Select a State Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Family from "Building A Common Ground" program. Wilmington, DE. Photo: Arévalo. This catalogue summarizes each Artists & Communities residency, and illustrates the artworks created through the collaborative efforts of the project participants. During the year 2000, community members in every U.S. state and four jurisdictions worked with professional artists through the national Artists & Communities residency program. Together, they explored local concerns and experimented with using the arts to address those issues, communicate their ideas, and express their visions for the future. While each project uniquely reflects the people, interests, and relationships found in its community, they all have a common genesis. These projects originate from the participants’ passionate desire to talk about their lives, and the artist partners’ ability to facilitate the courageous sharing of their anxieties and their dreams.