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Signup to Generate a PitchRecent episodes include "Activate Rural: Building Creative Third Places" (4 August 2026, 39 minutes), "The Artrepreneur Program in New River Valley" (1 June 2026, 41 minutes), and "Creating a Sensory Friendly Environment in Rural Kentucky" (16 April 2026, 56 minutes).
Small Town Big Arts publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 38 episodes.
Booking probability for Small Town Big Arts is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Small Town Big Arts requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Small Town Big Arts's contact route on record: verified email.
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Small Town Big Arts is an arts podcast with 38 episodes published.
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Ten rural communities across Minnesota, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Native nations are turning old storefronts, grain elevators, and gas stations into creative gathering spaces. Sarina Otaibi (Activate Rural...
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What happens when a 48-year-old rural arts center decides to close the gap between making art and making a living from it? In this episode, Geoff sits down with Brandon Phillips (Executive Director), John Ross (Board...
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What does it mean to truly open the doors of a performing arts center, not just physically, but for everyone in your community? Today on Small Town Big Arts, I'm talking with Shannon Kirkpatrick-Daniels, the Executive...
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What does it look like to build a statewide network for rural arts and culture from the ground up? In this episode, Geoff Kershner sits down with Meg Greene, Program Director for Convenings and Collaborations at...
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In this episode of Small Town Big Arts, host Geoffrey Kershner talks with Ash Hanson, Founder and Creative Executive Officer of the Department of Public Transformation (DoPT) — a groundbreaking organization that uses...
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Founded in 1961 and now a fully accredited partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the American Alliance of Museums, Piedmont Arts in Martinsville stands as one of the few cultural non‑profits serving Virginia’s...
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In this episode of Small Town Big Arts, we travel to Bath County, Virginia—one of America’s most arts-vibrant rural communities—to explore how Virginia funding, local and statewide, fuels creative life in a small town...
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What do old Pizza Huts, small-town entrepreneurship, and the American dream have in common? In this episode of Small Town Big Arts, we sit down with filmmakers Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker, creators of the documentary...
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The RiffRaff Arts Collective is a dynamic creative hub located in the heart of Princeton, West Virginia. Since its founding, RiffRaff has reimagined what arts-led revitalization can look like in an Appalachian town...
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Geoff takes his annual September visit to Keene, NH for the Radically Rural Conference. At the conference he took the opportunity to interview two of the conference panelists. The second is Roy Schlieben of the MAXT...
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Geoff takes his annual September visit to Keene, NH for the Radically Rural Conference. At the conference he took the opportunity to interview two of the conference panelists. The first is Andrew Huckins of the...
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Celebrating two years of Small Town Big Arts! Small Town Big Arts is collaborating with the University of Lynchburg on a new online course called Thriving Community Arts: Strategies for Sustainable Success. A limited...
Episode #1
Sometimes the catalyst for artistic output isn’t an artist or an arts organization but an economic development office or a community development corporation. I call this "The Cultivator." I had the good fortune the last...
Episode #12
As we move through the summer and many look to the 2024/25 academic year, Small Town Big Arts wants to put a new textbook on your radar. The book, Rural Arts Management, written by Elise Lael Kieffer and Jerome Socolof...
Episode #11
This month, we are sharing another and fantastic podcast about small town life. Small Town Secret Sauce is a show all about empowering you to create the life you want in a small town. Join Barton Quigley as he explores...
Episode #10
Strategic planning is not merely a bureaucratic exercise—it's a vital tool that small town arts organizations can use to define their future and ensure their relevance and resilience in their community. With all this...
Episode #9
In January's podcast, Geoff shared five successful organizational models he has seen emerge repeatedly in multiple communities. The Collaborator, The Center, The Facilitator, The Enclave and The Developer. To learn more...
Small Town Big Arts has identified that one of the key qualities that leads to small community organizational longevity is that the art work produced reflects with specificity the community the organization serves. The...
Episode #7
Over the last year and a half of research in the field, Geoff has noticed that success in small community arts delivery often occurrs in organizations that have similar operating approaches. For this month'ss podcast...
Since 2015, SMU DataArts has taken a look at the arts vibrancy of every community in the United States. This study, through 13 variables, itendifies the top 40 most vibrant arts communities each year...
Recent guests on Small Town Big Arts. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Executive Director, Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Veteran Chef of the North Fork, Former Owner of Ross' North Fork Restaurant and Pioneer of the Farm to Table Movement, Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Creative Executive Officer at the Department of Public Transformation, The Department of Public Transformation
retired Executive Chairman of BWXT, GradGuard
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