forest, i ask you if you’re ready to enter

I am home. My ancestors called this place Michi Gami.

The conversation veered in many directions, driven by personal stories, meditations on agriculture, cultural context, race in America, and much more—but at the center: a shared vision to enliven our region by connecting people across geography and history.

It's not how good I am, it’s how good I want to be. That's our weapon against all the things that have tried to hold us back. Unite and untie have the same letters.

We’d been producing performances and workshops and educating for years. Now it was time to start “enhancing the quality of community life.”

The challenge of this series is to address how we encourage and educate ourselves and the public about the importance of living and engaging with art and community. How do we cultivate a sense of culture and welcome constructive criticism?

Trust building is the most essential part of this. If you want someone to tell you their story, to be vulnerable, to make art, you must make them feel safe enough to do so.

In order to be social, in order to love other people, first you need to understand yourself, and furthermore, to love yourself intactly.

“We have to highlight the birds. We need to give them the proper credit.”

Each new geologic day brings a change in sea level, and with it a change in landscape.

Water connects us all, and we belong to the water where we live. It could be an essential part of our education and our sense of belonging in the world to get to know the water we drink.

I created the Indigenous Art Alliance, which is an alliance of Indigenous Artists who are working and doing great things in the Indigenous Art World.

It’s more crucial than ever to consider ways we can expand our interpretation of community.

Times are certainly tough. But this isn’t new for humans.

I ain’t talking Jordan when I say I’m on my sixth ring

Longitude is a human creation, having to do with the political belly button of whoever is of influence.

Wisconsin rocks flow through time.

How do I see you? How do you support me? How do I support you?

this should be a place that holds this transitory history of the community to some extent