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.
Influenced by her upbringing, Neugebohr shares intimate, grounded, and slice-of-life stories through her filmmaking and writing.
Sarah Smarsh’s 2018 memoir Heartland, a book about rural issues, was discussed in rural communities across South Dakota.
At Bernie’s, Food Network host-turned-restaurateur Molly Yeh serves delicious hotdish, knoephla, and cookie salad, among other midwestern staples.
DeAnn Wiley just released her debut book “Homegrown,” and she has more to come.
With less than 10% of theaters in the country showing analog film prints, these Midwestern theaters are among the few keeping the art alive.
In addition to making her own film and performance art, Jasmine Golphin has been mentoring other artists around Cleveland for over a decade. She believes it is the art scene that has the power to revitalize the city.
Karen Goulet and Monique Verdin draw on the intersecting histories and ecologies of the third largest watershed in the world.
For Pharaoh Brooks and Dameion Brown, acting in prison offered an escape from the monotonous minutiae of daily life and created a path through life beyond bars.
Music has been a connector and motivator for Gunner Jules. It’s taken him overseas and around the country for youth workshops and collaborative projects.