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Rural Performance Production Lab: RPPL
We are are thrilled to announce the opening of our 2023 – 2024 Rural Performance / Production Lab (RPPL) application process!
January 23, 2023
Opportunities
Apply Now: Program Coordinator
The Mississippi Center for Cultural Production (Sipp Culture) exists to support groups and individuals working to achieve social, economic, and cultural transformation toward long-term sustainability.
January 3, 2023
Opportunities
Apply Now: Farm Manager
The Sipp Culture Community Farm is a community practice in sustainable local food production. Our work plays an important role in helping transform Utica’s food
December 31, 2022
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SouthArts: The Rising of Cultural Development
Our work starts in and directly engages the community of Utica, Mississippi in our day-to-day practice. We support community engaged design, cultural production, and community development.
December 7, 2022
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Resting is Healing: Salaam Green
Salaam Green is a literary healing artist by way of the Black Belt of Alabama. A poet, storyteller, and the founder of The Literary Healing
November 22, 2022
Story
Artists At Work: Traveling in Good Company
Members from the Artist at Work support staff, Kecli Baker and Scout Eisenburg, traveled for ten days through the Delta making connections and learning about
October 20, 2022
Opportunities
MS4GND Regional Organizer
Mississippi for a Green New Deal seeking to hire MS4GND Regional Organizers MS4GND is seeking applicants for four Regional Organizer positions to help support the
July 7, 2022
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Off to a Good Start: 2022 RPPL Recap
The Rural Performance Production Lab (RPPL) evolved in the midst of the pandemic and has granted artists the opportunity to unfold and unpack their thoughts, ideas, and projects with a residency that is tailored to each
June 13, 2022
Story
Sipp Culture on the Move!
Sipp Culture Co-Directors Carlton and Brandi Turner are utilizing approaches that allow safe interactions.
June 13, 2022
Just Foodin’ Around
In Mississippi, we squeeze life from the ground, bite it raw allowing it’s juices to baptize our taste buds, sucking the soul of sweetness that
May 28, 2022
Opportunities
The New Beginning Farmers, Ranchers, and Veterans (NBFRV)
Training the Next Generation of Farmers Are you a Mississippi resident with 10 years or less experience in farming or ranching? (Must be 18 year
May 27, 2022
Story
AAW: Meet The Artists
Artists At Work (AAW) is a workforce resilience program designed to support the rebuilding of healthy communities through artistic civic engagement. Conceived as a public/private
March 23, 2022
Opportunities
Call for Artists!
THE OFFICE performing arts + film has partnered with the The Mississippi Center for Cultural Production (Sipp Culture) in Utica, MS, to implement Artists At
January 12, 2022
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ElderShare Update Fall 2021
This year, 25 community members signed up to receive 5 to 7 lbs of fresh produce every week through ElderShare, a program of the Sipp Culture Community Farm that links generations in Utica, MS. Learn more about the program here.
November 30, 2021
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The New House on Main Street
Read about the first new construction on Main Street in many years – an 1800 square foot climate controlled, fully automated greenhouse as part of the Sipp Culture Community Farm.
November 30, 2021
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Small Farm Apprentice Program
Recently, we launched our Small Farm Apprenticeship program in the early spring. This 18-month program provides a nurturing and creative working environment.
April 5, 2021
Community Engaged Design
Innovative Greenhouse Plans for Sipp Culture White Oak Property
A greenhouse is being planned for the backyard of the Sipp Culture White Oak property.
October 22, 2020
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Artist Relief Organization Award Recipients
Sipp Culture was awarded $580,000 in philanthropic funding to support Artist Relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
October 22, 2020
Story
People Spotlight: Jean Greene
If you take a look at my resume or my ‘standard’ bio you get a snapshot of who I am professionally. I spent my last 29 years as a librarian. That’s not all of who I am. I am a keeper and teller of stories. The sum of who I am is an amalgamation of stories, anecdotes, sayings, songs and poems that provide a sense of the persons and events that made me…continue to make me…me. Â
May 18, 2020
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January 9, 2020
