The MdW Atlas is a daily online publication where editorial partners from each state commission contributions of stories, artwork, media, and other genres. 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

Oreo Jones Oreo Jones

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.

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Kaila Austin Kaila Austin

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.

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2022 Atlas Table of Contents

ILLINOIS

Editors selected by Public Media Institute

Tempestt Hazel

Nance Klehm

MINNESOTA

Editors selected by Confluence Studio

Sam Gould, Duaba Unenra & John Kim

INDIANA

Editors selected by Big Car

Jim Walker

Brett Bloom

MISSOURI 

Editors selected by Charlotte Street Foundation

Kimi Kitada

Stephanie Koch

IOWA

Editors selected by PS1

John Engelbrecht & Kalmia Strong

Cameron Gray

MICHIGAN

Editors selected by Bulk Space

Talking Dolls

Ashley Cook

WISCONSIN

Editors selected by Wormfarm Institute

Curt Meine

Dan S. Wang

BORDERLESS EDITORS

Kristi McGuire

Mairead Case