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Meet Gavin Thomas Drew, a Theatre Powerhouse and Accessibility Advocate in Northeast Indiana
As Fort Wayne’s theatre scene grows, Gavin Thomas Drew is working to ensure that audiences and theatre makers from unrepresented groups are both welcomed and supported.
Meet Tyler Thompson, Owner of Grace Cheer Academy in Grand Forks, ND
Tyler Thompson found out she got into law school the same week she decided to open her own cheerleading academy. Rather than choose between two dreams, she’s been tackling both ever since.
Black Museums in the Midwest You Must Visit
In Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois, explore three different stories of the Black experience in America.
Sowing Sovereignty: Reclaiming Indigenous Agriculture of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation
One grandfather’s vision about ‘gallons and gallons’ of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara seeds nurtures Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College food sovereignty project.
In Wisconsin, Traditional Mexican Craft Meets Modernist Painting in This 30-Year Collaboration
Wenceslas Martinez transforms Sandra Jo’s paintings into intricate woven masterpieces. The couple started by selling their creations from a chicken coop and have since expanded their reach internationally.
‘STILL’ Creatively Captures Minnesota’s 72 Micro-Seasons
Mary Jo Hoffman’s daily commitment to showcasing and seeing nature has become life-changing for the engineer-turned-artist.
Once the ‘Jazz Corridor of the Midwest,’ Akron is Cementing Its Place in Jazz Culture
After the impacts of dwindling industry and a failed highway project, jazz is seeing a revival with help from local musicians, students and university.
The Beating Heart of This Southern Illinois Community Is Its High School Band
Along with the band director’s fearless advocacy, the community started a nonprofit, which helped explore grants and sought creative ways to save the music.
Meet Harmony Hill, the Milwaukee Artist Strengthening the Native Arts Community
At the start of Covid lockdown, Harmony Hill felt called to support her community of Native artists in Milwaukee. Since then, she’s built a nonprofit – Red Magic – that hosts festivals and provides resources for all Native artists. Through it all, she’s upending colonial narratives about what art is.