{"id":11305,"date":"2025-06-16T20:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsmidwest.org\/?post_type=update&p=11305"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:47:08","slug":"what-we-learned-world-fest","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/artsmidwest.org\/about\/updates\/what-we-learned-world-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Learned \u2013 World Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

World Fest<\/a> was an artist residency program that toured world music ensembles to communities in the Midwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every cycle, Arts Midwest worked with nine local partners in smaller Midwestern communities to host artists. Over the course of a year, two international ensembles would visit each community for weeklong residencies. Filled with school workshops, community visits, and celebratory public concerts, these residencies encouraged cultural appreciation, learning, and understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what we learned along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n Cudamani energizes students during an interactive performance in Wabash, Indiana, as part of their 2013 World Fest tour.\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n \n \n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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