ABOUT US
Who
The Community Rural Art Works League (CRAWL) is a conglomerate of civic-minded individuals, committees, organizations and team coordinating efforts to better the community through the arts
What
CRAWL hold as its mission, "to utilize visual, performing, media, folk and practical arts, including health, safety and civic arts to encourage, engage, enhance and highlight the community.
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When
The Denmark committee was established in May 2016 to act as a prototype agent of the South Carolina Arts Commission to work throughout Bamberg County beginning in Denmark. The committee meets regularly and is pinning a plan for events and activities to fulfill its mission. Efforts will be sustainable and ongoing, and are based on a tentative calendar of two years.
Where
CRAWL, although, presently meeting at Denmark Technical College, is a county-wide effort. With the addition of confirmed partners, future meetings and forums will be held at various locations in Denmark and subsequently, in areas in which the committee is actively working or supporting.
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Why
Bamberg County is one of six counties designated as a part of the South Carolina Promise Zone; this Promise Zone is the second of four rural Promise Zones. It was designated in 2015 by the Obama Administration for this USDA status. Known as the "Corridor of Shame," this designation of Promise Zone for this allows many federal grants agencies to offer special consideration of grant applications. The designation also allows county organizations to be served by the Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance and its representatives; coordination of partnerships and new grant possibilities are proposed.
CREATIVE PLACE MAKING
AT ITS FINEST...
The South Carolina Arts Commission has taken part to try to foster improvement through arts to better the community. The formation of the "Art of Community: Rural SC" is a program to guide representative committees as to what and how community arts can be used. Craft & culinary arts, dance, design & architecture, film & media, folk & traditional arts, literature, music, theater, visual arts and other arts genres may be used to promote and market a neighborhood, community, city/town and/or county.
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The Community Rural Art Works League (CRAWL), is poised to coordinate the above mentioned art genres to assist in community engagement in the areas of agriculture & food, economic development, education & youth, environment & energy, health public safety, tourism and workforce development. CRAWL has a primary responsibility to align stakeholders (Civic, Social & Faith, Commercial, Government, Nonprofit and Philanthropy) who offer and support a vision for a better community, ultimately enabling the betterment of its citizenry, its service area, the state, the nation and the globe.
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GOAL: To assist in providing a Pocket Park on Highway 70 between Locust Avenue and Poplar St.
Objective 1: To Provide Creative Place-making for the community
Objective 2: To provide a neighborhood mini-fitness space
Objective 3: To provide a sitting-park for the community