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Small Towns, Big Ideas: Mark Weiler on Art, Place & Creative Community
What happens when world-class art takes root far from New York, Los Angeles, and other cultural capitals?
In this episode of Ojai: Talk of the Town, Bret Bradigan sits down with Mark Weiler, Executive Director of the Nemeth Art Center in Park Rapids, Minnesota, a town of just 4,000 people near the headwaters of the Mississippi River that has become an unlikely hub for contemporary art and artist residencies.
Visiting Ojai through a cultural exchange with the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Weiler discusses the growing movement of artists seeking inspiration in smaller communities, the…
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