Action on the Plains

Action on the Plains. 2011 – in Process

Action on the Plains is an annual collaborative program developed by M12 to support experiential art-making activities on the Eastern Colorado High Plains. Guest artists are invited to work with M12 on conceptualizing and creating new work with citizens in and around Byers and Last Chance, Colorado. This team approach includes students, community groups, area business professionals, and local citizens. M12 selects creative practitioners whose work is on the cutting edge of an ever-expanding international dialogue surrounding art practices in rural environments. The Action on the Plains projects add new perspectives to regional cultural production and are specifically designed to resonate with rural life in Colorado and beyond. The interconnectivity between the artists, citizens, and landscape of Washington and Arapahoe Counties is the principal point-of-departure through which all activities are conceptualized and realized for Action on the Plains.

Artists and Collaborators 2011-12
Wapke Feenstra and the Deer Trail High Future Farmers of America class
Jetsonorama and the Turecek Farm in Byers, Colorado

Artists and Collaborators 2012-13
Kultivator Art Collective will develop Grans University—a mobile, collaborative, and  intergenerational information center developed with M12 and the citizens of Last Chance and surrounding communities
Lynne Hull will work with High Plains birding communities
Wapke Feenstra will continue her work with the Deer Trail, Colorado FFA program, working towards developing a global agricultural knowledge exchange with young farmers in The Netherlands

The M12 Action on the Plains program is generously funded in part through grants received by:
The Gates Family Foundation
The Colorado Creative Industries
The National Endowment for the Arts, Our Town program