DESPITE THE PERSISTENCE AND DEPTH OF THE RECESSION OF THE EARLY TWENTY-TENS, VIBRANT ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES IN SMALLER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY CONTINUED TO THRIVE. BECAUSE OF THEIR LOCATION OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL NEW YORK—LOS ANGELES AXIS OF CULTURAL PRODUCTION, CITIES SUCH AS PROVIDENCE, RI, BALTIMORE, MD, KANSAS CITY, MO AND PITTSBURGH, PA (AND MANY, MANY OTHERS) WERE FULL OF  RICH EXAMPLES OF CREATIVE CULTURE THAT DIDN'T ALWAYS GET THEIR DUE. FROM 2011 TO 2014, OUTPOST JOURNAL PRESENTED PROFILES OF THOSE ON THE CREATIVE FOREFRONT AND EXAMINED THE UNDERLYING SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES THAT LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR CULTURAL MOMENTS IN EACH FOCUS CITY. IT WAS OUR BELIEF THAT THESE CREATIVE “OUTPOSTS” WERE DEVELOPING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A MORE CONNECTED, HANDS-ON CREATIVE FUTURE, THE SHAPE OF WHICH WE WERE JUST BEGINING TO GLIMPSE. EACH 64-PAGE EDITION PRESENTED AN INTIMATE, EYE-POPPING JOURNEY THROUGH A DIFFERENT CITY'S DISTINCT CREATIVE ECOLOGY— FORGED FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE ARTS, DESIGN, COMMUNITY ACTIVISM, URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL GOOD.