Leslie Bateman digs in and takes a look behind the curtain at the engagement, bold ideas, and pure joy that make the Big Ears Festival what it is. “Artists sit in with other artists, thinkers trade ideas with thinkers, and festivalgoers swap notes on street corners. The edges collide, overlap, and create something new. At the end of four days, everyone returns to their corners of the world carrying pieces of the festival with them. The collective charge diffuses outward and propels art forward. Big Ears doesn’t end when everybody goes home.”
