It is because of this wonderful organization that this project is possible at all. From their website:

The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry enables faculty and students to

  • explore the connections among the arts, humanities, science and technology,
  • create a product to illustrate their collaborative research and interdisciplinary study
  • present their product to the community in a public forum

    • Four Ball State University faculty members are chosen each year to teach interdisciplinary seminars to fifteen students. The students are chosen by application or audition. Working together with a community sponsor, each group of faculty and students creates a product [e.g. an exhibit, performance or publication] to engage the community in public dialogue.


    Through introductions made by Bob Kirlin, we have worked with many members of the community, including the Brown County Historical Society, local musicians, and local Hank Swain to learn as much about the community as possible. We were welcomed by everyone we met, including the shop owners and members of the community who were learning about us for the first time. This became the essence of Nashville that we tried to capture in our process and final product.