The founder of southwestern Minnesota nonprofit Creative Healing Space always hated to see litter on the ground. Now she has two pieces that embody the pain and resilience of the earth.
These state-appointed poets promote reading, writing, and appreciation of poetry across the Midwest.
Tom Wall is a West Michigan rock star who uses plants as bandmates. He uses a device to harness the electricity in plants, which then turns those impulses into musical notes. Tom insists the plants are talking to us through the music. But can they really do that?
Chicago artist Pooja Pittie on exploring the bodymind, disability, and building her practice in the Midwest.
Ross Gay’s poetry book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude spurred murals, conversations, and connection in this small Kentucky city.
Artist Joanne Aono relates working on her farm to her art-making practice: “oftentimes what you end up having isn’t anything you planned on.”
Twenty figurative artists share works featuring “a spectrum of lived experiences—joy, intimacy, reverie, danger, tension” in exhibition ‘Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit.’
The Oglala Lakota artist from South Dakota has been touring the country, while connecting back with his roots through community events and music festivals in the state.
It’s OK if you don’t own binoculars—just bring your peepers, a skyward gaze and your authentic self.
In North Dakota and Minnesota, a new generation continues a centuries-old tradition.