This Health Center’s Art Collection Is Medicine to Its Community
The Oyate Health Center in Rapid City, South Dakota, is just as much a place of healing as it is a place for connection, Native art, and rooting in place.
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Midwest Women Who’ve Made Music History
Women have changed the course of rock n’ roll, jazz, and R&B through the years. Here are some of the most innovative musicians from across the Midwest to know.
When the Community Print Shop Outgrows Your Living Room
The recently expanded, artist-run print shop began with 144 square feet inside a Minneapolis apartment after realizing a community need.
Two Midwesterners Honored for Impact on Jazz
A new fellowship program by the Jazz Foundation of America and Mellon Foundation will award grants of $100,000 to 50 seasoned and accomplished jazz artists.
Embrace the Expanse: Rural Program Brings Art to North Dakota Students
High-quality art from across the globe is landing in traveling exhibitions across the state, helping to connect rural students to art they otherwise may not have access to.
Meet Martha Buche, a Potawatomi Artist Teaching Traditional Copper Bowl-Making
Based in the Driftless region of Wisconsin, Buche shares her skills with students seeking new experiences and ancient wisdom.
Grilled Cheese Grant: Buy a Sandwich, Help an Artist
Wisconsin has some of the lowest per-capita funding for the arts. A Milwaukee solution? A cheesy, carby community meal to fund grants for emerging artists.
Your Potluck Needs a Dish (or Two) from These Midwestern Cookbooks
There’s nothing better than a meal with a story! Create delectable dishes with Midwest roots, from these cookbooks by chefs and foodies across the region.
Retired and Recital-Ready: Dance Keeps Creativity Moving Among Seniors
From drum circles to poetry classes, arts programming for those 55+ is flourishing across Indiana. It’s all an effort to bolster creativity and community among older adults.
Sharing Meskwaki Ways Through Dance, Music, Beadwork, Foodways
Stephanie BadSoldier Snow is a multifaceted artist, anthropologist and mother building community and cross-cultural exchanges through traditional knowledge and the arts.