Hello BULK Space Community, big news! MdW Summit will be in Detroit June 22–27, 2026! Are you an artist or arts organizer? Then this could be an exciting opportunity for you to meet like-minded and community driven creatives!
BULK is a part of the MdW organizing team and excited to help bring the Summit to our beautiful city. This gathering will shine a light on the incredible artist-run and artist-centered projects while creating deep connections with peers across the Midwest. After convening in Chicago (2022) and Kansas City (2024), we’re excited for Detroit to host this next chapter in building a stronger regional network of artist-run and artist-centered spaces.
What is it?
The 2026 Detroit Summit is organized by the MdW Coalition, a group of artist-run projects, platforms, and spaces dedicated to growing our shared ecosystem of interconnected art and organizing scenes from across the Midwest. We invite other folks doing work like ours to collaborate with us to build lasting coalitions of purposeful, artist-led action.
The gathering will shapeshift between a “professional” conference, region-wide exhibition, artmaking residency, book fair, activist summit, and whatever else the participants want to make it. Because we are bringing together artists and culture-bearers whose role in their regions is to connect people, we celebrate that the most vital (and urgent) aspect of our gathering is gathering itself.
Where will it take place?
Centered at the Boyer Campbell Building, a 60,000 square foot warehouse in the Detroit Design District, the MdW Summit spans 6 days, features dozens of workshops and panels, and brings participants to artist-run spaces and platforms all around the city. Over the weekend, we’ll invite local artists and organizers to public exhibitions and a publications and multiples fair staged throughout the building.
Attendance is limited by the scale of the building, but we hope to invite at least 200 people to the conference, and thousands will be welcomed for the public programs. We will do our best to mitigate costs for those traveling to join us. Plus: dinner’s on us. Come eat and talk with us.
If this all sounds like a good time to you, make sure to click below and fill out an application. Deadline to apply is October 20, 2025 11:59 PM CST. See you there!!
With love,
BULK Space team
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