Category: Press Releases
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Catch World Fest Artists In the Midwest This Fall
October 3, 2023
World Fest artists Pamyua, Okaidja Afroso, and Paulo Padilha will visit nine smaller Midwestern communities in Fall 2023.
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US Regional Arts Organizations Welcome Shannon Daut as National Director
September 12, 2023
The United States Regional Arts Organization (US RAOs) today announced the appointment of Shannon Daut as the US RAO Collective’s first ever National Director. The US RAOs are a national...
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Celebrating Midwestern Creativity Through the Creativity News Desk
August 14, 2023
Introducing the Creativity News Desk, a new Arts Midwest program that commissions stories and gives grants for projects that amplify the power of arts and creativity in the Midwest.
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9 Artists Receive the 2023 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities
July 27, 2023
Each artist has received $3,000 through an award that celebrates the exceptional work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.
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Announcing the 2023-2024 NEA Big Read Communities
June 14, 2023
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest, is pleased to announce grants to 62 nonprofit organizations to hold NEA Big Read programming in 2023-2024.
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Announcing the 2023-24 Shakespeare in American Communities Grantees
June 1, 2023
49 organizations across the country are receiving over $1.16 million in grants to bring the works of Shakespeare to youth in schools and the juvenile justice system.
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Minnesota-Based Artist Receives Jazz Road Tour Funding
May 25, 2023
Fourteen jazz artists and groups, including Sparks Quartet led by Steve Hirsh from Willow River, MN, have received grants to tour their work across the United States.
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Announcing the Midwest Award For Artists With Disabilities
May 1, 2023
Supporting accessibility in the arts and celebrating the work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.
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Arts Midwest Reports a Strong Return on Member States' Investments
April 13, 2023
Arts Midwest invested more than $3 million in Midwestern creativity in fiscal year 2022. Read all about it in our Return on Investment Reports.
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Filling the Well Podcast Returns with New Co-Host
March 20, 2023
Expand your understanding of creativity by hearing from rural and Indigenous artists in new episodes of Filling the Well, featuring co-hosts Marianne Combs and Leah Lemm.