Location: Illinois

For one night, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Refugee Coalition turned inspirational immigrant stories into a musical journey to bring awareness of the current migrant crisis.

Art has taken off at airports across the region. Today, there’s an exciting world of creativity to discover at our ports of aerial entry.

In Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois, explore three different stories of the Black experience in America.

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. 

With less than 10% of theaters in the country showing analog film prints, these Midwestern theaters are among the few keeping the art alive.

These state-appointed poets promote reading, writing, and appreciation of poetry across the Midwest.

Chicago artist Pooja Pittie on exploring the bodymind, disability, and building her practice in the Midwest.

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."

A master carousel carver and restorationist from Ohio and a tap dancer, teacher, and historian from Illinois are two of the latest NEA National Heritage Fellows.

Today, South Arts announced the Winter 2024 Jazz Road Artists—16 artists and ensembles receiving funding through the Jazz Road Tours grantmaking program.. Among these artists are six ensembles based in the Midwest....