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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 3h

Embattled Director of Wexner Center for the Arts Resigns
#midwestagendaartnews #wexnercenter #ohioarts #artsleadership

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 1d

Old Country School Becomes Living Gallery in Otter Tail County (MN)
#midwestagendaartnews #barnhardschool #historicpreservation #minnesotahistory#ruralamerica

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 2d

Augmented reality is bringing art to life in central Iowa
#midwestagendaatnews #augmentedrealty #publicart #iowaart

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 3d

Indianapolis Public Schools plans to use $1.2 million from sale of paintings on arts education
#midwestagendaartnews #artseducation #indianaart #artsfunding

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 4d

Michigan Scientists Reinvent Basket Weaving for Stronger, Smarter Structures
#midwestagendaartnews #materialsscience #basketweaving #robotictextiles #smartdesign

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 7d

Wexner Center for the Arts faces $1.1M deficit as staffers raise alarms about director (Columbus, OH)
#midwestagendaartnews #wexnercenter #artsfunding #culturalinstitutions

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 8d

Kansas City’s Vulpes Bastille Open Call for Exhibitions
#midwestagendaartnews #artexhibition #opencall #artistrunspace #kansascity

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 9d

Imagination in Action: Yoko Ono at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL)
#midwestagendaartnews #yokoono #MCAchicago #fluxus #peaceactivist #multimediaart

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 10d

My argument w artists and AI is compensation. Lack of regulation prevents creators from earning as AI comps learn & profit. Regulations in Europe are much fairer but this admin wants free market

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 10d

Fort Wayne Museum of Art receives collection of glass estimated at nearly $1 million
#midwestagendaartnews #glassart #fortwaynemuseumart #culturalheritage

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 14d

Gilles Larrain, Photographer of 1970s Drag Culture, Dies at 86
#midwestagendaartnews #gilleslarrain #photography #gendernonconformity #queerart #avantgarde

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 15d

Jacoby Arts Center wins grant to expand preschool art program (Alton, IL)
#midwestagendaartnews #jacobyartscenter #artseducation #illinoisartcouncil

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 16d

From Shaolin to Chicago: Wu-Tang Ruling Rewrites Art Law
#midwestagendaartnews #artlaw #wutangclan #artgovernance

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 17d

Family Of Artist Who Painted Historic Black Jesus Mural In Detroit Church, Fights To Save Artwork
#midwestagendaartnews #blackjesus #artpreservation #civilrightsart

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 18d

Teens should spend all their time AI-coding, says world’s youngest self-made billionaire #meta
#midwestagendaartnews #codevibing #ai

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 19d

Chicago: Avondale! 60618! A neighbor has created a community altar at the Shell station on the south east corner of Belmont and Milwaukee - a memorial to human rights and victims of ICE. I added to it and you should too. Let's make it massive and impossible to miss. Bring your offerings.

A community altar by a Shell gas station on the south east corner of Belmont and Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. Signs read: "Stop Ice Abductions" and "Stop Terrorizing our Communities. Abolish ICE!" There are also candles, and various offerings, as well as sidewalk chalk.

A detail of altar offerings - dolls, a stuffed frog holding a "Send ICE Home!" sign, and candles - some lit.

A pair of flyers inspired by those used by Chicago contractors who are often undocumented - both insulting ICE in various ways.

Memorial candles and a sign reading "We remember our neighbors, kidnapped by ICE at this gas station on Wednesday, October 8, 2025" hand written in black marker on blue paper.

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 19d

Untethered to equity

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 21d

Missouri hair museum filled with century-old mementos closes its doors, scattering contents around the nation
#midwestagendaartnews #folkart #hairart #arthistory

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 22d

Wisconsin unveils a beautiful set of rainbow crosswalks as other states backtrack
#midwestagendaartnews #lgbtqhistory #publicart #pridecrosswalks

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 23d

Tenured University of South Dakota Art Professor Reinstated After Being Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post
#midwestagendaartnews #freespeech #academicfreedom #firstamendment #charliekirk

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 24d

Wichita Marks 30 Years Since Million Man March with Week of Renewal and Reflection

#midwestagendaartnews #millionmanmarch #blackunity #wichitaarts

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 25d

ArtWorks to dedicate new mural honoring Jim Obergefell, 10th anniversary of same-sex marriage legalization (Cincinnati, OH)
#midwestagendaartnews #marriageequality #publicart #lgtbqhistory

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 29d

“A Seat at Grandma’s Table” What happens when landscapes change and rural space erodes? (Brownville, NE)
#midwestagendaartnews #artandecology #culturallandscape #communitystories

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · Sep 30

@midwestagenda.bsky.social has long been been discussing this administrations move to whiten our historical narrative

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · Sep 30

Art & Design students boycott AI artists in Penny Stamps Speaker Series (Ann Arbor, MI)
#midwestagendaartnews #artificialintelligence #intellectualproperty #aitransparency

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