To support groups and individuals creating social, economic, and cultural transformation toward long-term sustainability through the research, creation, and presentation of arts, culture, and agriculture.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production d/b/a Sipp Culture operated the following programs:(i) The DigiCulture Lab is a three-week summer program for middle school students, ages 12 14 in Utica, Mississippi. It is designed to support youth development of agricultural skills and the knowledge to use digital media tools of photography, video, and audio production to build personal and collective rural narratives that are connected to the land, family, food, and cultural production. The DigiCulture Lab supports the mission of Sipp Culture to advance comprehensive community development strategies through connecting stories about family, land, and food with digital storytelling and agricultural production. (ii) The Rural Performance / Production Lab (RPPL) is a creative production process that seeks to support the development of new performance movement, story, and sound rooted in rural history, places, and bodies. Through leveraging the combined assets of a rural, place-based initiative dedicated to cultural production, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production d/b/a Sipp Culture will support rural artists in the creation of new work by providing time, space, and connectivity. The Mississippi Center for Cultural Production d/b/a Sipp Culture sees this initiative as integral to creating space for rural narratives to fill gaps in the Organizations national story and expand the conversation to include unique and important perspectives. (iii) The Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI) is a year-long intensive leadership experience for artists, culture bearers, and other arts practitioners. ILI is a collaborative program of Alternate ROOTS, the First Peoples Fund, the National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC), the PAI Foundation and the International Association of Black in Dance (IABD). The effort grew out of our direct experiences as leaders of the founding cultural organizations. The Mississippi Center for C