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Hearing the Root: Indigenous Revolutionary Spiritualities from Kashmir to Iowa
Hearing the Root: Indigenous Revolutionary Spiritualities from Kashmir to Iowa

by Diya Abbas

“From Kashmir to Iowa, the ability of creation myths to embody both a personal and political ‘other’ is evident in the long history of protests and demonstrations for independence and sovereignty.”

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HighlightAmplify ArtsSeptember 15, 2026Comment
The Nebraska Tornado: Recovering the Life and Legacy of Jack Taylor
The Nebraska Tornado: Recovering the Life and Legacy of Jack Taylor

by John Paul

“To recover Jack Taylor’s life is to restore more than the legacy of a forgotten boxer. It is to return one of Nebraska’s most extraordinary figures to the historical record while revealing a story shaped by the intertwined histories of race, migration, sport, and war.”

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FeaturedAmplify ArtsAugust 14, 2026
Hermit Jim and the Massive Fire
Hermit Jim and the Massive Fire

by Patrick Mainelli

“What would it be like to live so deliberately? To be still.”

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FeaturedAmplify ArtsJuly 10, 2026
Ground Rules: Public Art and Civic Spaces
Ground Rules: Public Art and Civic Spaces

Panel Discussion

“It isn't just something that's for the wealthy or for the privileged or those who might be able to travel to see it. It is all of ours.”

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Amplify ArtsJune 16, 2026Comment
The Medicine Maker eARTh School
The Medicine Maker eARTh School

Interview with Mi’oux Stabler

“I think I’m here to help people learn about this land and how we can come back into relationship with it after all the damage that’s been done.” 

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Amplify ArtsMay 11, 2026Comment
Ground Rules: Public Art and City Planning
Ground Rules: Public Art and City Planning

Panel Discussion

“We have to move beyond the definition of public artwork as an amenity and think of it as a tool for creating social connection.”

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Amplify ArtsMarch 25, 2026Comment
All About Love
All About Love

Interview with Jewel Rodgers

“What histories embed themselves into our bodies and the bodies of the people we love?”

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Amplify ArtsFebruary 24, 2026Comment
Situated Selves: Art, Place, and Identity
Situated Selves: Art, Place, and Identity

Panel Discussion

“The history of plants, cultural identity, and survivance are all tied together here.”

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Amplify ArtsJanuary 23, 2026Comment
AC Discussion | Wit as Witness: Humor and Satire in Contemporary Art
AC Discussion | Wit as Witness: Humor and Satire in Contemporary Art

Panel Discussion

“Humor is a survival mechanism now more than ever.”

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Amplify ArtsOctober 29, 2025Comment
Limited Taxonomy
Limited Taxonomy

by Jessie Fisher and Viy

“The idea of humans defined as against/outside nature is deeply embedded in our dominant culture.”

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Amplify ArtsOctober 9, 2025
Sound, Art,  Post-Digitalism & Tech Justice
Sound, Art, Post-Digitalism & Tech Justice

by Sener

“We must be part of the cultural and technological changes as proactive developers rather than passive consumers.”

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Amplify ArtsSeptember 8, 2025
Future History: Indigenous Narratives in Art and Media
Future History: Indigenous Narratives in Art and Media

Panel Discussion

“If you're hunting without respect or doing ecological damage, Deer Man shows up.”

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Amplify ArtsJuly 18, 2025Comment
The Terror: Reimagined, Retold, and Illustrated
The Terror: Reimagined, Retold, and Illustrated

by John Paul

“There were many fears at the beginning of the war—but none greater than the sense of doom that seemed at once incredible and certain.”

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Amplify ArtsJune 9, 2025
AC Discussion | 10,000 Ways to Fail
AC Discussion | 10,000 Ways to Fail

Panel Discussion

“Varying degrees of entropy in everything we do means that things are going to fall through.”

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Amplify ArtsMay 28, 2025Comment
Small Energies
Small Energies

Panel Discussion

“To become interested, to become aware and compost, is such an easy way into that system of reciprocity and care with what is around you.”

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Amplify ArtsApril 29, 2025Comment
Prairie Seraubade
Prairie Seraubade

by Lydia Cheshewalla

“The fire burns all night and there are many awakenings and many small deaths.”

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Amplify ArtsApril 21, 2025
You Can Stir the Great Mix
You Can Stir the Great Mix

by Patrick Costello

“You can stir the great mix.”

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Amplify ArtsApril 15, 2025
Laments for the soil // Compost as sweet as a love song
Laments for the soil // Compost as sweet as a love song

by Alajia McKizia

“Just as two notes come together: a moment of divine harmony
Is green matter and brown matter perfectly balanced?”

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