State: WI

Martha Buche is one of nine winners of the 2024 Midwest Culture Bearers Award. This award celebrates artisans and folk arts practitioners whose work is rooted in cultural preservation and...

Mahogany Black Arts & Cultural Center’s ArtsHERE grant will support a five-year strategic plan, community outreach, board development, and technological investments to grow and manage a member database.  Mahogany Black Arts & Cultural Center is dedicated to the preservation, research, and exhibition of Racine County Black Cultural History. They run programs including an oral histories project, the Wisconsin Black Art & Culture Expo, and a multidisciplinary, emerging artist fellowship.

Ko-Thi Dance Company’s ArtsHERE grant will support strategic planning, leadership and cultural competency training, community engagement sessions, audience development, and professionally translated materials to increase arts participation and accessibility among Milwaukee’s diverse communities.  Ko-Thi Dance Company preserves, teaches, documents, interprets, and performs dance and music rooted in the cultures of the African Diaspora. Their programming inspires the community to celebrate themselves through African dance and music.

Native American dancer and choreographer Nedallas Hammill joins the 2025 (W)here in the World Dance Festival as a featured performer and speaker.

A visual art exhibition and performances featuring Indigenous artists of the Woodland Tribes, curated by Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Member Robert Blackdeer at Pump House Regional Arts Center, La Crosse, WI.

Kanopy presents "Polaris+Revelations" starring Colombian born guest artist Daniel Fetecua Soto- former soloist with the Limón Dance Company who performs a theatrical masked dance, “Wolf: A Transformation”,choreographed by and gifted to him by Rosalie Jones, founder of the first indigenous modern dance company in the U.S. The show aims to meaningfully connect audiences with Native American culture.

Early Music Now is seeking funding to present early music ensemble Magdalena to Milwaukee audiences, on both our main subscription series and for multiple free outreach performances.

In partnership with UW Odyssey Beyond Bars and Odyssey Junior programs, Vera Court Neighborhood Center, Madison Youth Arts Center and artist Tuwilê Roots, youth impacted by the criminal justice system explore identity through portraiture and storytelling. An exhibition and panel will be held at the UW Partnership Center and Madison City Building in Spring 2025.