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Program/Grant: Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities

  • A person with long black hair pours gooey liquid into a large vat filled with fiber and water as a person with brown hair beside her agitates the vat with a long bamboo pole, inside of a papermaking studio.

    Meet Aimee Lee, an Artist-Educator Expanding the Legacy of Korean Papermaking

    April 14, 2025

    Lee combines tradition, identity, and experimentation to bring the art of hanji to the Midwest and beyond.

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  • An abstract watercolor painting evoking trees, grass, and water.

    9 Artists Receive the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities

    August 14, 2024

    Nine artists from across the region have received $3,000 each through an award that celebrates the exceptional work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.

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  • Heather Moore

    Heather Moore is one of nine winners of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. This award is designed to support accessibility in the arts and celebrate the exceptional work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.

  • Carly "Car" Riegger

    Carly "Car" Riegger is one of nine winners of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. This award is designed to support accessibility in the arts and celebrate the exceptional work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.

  • Emily Wilson Gillespie

    Emily Wilson Gillespie is one of nine winners of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. This award is designed to support accessibility in the arts and celebrate the exceptional work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.

  • Lindsey Row-Heyveld

    Lindsey Row-Heyveld is one of nine winners of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. This award is designed to support accessibility in the arts and celebrate the exceptional work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.

  • Danielle "Elle" Billing

    Danielle "Elle" Billing is one of nine winners of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. This award is designed to support accessibility in the arts and celebrate the exceptional work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.

  • Charlie Reynolds

    Charlie Reynolds is one of nine winners of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. This award is designed to support accessibility in the arts and celebrate the exceptional work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.

  • Virginia Townsend

    Townsend is one of nine winners of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. This award is designed to support accessibility in the arts and celebrate the exceptional work of disabled Midwestern visual artists.

  • Serena Elston

    Serena Elston is one of nine winners of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. This award is designed to support accessibility in the arts and celebrate the exceptional work...

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