Friday, February 25, 2022 DeMar Walker, Contributing Writer When Elders Speak: Oral Histories of the Inner City Arts Council As a child, Milwaukee artist DeMar Walker was captivated by a mural on the side of a building: the former home of an organization called...
Friday, February 18, 2022 Meena Thiruvengadam, Contributing Writer See the Sights of Southern Illinois Eager to step outside of Chicago and experience more creativity in rural Illinois? Join travel writer Meena Thiruvengadam for a road trip...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Arts Midwest and the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Expressions of Everyday Royalty Light up a Fashion Runway This site-specific public healing event, held in at George Floyd Square, created an evening of earth science, ancestral alternative healing...
Monday, February 7, 2022 Stacy Brooks, Contributing Writer How Community Reading Programs Inspired a New Book About Untold Stories Community reading programs can inspire discussion, connection, and community—and in the case of author, educator, and Russian literature...
Monday, January 31, 2022 Greg Wright, Executive Director of CREATE Portage County Murals Brighten Central Wisconsin When you visit Portage County, Wisconsin, you’ll see thirteen incredible new pieces of art on buildings around the region. Through a...
Friday, January 21, 2022 Lydia Moran, Contributing Writer Exploring Juvenile Justice with Tennessee Shakespeare For the last five years, the Memphis-based Tennessee Shakespeare Company has done outreach with boys who are incarcerated at two facilities...
Friday, January 14, 2022 Brenda Austin, Contriburing Writer Big Read Brings Native American Voices & Culture to University Campus Lake Superior State University ( LSSU ) is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where five Native nations are located. In 2020 and...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Arts Midwest and the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Indigenous Futurisms as Healing Take the Stage Using magical realism and a journey into the Maya cosmovision, Minneapolis performers Magdalena Kaluza and Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra have...
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Torrie Allen, President & CEO 2021: Our Year In Review As I reflect on the last year, I’m struck by the power of creativity. In difficult times, creativity offers hope, sparks innovation, and...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 Lydia Moran, Contributing Writer Paths Don't Define Us: Shakespeare and Creative Healing In juvenile justice facilities across the country, creative healing is happening through an unexpected source: the work of William...