culture
A Community without Art is a Community without Heart
"So many times art is looked upon as a luxury and rarely recognized for its influences in all areas of life/society. In many indigenous cultures there were no words for art, yet there were multitudes of activities that provided interwoven services to their communities, from building shelters to creating songs to herald their accomplishments. Art has always been and should always be an important part of the development of a community." -Ta-coumba T. Aiken, People, Places, Connections Curator at Intermedia Arts
Minnesota, Nice or Not?
--Reprinted with permission from The Minneapolis Foundation's "Immigration In Minnesota"
Veiled African women wrapped in long gowns on their way to work, Mexican youths playing basketball, a Russian couple strolling in a mall, a Hmoung family buying groceries. These are Minnesota's newcomers, a second wave of immigration that has significantly increased our foreign-born population.
