Author: Angela Zonunpari

The church was the center of Black life in Athens, and now Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society is restoring it to be a gathering place for the area’s Black residents.

Each APTP show is original, and drawn from the experiences of the young people who step into the spotlight — whether on stage or in a site-specific immersive work.

Deedee Davis's research recently unearthed a Black cemetery by the site of the former Greenlawn Cemetery in Indianapolis. It is now a point of contention as the city plans to develop that area.

Dance studio Flux + Flow brings caregivers and their babies together to gently move, proving it's never too early to start dancing.

Under creative director Brian McCutcheon, an artist himself, Ignition Arts works with clients throughout the design, fabrication, and installation of artworks on scales ranging from the intimate to the epic.

A way of revitalizing the town of less than 200 people, the Museum welcomes a large community to Roslyn every summer.

The prestigious program, which shaped the course of creative writing in the United States, helped make Iowa City one of UNESCO’s first designated Cities of Literature.

Thanks to curator Dorene Red Cloud, the Eiteljorg Museum gets a needed makeover to better showcase Indigenous art and culture.

Frozen lakes dotted with ice fishing shanties are a familiar sight during Midwest winters. In 2004, two Minnesota artists decided to use the milieu as a jumping-off point for creativity and community. Since then, the Art Shanty Projects have been coming to terms with climate change.

Artist Jill Wells’ murals transform ordinary buildings, uplifting Black culture.