Location: Wisconsin

From unofficial contests to eat the most cream puffs to pigs taking mid-race snack breaks, one of the region’s top state fairs is a show-stopping culinary and agricultural fest.

Laura Red Eagle created the Indigenous Language Table to offer a judgment-free gathering space for active language practice beyond the classroom.

Built in 1897, Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin should be a bastion of history. Instead, it’s a hotspot for artists.

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

Wenceslas Martinez transforms Sandra Jo's paintings into intricate woven masterpieces. The couple started by selling their creations from a chicken coop and have since expanded their reach internationally.

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.

Anna Gonzalez, L Sam Zhang, and Wakinyan Chief reflect on their work and their experiences thus far in the National Leaders of Color Fellowship.

The traveling exhibition and archive centers on visibility and art as a survival tool.

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

In March 2024, the Wisconsin Arts Board welcomed Arts Midwest and fellow Midwest state arts agencies to Madison for a summit on partnership, innovation, and our collective commitment to the region.