CFP: Culinary and Food Traditions in the Midwest

Arts Midwest is looking for stories of people centering their practice on food, sharing creative approaches to food-making, or bringing people together around traditional foodways.  

Previous stories have covered covered calving and cheese-making in rural Wisconsin, a café that doubles as a safe space for gender expansive youth, Indigenous chefs turning the table on Native foodways, the frozen custard capital of the world, baby food made with locally grown Indigenous ingredients, the success of Hmong food in Minneapolis, and the process of growing organic heritage seeds made for gardens in the Upper Midwest. 

Arts Midwest is excited to bring more stories that show the expansiveness of culinary experiences and distinctiveness of food in the Midwest. So, if you have a great story from your community, pitch it! 

Arts Midwest is focusing on stories from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Native Nations that share this geography. Pitches from outside of this region will not be considered. 

Pitches are due June 9, 2024.