Artist Led Engagement Brings Healing and Connections
How two Minneapolis artists turned to their immediate community to create a ripple effect of connection, healing, and joy. A woman poses in...
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Reading Together, While Apart
These literary champions are continuing reading efforts in their communities despite COVID -19 by rethinking what it means to gather around...
Growth Across Distance in South Dakota
In South Dakota, on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, something magical is taking root. Learn how this community is connecting and...
Creative Healing Through Haircuts
How a Minneapolis artist and architect created an outdoor barbershop and altar for his community to connect, process grief, and heal...
Cultivating Community During COVID-19
How one Midwest organization grew community in the middle of a pandemic through Hope Jahren’s book Lab Girl . ArtReach St. Croix director...
Building Connection at the National Museum of Mexican Art
Community is core to the mission, purpose, and activities at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Learn how this Chicago-based organization...
3 Ways We’re Rethinking Our Grantmaking
Funding Resiliency and Focusing on Equity Through the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund Today Arts Midwest announced that it will...
Building inclusive communities with words
Bemidji, Minnesota, with a population of around 15,000, is located at the center of the triangle formed by the reservations of the Red Lake...
Newfields celebrates Japanese culture with Hub New Music
Hub New Music performs at Newfields’ Tsukimi Celebration. Photo by Samantha McCain Veach, courtesy of Newflelds. Indianapolis, IN — In 2017...
Lakes Area Music Festival reaches across Minnesota
Photo courtesy of Altius Quartet. First time Touring Fund grantee, Lakes Area Music Festival ( LAMF ), proposed such a robust schedule for...