In the 1980s, Horn Elementary School students in Iowa City kindled a pen pal relationship with Keith Haring. In 1989, the artist visited Horn to paint a mural, which remained untouched at the school for 35 years. Beginning on May 4, the public will be able to view the work for the first time alongside other memorabilia from Haring’s time in Iowa City.
Mercedes Yarbrough (AKA Mizz Mercedez) creates culturally relevant comics to help kids of color see their history through a positive lens.
The traveling exhibition and archive centers on visibility and art as a survival tool.
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.
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.”