http://cliffritcheyart.com Art Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://cliffritcheyart.com/commercial/anderson-project/376/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Cliff Ritchey Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:25:23 +0000 http://cliffritcheyart.com/?p=376#comment-2 I have been working for about a year and a half on a project featuring our community in Madison county, Indiana.  The theme is business and and community, as it owes it's inspiration to the author Wendell Berry, who’s passion is supporting the health of local towns.  The relics of the bygone days of the automotive industry in Central Indiana dot our local landscape. The factories are closed, the jobs are gone, but still there are people fighting to keep our community vibrant and productive. The work of growing a local culture and community-a network of interdependence and trust, is critically important to the health of our city. It is work that deserves to be held up to the light. I have featured a local business, a church, a community garden and a farm.  I hope this project encourages people to get involved and meet their neighbor.  There can be beauty and purpose all around if one only has the right eyes to see it. I have been working for about a year and a half on a project featuring our community in Madison county, Indiana.  The theme is business and and community, as it owes it’s inspiration to the author Wendell Berry, who’s passion is supporting the health of local towns.  The relics of the bygone days of the automotive industry in Central Indiana dot our local landscape. The factories are closed, the jobs are gone, but still there are people fighting to keep our community vibrant and productive. The work of growing a local culture and community-a network of interdependence and trust, is critically important to the health of our city. It is work that deserves to be held up to the light. I have featured a local business, a church, a community garden and a farm.  I hope this project encourages people to get involved and meet their neighbor.  There can be beauty and purpose all around if one only has the right eyes to see it.

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