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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 1d

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 · 3d

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 · 2d

Untethered to equity

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 5d

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

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 7d

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

#midwestagendaartnews #millionmanmarch #blackunity #wichitaarts

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 12d

“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 · 14d

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

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 14d

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

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 15d

How a Toledo tattoo artist helps turn scars into art
#midwestagendaartnews #tattoos #brianfinn #healingink

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 17d

Photographer’s K-State presentation showcases project on shrinking Kansas newspapers
#midwestagendaartnews #localjournalism #communitynewspaper #journalismmatters

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 18d

Across the US, cities combine art, shade and education to help people beat the heat
#midwestagendaartnews #climatechange #art #science

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 19d

Queer Modernism Reconsidered: From Düsseldorf to the Midwest
#midwestagendaartnews #queer #modernism #arthistory

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 21d

Public Space One launches $100K grant to resist campus censorship (Iowa City, IA)
#midwestagendaartnews #censorship #freespeech #publicspaceone #stanleymuseumart

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 22d

Trumps response to Tyler Robinson arrest mirrors Nixon’s comments on the Charlie Manson trial, almost causing a mistrial

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 22d

Murray’s story of using her tiny kitchen as studio and that’s why she painted in pieces never fails to impress

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 22d

Under first Latina curator, Chicago Architecture Biennial opened with a deep dive into ‘radical change’
#midwestagendaartnews #chicagoarchitecturebiennial #sustainabledesign #climatechange

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Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 24d

Agnes Gund, Champion of Contemporary Art, Dies at 87
#midwestagendaartnews #philanthropy #collector #contemporaryart

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 25d

The Epstein Files aren’t going to disappear

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 25d

Fall Gathering Marks Decade of Tallgrass Artist Residency in Matfield Green (KS)
#midwestagendaartnews #ecology #ruralarts #preservation #tallgrassresidency

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 26d

Too many commercials

Midwest Agenda @midwestagenda.bsky.social · 27d

Artwork by local artists, celebrities showcased at Access Arts fundraiser (Columbia, MO)
#midwestagendaartnews #accessarts #fundraiser #differentlyabled

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