Originally from Southern California, Jenn Joy Jameson spent a decade outside the state working as a public folklorist, collaborating with communities and cultural practitioners in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. She later moved back west to work for the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, where she manages cultural arts programs, grants, and media. Jenn often …

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Dustin Hamman (Silver City, NM) Dustin Hamman is a musician, writer, performer and activist. He primarily creates songs and performs them live either solo (under his own name) or with one of his two bands (“Run On Sentence” & “No! Wait, Yes!”). He is currently writing a screenplay and working to expand the ways in …

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Leah Danze, Artist (New Orleans, LA) Leah Danze is an artist from Texas. Their primary medium is acrylic paint, watercolor and India ink. Leah's creative practice informs their work as an art therapist and teaching artist. What are you most looking forward to in regards to Green River and the Frontier Fellowship? I'm looking forward …

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An over 100-year tradition, Green River's Melon Days is a every third weekend in September.

Thomas Grant Richardson, Ethnographer (Santa Fe, NM) Thomas Grant Richardson holds an M.A. in Ethnomusicology and is currently completing his Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University. He has worked for Traditional Arts Indiana, Utah Folk Arts Program, New Mexico Arts, Museum of International Folk Art, and the Birthplace of County Music Museum. He is currently …

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Ashley Hanson & Brian Laidlaw, Teaching Artists / Musicians (Granite Falls, MN) ASHLEY HANSON is a theater artist, community organizer and advocate for the arts in rural areas. She is the founder of PlaceBase Productions and the Department of Public Transformation, and was recently named a 2018 Obama Foundation Fellow for her work with rural …

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Epicenter is honored to host Enterprise Community Partner's fall Rose Fellow retreat in Green River, Utah. 50+ participants from across the country will be in attendance! Stay tuned for public events to be announced.

Sam Cox, Graphic Designer & Filmmaker (Raleigh, NC) Sam Cox’s work investigates the ways our beliefs and identities are shaped by the places we inhabit. His work is a theoretical and personal response to hyper-individualistic and transient American culture. He is fascinated by geography, Eastern Christian mysticism, indigenous cultures, maps, and the desert. He hopes …

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