Maria Rangel and Ron Ragin are two Southern artists and cultural workers who are conducting a scan of artistic and cultural practice and infrastructure in the U.S. South, commissioned by the Ford Foundation. Our goal is to conduct this work in ways that illuminate and amplify oft-forgotten or overlooked practitioners of socially engaged and community-focused art. One piece of our methodology for the project includes visioning sessions and story circles in communities across the region. During these sessions we will hear artists' experiences, document their current challenges and opportunities, and collectively vision what arts and culture in our region could look like two generations forward (50 years), and map what is needed to get there. We will also collectively create a vision board, capturing all of this. Given the tumultuous social, political, environmental, and economic realities in which our communities are operating at this time, we believe that this work is critical and timely. Our hope is that this project will illuminate the incredible ways that Southern artists and cultural workers have found to create and share our work, sustain ourselves and our communities, and ultimately save lives. We hope that you think of this work and story/documentation effort as yours, and as one which we are building and shaping together. Maria Rangel and Ron Ragin Call to Artists to participate in a visioning session and story circles commissioned by Ford Foundation.