Category: Press Releases

Arts Midwest is excited to welcome Rishard Allen, Cari Hatcher, and Christine Her to our Board of Directors. Representing the states of Indiana, Minnesota, and Iowa, respectively, these individuals bring...

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.

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.

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...

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 concerts.

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...

Ten communities across the Midwest will bring world music ensembles to their communities via World Fest.

Arts Midwest's GIG Fund will support 120 organizations with grants for creative projects and educational events.

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.

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...