Trip #3: The Midwest, June 2018

It’s been 10 years since we started Piney Wood Atlas, so this month we are journeying back through time to revisit our past trips.

June, 2018

Our third road trip wove us around a region neither of us had ever visited before— to visit 17 residencies in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Missouri.

There we discovered magical landscapes, people, and memories:

Fireflies filling the clearing at dusk
Finding bird nests kayaking in the reeds at Lake Okoboji
Cheese curds in the Driftless
A residency haunted by Prince
A residency in an attic
A residency in a former asylum
The VFW with Mary & Kelly
The Otter Tail County Historical Society Museum

Duluth as Twin Peaks
The mood swings of Lake Superior weather (a residency on an island)
The good hearts and chain coral of Good Hart
Korean drinking games and laughing through the interview in Pontiac “there is no time like the pleasant”
Cone-lickers by Lake Michigan

Pond swimming in rural Wisconsin and Rue’s magical mosquito repellant
Late-night karaoke at ACRE
Exotic celery in the land of Lincoln
The St. Louis City Museum and its 10-story slide!!
Kansas City BBQ
The floating barn in a Nebraska oasis
An interview in a treehouse

Thank you to all the residencies we visited:

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- Lakeside Laboratory A.I.R.: Milford, IA (@lakesidelabair)

- Hinge Arts: Fergus Falls, MN (@springboardarts)

- The Future: Minneapolis, MN (@thefuturempls)

- Makeroom: Minneapolis, MN (@makeroommpls)

- Lanesboro Arts: Lanesboro, MN (@lanesboroarts)

- Crystal Creek: Houston, MN

- Luminary: St. Louis, MO (@theluminaryarts)

- Enos Park: Springfield, IL (@enosparkresidency)

- Acre: Steuben, WI (@acreresidency)

- Tomorrow River Homestead: Nelsonville, WI (@tomorrowriverhomestead)

- Rabbit Island: Keweenaw Peninsula, MI (@rabbitisland)

- Good Hart: Good Hart, MI (@goodhartartistresidency)

- Cabin Time: Roaming Residency, U.S.A. (@cabintimeartcamp)

- Tessellate: Pontiac, MI (@tessellate.gallery)

- The Forge: Detroit, MI

- Popps Packing: Hamtramck, MI (@poppspacking)

*Note: Some of these residencies have changed names or locations, or no longer exist. Along with being a resource, PWA is an archive as well.

Thanks for following along with us! If you’re inspired to celebrate with us and help us out on our upcoming residency road trip, here are some options:

Buy the Midwest book

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Donate some funds!

https://www.pineywoodatlas.com/take-action

(A donation of $50 or more gets you a personalized postcard from the road)