MdW Summit 2026 Directory
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MdW Summit 2026 Directory *
This June, we’re gathering 300 artist organizers from over 150 platforms and projects to build camaraderie, spark new collaborations, and make lasting friends in Detroit, Michigan.
Below is a directory, organized alphabetically and by state, of those platforms and projects that will be represented at the 2026 Summit, as well as ways to learn more and connect with them virtually.Clicking on a state below will take you directly to a list of those participating from that state.Illinois •
Illinois •
Bloomington-Normal
Chicago
SHANGHAI SEMINARY
@shanghaiseminary
Sixty Inches from Center
@sixtyinchesfromcenter
Sthesia
@sssthesiat
Unfolding Disability Futures
@unfoldingdisabilityfutures
Up & Up Kite Show
@upup_kiteshow
Walls Turned Sideways
@wallsturnedsideways
Watershed Art & Ecology
@watershed.art.and.ecology
WITH(IN).DIGITAL
@within.digital_
Indiana •
Indiana •
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Iowa •
Iowa •
Ames
Des Moines
Bienvenido A Iowa
@bienvenido515dsm
Iowa City
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@thenameofthispartyissecret
Meskwaki Settlement
Indigenize my Style
Kansas •
Kansas •
Lawrence
Be/With Performance Series
*also located in Detroit, MI
Lucas
Matfield Green
Michigan •
Michigan •
Detroit
A Host of People
@ahostofpeople
Artist As First Responder
@artistasfirstresponder
Be/With Performance Series
*also located in Kansas City, MO
Black Art Library
@blackartlibrary
Chore Gallery
@chore.gallery
Community As Medicine
@people.in.education
Creative Body Institute
@creativebodyinstitute
Creative Coding Detroit
@creativecodingdetroit
Edge of Hope Film Series
L.A. 7 Shades of Emotions Inc
@l.a.7shadesofemotionsinc
Lavender Live Arts
@lavenderlivearts
Linkage Community
@linkagecommunity
Midnight Care Collective
@midnightcarecollective
MOTHLIGHT
@mothlight_collective
Neighborhood Art School
@neighborhoodartschool
Ninety-Seven Modern
@ninetysevenmodern
Play House Laboratories
@playhouselabs
Riverwise Magazine
@riverwisemagazine
Roti Baby Enchanted Cafe
@rotibaby
Sex Militant
Sidewalk Detroit
@sidewalkdetroit
Signal-Return
@signalreturn
Slow Stitch Detroit
@slowstitchdetroit
Spool and Dye Works
@spoolanddyeworks
Swords into Plowshares
@swordsintoplowshares_det
Talking Dolls Detroit
@talkingdolls
The Institute for Diasporic Yearning and Longing (IDYL)
@artbaselthriftstore
Detroit/Amsterdam
SAM Social Art Museum
@sam_socialartmuseum
Detroit/Ann Harbor
Do Monday
Detroit/Hamtramck
Detroit/Grand Rapids
Elberta
Sawbill Surf Club
Grand Rapids
Hammerspace Gallery
@hammerspace_gallery
Kayt MacMaster + Calamity Works
Hamtramck
Ceramics School
@ceramicsschool
Organic Weapon Arts
Holland
Kalamazoo
La Crosse
Lansing
Lincoln Park
Royal Oak
Westland
Ypsilanti
justseeds
Sometimes Space
@sometimes_space_ypsi
Michigan
Michigan/New York
Minnesota •
Minnesota •
Duluth
Mahnomen
Minneapolis
Moorhead
Sacred Chaos Art
@sacredchaosart
St. Paul
DoubleCross Press
@doublecrosspress
Treehaus Studio (Gallery)
@treehausstudio_scv
*also located in Osceola, WI
Twin Cities
Nebraska •
Nebraska •
Omaha
Ohio •
Ohio •
Chauncey
Cincinatti
Boxelder Community Room
@boxeldercommunityroom
Cincinnati Black Cookbook
@kailahthecreative
Cleveland
Columbia
Skylab Gallery
@skylabgallery
Columbus
Dayton
Granville
Toldeo
Co-Worker Gallery
@co_workergallery