Creative Ideas, People, and Projects in the Midwest and Beyond
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April 14, 2025
Meet Aimee Lee, an Artist-Educator Expanding the Legacy of Korean Papermaking
By Jennifer Vosters
Lee combines tradition, identity, and experimentation to bring the art of hanji to the Midwest and beyond.
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Homesteading 101 from a Survival Show Star, Inspired by a Book
April 10, 2025
What happens when a survivalist, a novel, and a small-town library come together? A day of fire-starting, squash-picking, and rediscovering our place in the natural world.
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Practicing the Art of Love, One Letter at a Time
April 9, 2025
In a small-town Minnesota, love became something to share out loud, thanks to a workshop from artist-in-residence JJ Kapur.
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Art and Veterans: A Welcoming Community Combo in Grand Forks
April 8, 2025
Arts for Vets is a North Dakota initiative since 2016 offering community space for teaching, learning, and of course, creating.
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Meet Tamra Jetter, a Community Connector for Iowa Youth
April 7, 2025
Jetter works broadly across cultural genres to continue her family’s long legacy of promoting Black history and culture in a town where it’s otherwise dwindling.
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Three Midwestern ‘Emerging Chefs’ in Top Culinary Awards List
By Angela Zonunpari
If selected, they would be one of four Midwesterners to receive this early career recognition since the category’s inception in 2000.
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Make a Zine, Take Part in a 95-Year-Old Midwest Movement
By Frankie (Amy) Felegy
The independently published mini-magazines have time-hallowed roots in Illinois. Meet the zinesters keeping the art form alive and well.
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A 40-Year-Old Quilting Community Creates a Patchwork of Stories
By Frankie (Amy) Felegy
Carolyn Mazloomi, now in her late 70s, has been quilting for decades. She calls the art both a passage and keepsake for stories—of struggle to survival and success.
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