Community Based Arts

Way Back When, Black Mountain, NC



For the past 15 years, Serpent Child has created community-based arts projects based on personal narratives and oral history interviews conducted with local residents in Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Virginia.



In Tall Cotton, Idabel, OK




Community Arts Projects 

  • Preserve history  
  • Honor individual and community   stories 
  • Explore community issues and needs 
  • Build skills  
  • Strengthen communities across race, class, gender, and generational lines




Cross Ties, Blountstown, FL