The MdW Atlas is a regular online publication where editorial partners from each state commission contributions of stories, artwork, media, and other genres. It is also a radio show! The Atlas Editor is Mairead Case.

The complete 2022 Atlas Table of Contents, featuring 68 contributions, is below (keep scrolling!). It is currently being compiled into a book designed by Lu Liang and will be released at the 2024 convening in Kansas City.

The 2024 edition began in May 2024 and will continue to grow.

2024 Editors:
Rita Mae Reese, Art Lit Lab (Wisconsin)
John Engelbrecht and Rachel Buse, PS1 and Art Beacon (Iowa)
Yashi Davalos, Charlotte Street Foundation (Missouri)
Sylvia Thomas, Big Car (Indiana)
Za’Nia Coleman, Tangible Collective (Minnesota)
Alexander Andrew-Martin, Project 1612 (Illinois)
Intersectional Press (Michigan)
M. Carmen Lane, ANTSC (Ohio)
L.M. Forgie, Red River Creatives (North Dakota)
Angela Zonunpari, No Business Magazine (South Dakota)
Erika Nelson, The World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Version of the World’s Largest Things (Kansas)
Peter Fankhauser, Amplify Arts (Nebraska)

If you have questions or need paper copies, large print, translations, or alt text, email Mairead: mairead.case @ gmail

Bryn Jackson & April Knauber 8/29/24 Bryn Jackson & April Knauber 8/29/24

Markings of Remembrance

Uniting this group over ancestral body art has helped me understand that the markers of Filipino identity were never the full story.

Alejandra Carrillo 8/28/24 Alejandra Carrillo 8/28/24

Printmaking with Purpose

“Chavalitos” is dedicated to the men in our family who make an effort to unlearn their patterns and express their emotions verbally.

Sylvia Thomas 8/16/24 Sylvia Thomas 8/16/24

Year One

I changed my approach to strangers. I used to be closed off for fear of my safety, but now I’m jubilant and welcome everyone on the block.

Ryan Schnurr 8/23/22 Ryan Schnurr 8/23/22

Oil and Water

This is one of those ideas that gets worse the more you think about it: oil and water sloshing around and across each other in ever-more-dangerous combinations.

Tim Zink 8/16/22 Tim Zink 8/16/22

Going With the Flow: Placemaking Along a Corridor

“These are things we should talk about, if you want to reconcile with what it is to live in Fort Wayne.”

Brett Bloom 8/9/22 Brett Bloom 8/9/22

Concrete Cultural Reversals

How does your work participate in cycles longer than three to four generations?

Oreo Jones 7/27/22 Oreo Jones 7/27/22

Listen To Your City

I will never forget walking around the fountain, soaking up all the sounds and the Black joy exuberating from building to building—people dancing in the streets in unison, celebrating together for one day.

Kaila Austin 7/19/22 Kaila Austin 7/19/22

Reimagining the Hardrick Home

Trust building is the most essential part of this. If you want someone to tell you their story, to be vulnerable, to make art, you must make them feel safe enough to do so.

Jim Walker 7/12/22 Jim Walker 7/12/22

What Can Artists Do? Strive for Utopia

Times are certainly tough. But this isn’t new for humans.

Sara Maloney 7/2/22 Sara Maloney 7/2/22

Pole Dancing in South Bend, Indiana

You actually need skin contact in order to stick to the pole. Cloth will slide off. Bare knees, thighs, upper arms, and often belly and torso are required.