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Amplifying Midwestern Creativity

Arts Midwest supports, informs, and celebrates arts organizations and creative communities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, the Native Nations that share this geography, and beyond.

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Joyful, loud, and Midwest proud

Read about creative ideas, people, and projects happening in our region and beyond.
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We support efforts that connect people, ideas, and solutions through creativity. Learn more about our grantmaking initiatives and our community programming.

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2025 Midwest Culture Bearers Award

The Midwest Culture Bearers Award celebrates and financially supports the work of Midwest culture bearers and folk arts practitioners. Applications are due July 21.

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Gean Almendras (center) and other Kulintang musicians before performing for a concert of indigenous Philippine-Maguindanaon music at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center.

U.S. Regional Arts Organizations Joint Statement on the National Endowment for the Arts

Speak up for the arts. Learn what’s happening at the National Endowment for the Arts and respond.

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Photo Credit: USRAO Collective
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2025 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities

The Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities supports accessibility in the arts and celebrates the work of disabled Midwestern visual artists. Applications are due July 10.

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Photo Credit: Image courtesy of Danielle “Elle” Billing
A Glass Can Only Spill What it Contains, 2024 (Mixed media on paper) by 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities winner Danielle “Elle” Billing.

What American Community Survey Data Says About Midwest Artists

From earnings to extra bedrooms, here’s what new Census data tells us about how Midwestern artists are living, working, and creating today.

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Photo Credit: Mike Grittani (Grittani Creative LTD)
Tanya Landau gives a short lecture and demonstration before a Pocket Philharmonic Concert in Chicago, Illinois.