CROSSROADS OF THE OZARKS
New history, essays, and photography in Laclede County, MissouriAn artist-in-residence program with Lebanon High School.
Funded by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
photo by Josie Peregoy
It’s the 175th anniversary of Lebanon and Laclede County, Missouri!
Crossroads of the Ozarks, a project organized by photojournalist and Lebanon High School (LHS) art teacher Eric Adams, presents a book of new history, essays, photography and art by LHS students, local community members, and The New Territory publisher Tina Casagrand (LHS, 2008).
The New Territory Magazine, a nonprofit literary magazine, served as artist-in-residence.
The Process
Documentation
Starting in the fall, LHS students toured natural landmarks and historic sites, learned from historians, and participated in assemblies and art workshops that enhanced their understanding of the place where they live in the Missouri Ozarks.
Students in painting and photography classes created mural tiles, shot photos, and wrote captions for their best pieces.
click the image above to scroll through the photos
Curation and Publication
Then, in the winter and spring, a select group of student editors worked with The New Territory to curate photos, collaborate on content and layout, and design the cover of a 32-page, full-color publication.
The New Territory team completed the design and copy editing, then sent it to the same professional printer we use for our own magazine.
More Ozark Stories
Issue 07
“A Dream in Focus: 4 Bar C”
Feature by Chase Castor: a son learns he’s not so unlike his father, while the father turns to farming on the family ranch.
“Primitive Baptists”
Tracing a history of a dying church community in Arkansas through family-borne memories. By Natalie O’Neal.
Issue 12
“Death in Farm Country”
Death’s shadow hangs close in rural Missouri as the far-flung gather after the loss of a community champion. By John Gibson.
