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March 25, 2025
When the Community Print Shop Outgrows Your Living Room
By Frankie (Amy) Felegy
The recently expanded, artist-run print shop began with 144 square feet inside a Minneapolis apartment after realizing a community need.
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Two Midwesterners Honored for Impact on Jazz
March 20, 2025
A new fellowship program by the Jazz Foundation of America and Mellon Foundation will award grants of $100,000 to 50 seasoned and accomplished jazz artists.
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Embrace the Expanse: Rural Program Brings Art to North Dakota Students
March 19, 2025
High-quality art from across the globe is landing in traveling exhibitions across the state, helping to connect rural students to art they otherwise may not have access to.
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Meet Martha Buche, a Potawatomi Artist Teaching Traditional Copper Bowl-Making
March 17, 2025
Based in the Driftless region of Wisconsin, Buche shares her skills with students seeking new experiences and ancient wisdom.
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Grilled Cheese Grant: Buy a Sandwich, Help an Artist
March 13, 2025
Wisconsin has some of the lowest per-capita funding for the arts. A Milwaukee solution? A cheesy, carby community meal to fund grants for emerging artists.
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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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