Location: Michigan
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Reflections from the Midwestern National Leaders of Color Fellows
May 8, 2024
Anna Gonzalez, L Sam Zhang, and Wakinyan Chief reflect on their work and their experiences thus far in the National Leaders of Color Fellowship.
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This National Poetry Month, Meet State Poets Laureate from the Midwest
April 18, 2024
These state-appointed poets promote reading, writing, and appreciation of poetry across the Midwest.
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The Plant Musician
April 17, 2024
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...
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An Expansive Exhibition Illuminates Black Narratives from Detroit Artists
April 10, 2024
Twenty figurative artists share works featuring “a spectrum of lived experiences—joy, intimacy, reverie, danger, tension” in exhibition ‘Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit.’
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Tatreez Artists Keep This Palestinian Folk Art Alive in the Midwest
March 28, 2024
Afnan Isleem Algharabli of Balady Stitch and Jenin Yaseen of Sr7aneh are stitching the Palestinian traditions of the past to a new generation for the future.
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How Opal Grove Games Is Fostering a Third Place for Black Gamers in Detroit
March 27, 2024
Co-founders Aisha Blake and Ben Lippi opened the store to create an inclusive community — and a little cooperative competition — for new, casual and diehard tabletop players.
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In Rural Eastern Michigan, the Barn Is an Art Form
February 29, 2024
Rustic farm buildings around Port Austin transform into public artworks as part of a collaborative project between the community and Michigan-based artists.
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How New Detroit Bookstores Forged Community Ties to Survive After the Pandemic
February 21, 2024
“What we strive to do is not only be a place where you can come buy books, but a place where you can share your own story,” said Drew Pineda,...
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Rural Resonances: Three Michigan Musicians Embrace Place in Their Creative Practice
February 20, 2024
They are connected by their work in contemporary classical music and their commitment to the rural communities they’ve chosen to base their artistic practice in.
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Six Midwestern Ensembles Receive Jazz Roads Funding
February 15, 2024
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....