Meet Mizz Mercedez, the Minnesota Educator Making Learning Fun Through Comics
Mercedes Yarbrough (AKA Mizz Mercedez) creates culturally relevant comics to help kids of color see their history through a positive lens.
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‘Art Against the Odds’ Shines a Light on Artists Within Wisconsin’s Justice System
The traveling exhibition and archive centers on visibility and art as a survival tool.
Art “Blooms” in Museums Across the Midwest
At Art in Bloom events, you’ll encounter colorful and fragrant displays of flower arrangements that take inspiration from art on the walls of museums.
Worthington Artist and Mental Health Advocate Channels Mother Nature for Latest Sculptures
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.
This National Poetry Month, Meet State Poets Laureate from the Midwest
These state-appointed poets promote reading, writing, and appreciation of poetry across the Midwest.
The Plant Musician
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?
Meet Pooja Pittie: Art Helped Her Navigate a Life-Changing Diagnosis
Chicago artist Pooja Pittie on exploring the bodymind, disability, and building her practice in the Midwest.
A Gratitude-Inspired Mural Brought This Community Together
Ross Gay’s poetry book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude spurred murals, conversations, and connection in this small Kentucky city.
Meet Joanne Aono: Her Illinois Farm Intertwines With Nature — and Art
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.”
An Expansive Exhibition Illuminates Black Narratives from Detroit Artists
Twenty figurative artists share works featuring “a spectrum of lived experiences—joy, intimacy, reverie, danger, tension” in exhibition ‘Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit.’