About Arts Midwest
We amplify Midwestern creativity, building community and opportunity across our region and beyond.
What We Do
Arts Midwest advances creativity across our region, building unprecedented opportunity for everyone who calls this place home. We support, inform, and celebrate arts organizations and creative communities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, the Native Nations that share this geography, and beyond.
As one of six nonprofit United States Regional Arts Organizations, we work to strengthen local arts and culture efforts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, state agencies, private funders, and many others. Together, we nourish the creative roots of the Midwest—and share our region’s transformative ideas with the world.
Arts Midwest is here to support the artists and organizations that define and redefine this place. To share ideas that make Midwesterners more visible and connected. To raise up the stories that challenge assumptions. And to build flourishing communities that are powered by opportunity, authenticity, and a deep sense of belonging.
That’s our Midwest: a place of extraordinary possibility.
How We Work
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Get Support
Support
We invest in efforts that use creativity to connect people, ideas, and solutions.
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Explore Resources
Inform
We share data and ideas to support Midwestern communities in being more visible, sustainable, and interconnected.
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Read Stories
Celebrate
We share the stories of creative people, places, and organizations across the Midwest through narratives, podcasts, videos, and more.
Our Mission + Vision
MISSION:
To build unprecedented opportunity across the Midwest by advancing creativity.
VISION: Midwestern creativity powers thriving, entrepreneurial, and welcoming communities.
