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NEA Big Read in the St. Croix Valley

Online Programs and Resources related to An American Sunrise

Thank you to all who helped make the 2022 NEA Big Read in the St. Croix Valley so successful. Below are a collection of online programs and resources related to ArtReach’s month-long programming in April 2022.


Virtual Tour of “Jim Denomie, Sweet Dreams” Gallery Exhibition at ArtReach St. Croix


POET-TREE, a youth-centered literary/poetry collaboration with StoryArk


Poets of Place: Select Poems by St. Croix Valley Poets

A Chapbook of original poems created for NEA Big Read in the St. Croix Valley 2022 by Heidi Barr, Mike Forecki, Lee Kisling, Rosetta Peters, and River Urke.


The Jingle Dress, a Modern Tradition An Interview with Brenda Child

Anton Treuer: Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but were Afraid to Ask, NEA Big Read 4/13/22

MN Originals | Jim Denomie

Art Works Podcast: Joy Harjo, The Poet Laureate of the United States and an NEA Big Read author

IAS Thursdays | Telling True Stories: The Seed Keeper