MdW 2024 Summit - Day 3: Current Conversations in Funds Distribution

Facilitated by Peter Strong (Racing Magpie, Waterers); Nick Wylie (PMI); Duaba Unerna (Confluence/Nexus Road Fund) Abby Satinsky (Wagner Foundation). A discussion about the shifts in Contemporary funding landscape, including conversations about artists-run funding, reparations, universal basic income, emergency grants, and more. MdW (pronounced “Midway”) is an evolving regional coalition of artist-run projects, platforms, and spaces spanning across the Midwest. MdW is an expanding initiative that takes shape as “Convenings” which connect and strengthen communities within the cultural landscape, the “Atlas” which serves as an alternative publishing platform, and “Drifts” which explore and document regional hubs of creative energy. Artist-centered in its approach, MdW is a growing ecosystem of hyperlocal art scenes from across the Midwest working together to build lasting coalitions of purposeful, artist-led action.