Midwestern Voices and Visions is a collaboration between the Alliance of Artists Communities and seven artists’ residency programs in the Midwest. Each site offers its own way of serving its artists-in-residence, though all share a common vision that supporting living artists with time and space to create new work is essential to human progress.

Click on the names below to read more about each program:

Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Red Wing, Minnesota

Art Farm
Marquette, Nebraska

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, Nebraska

John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Ox-Bow
Saugatuck, Michigan

Prairie Center of the Arts
Peoria, Illinois

Ragdale Foundation
Lake Forest, Illinois

Accessibility
Anderson Center, Prairie Center, Ox-Bow, and Ragdale are all accessible to artists in wheelchairs; however, the terrain at Ox-Bow makes it difficult for artists in wheelchairs to fully experience the site.

ArtFarm, Bemis Center, and John Michael Kohler Arts Center are not wheelchair-accessible. If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact the Alliance.

Participating Artists’ Residency Sites

Anderson Center for Interdiscplinary Studies Red Wing, Minnesota Anderson Center provides retreat to visual artists, writers, and scholars of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment. The estate features distinctive Georgian Revival buildings and a water tower on 330 acres of farm and forest land. [read more]

Art Farm Marquette, Nebraska There are no majestic peaks of sublime grandeur, shining seas, or electric thrill of neon avenues to distract; just endless flat fields of corn, soybeans, and more than enough heat, bugs, and wind. [read more]

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Omaha, Nebraska The Bemis Center is based on the conviction that exceptional talent deserves to be supported. Located in two urban warehouses, the facilities are designed to foster creativity and the productive exchange of ideas. [read more]

John Michael Kohler Arts Center Sheboygan, Wisconsin Founded in 1967, John Michael Kohler Arts Center is a thriving visual and performing arts complex that functions as a center of cultural life in east-central Wisconsin and attracts thousands of visitors from throughout the Midwest. [read more]

Ox-Bow Saugatuck, Michigan Over 600 artists make their way annually to the historic 115-acre campus, nestled in the dunes of Lake Michigan, in an environment to inspire the artists and foster a supportive community of peers. [read more]

Prairie Center of the Arts Peoria, Illinois At Prairie Center, visual artists, writers, architects, musicians, and other creative people find both a contemplative rural retreat and access to an industrial environment, equipment, and new technologies not readily available. [read more]

Ragdale Foundation Lake Forest, Illinois Ragdale was founded on the belief that time and space are not luxuries but necessary elements for creating important new work. Add 12 creative individuals to the mix, acres of idyllic prairie, and a family-style dinner each night, and you have Ragdale. [read more]

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