November 30 2022
Arts Midwest has a new mission, vision, brand, and website that reflect who we are, our dreams for the Midwest, and our commitment to creativity.
November 15 2022
Arts Midwest is thrilled to announce that Tyrone Phillips, founding artistic director at Definition Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, has won the inaugural Peter Capell Award for Midwestern Creativity & Entrepreneurship.
October 24 2022
Today, the six U.S. Regional Arts Organizations announced the 2022-2023 National Leaders of Color Fellowship cohort. Fifty-three fellows from communities across the U.S. were selected to participate in this fellowship to build...
September 15 2022
Hailing from around the world, Okra Playground, Pamyua, and Okaidja Afroso will spend a week in various Midwest communities this fall offering educational workshops, engaging with communities, and performing in...
August 15 2022
Today, the United States Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs) announced that new co-chairs Todd Stein of Mid-America Arts Alliance and Torrie Allen of Arts Midwest will lead the USRAO Collective. This collective...
July 19 2022
Ten communities across the Midwest will bring world music ensembles to their communities via World Fest.
June 29 2022
Arts Midwest's GIG Fund will support 120 organizations with grants for creative projects and educational events.
June 15 2022
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest, is announcing support for 62 nonprofit organizations to hold NEA Big Read programming in 2022-2023.
June 1 2022
Arts Midwest today announced the recipients of $1.17 million in Shakespeare in American Communities grants, with $1 million going to 40 professional theater companies partnering with schools, and $170,000 going...
May 17 2022
For Arts Midwest, as for so many others, 2021 was a year of change. Disruptions brought on by the pandemic continued to impact our communities and our programs. At Arts...