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Alana Horton (she\/her) has been working at Arts Midwest since 2020 and is the Director of Content and Communications. Before that, she oversaw communications at The Cedar Cultural Center<\/a>, a nonprofit all-ages world music venue, and Bedlam Theater, a hybrid event space focused on radical works of theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Arts Midwest, Alana leads storytelling, communications, marketing, and advocacy efforts to make the arts more visible, accessible, and impactful. Her work draws on over a decade of experience in arts communications, with expertise in writing, content strategy, editorial direction, digital storytelling, and public relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alana\u2019s contributions to Arts Midwest include overseeing the <\/em>Creativity News Desk<\/a>, a cultural reporting and storytelling initiative that highlights creativity across the Midwest, and strategic direction for the Ideas Hub<\/a>, a digital library of resources for arts leaders. She also led Arts Midwest’s rebrand in December 2022, which included a new website, logo, and strategic framework<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alana is currently serving as a Bloomberg Tech Fellow through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Program<\/a>. In this role, she is working to expand Arts Midwest\u2019s digital resources for the arts field, including tools for finding grants, jobs, and arts sector research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little more about Alana:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alana\u2019s favorite thing Arts Midwest does is commissioning new stories from Midwestern writers, photographers, videographers, and illustrators through the Creativity News Desk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Alana isn\u2019t working, she can be found creating experimental vocal music as alone-a<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can connect with Alana on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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