The Folk Media Conference and Festival (October 9-11, 2025) at Winona State University will focus on digital media and art from the perspective of “folklore.” Through workshops, performances, exhibitions, and conference presentations, we will explore the creation of media by everyday people through urban legends, memes, zines, DIY media, play, underground music, fandom, found media, and other forms of grassroots expression.

This year, we are proud to announce a collaborative performance with the Minnesota Marine Art Museum’s artist in residence, Dameun Strange, a keynote by the digital artist and scholar Anna Nacher, a performance and workshop featuring Slam Academy founder James Patrick, and a concert and workshop featuring Winona’s own Dante DeGrazia.

Past conferences by iDMAa, our key collaborator, include Digital and the Human, Glitch is the Soul in the Machine, Weird Media, and Wild Media.