Resources You Can Use
Arts Midwest fuels creativity with curated articles, podcasts, and accessibility resources. Explore fresh ideas, discover inclusive practices, and find inspiration to support your creative journey.
Fresh, New Ideas
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Putting People First: How Small Arts Organizations Are Responding to Burnout
Explore case studies from three small arts organizations who are addressing burnout by rethinking traditional ways of working, centering flexibility, care, and rest.
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5 Tips for Connecting Your Arts Programming to Wellness
Explore tips and examples for how to design arts programming that supports personal and community wellness.
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Creating and Activating Community Advisory Committees
Explore case studies from three small arts organizations who are embedding community leadership in their everyday work.
Filling the Well
A podcast created to nourish, provoke, and inspire artists and arts leaders. Hear from creative changemakers as they share their takes on how to shift power dynamics, avoid burn-out, build authentic community, share resources, and advocate for support.
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Bringing Self-Care into Organizational Culture
In this companion article to Filling the Well podcast episode “Resiliency, Self-Care, and Joy,” learn about several practices that you can integrate into your organizational culture to help you get grounded, get connected, and get creative.
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Building Belonging in Your Organization and Community
In this companion article to Filling the Well podcast episode “Building Belonging & Creating Welcoming Organizations,” deepen your understanding of belonging and discover how to make your space more welcoming.
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Shifting Power in Your Organization and Community
In this companion article to Filling the Well podcast episode “Shifting Power Dynamics in Philanthropy,” deepen your understanding of power and learn about power-shifting practices that you can integrate into your organizational culture or community.
Accessibility Center
Resources designed to help arts and cultural organizations in making programming, services, and communications more accessible.
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Unlocking Accessibility On Social Media: Inclusive Concepts and Tools
Accessibility matters, and for organizations that deliver programs and services to the public, it’s the law of the land, even in communications. This resource offers specific guidelines for embracing accessibility in your social media and online content.
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How To Complete a Section 504 Self-Evaluation for Accessibility
Need to complete a 504 self-evaluation for your organization? Unsure where to start? This resource intends to help break down the process. We’ll share how we approached our most recent 504 self-evaluation at Arts Midwest and what we learned.
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Creating an Accessibility Plan for Your Arts Organization
Making programs and services accessible is an important goal. This article outlines a do-it-yourself approach for arts and cultural organizations to plan for disability access that complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).