Paving Begins for The Roads We've Traveled

We followed a road to the unknown and it led us to fruitful possibilities.

We submitted a modest grant to the Wisconsin Farmers Union to ask for funding help for our The Roads We've Traveled project. They obliged and will provide The Heartbeat with 1/3 of the funding we need to make the program a reality.

The Roads We've Traveled uses elderly farmers to tell their stories to a group of various artists. After the storytelling hour, artists create their "visions" of the story via visual art, music, or the written word. When the art has been created, we will compile the pieces and put them into a publication of some sort.

We believe The Roads We've Traveled will serve to preserve and document the farmers' stories, and provide new creative fodder for the artists. The opportunities for this program are endless.

Plans, schedules, and Registration for our Fall and Winter (2010-2011) The Roads We've Traveled project will be available soon.