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More Art for More People

The arts have the power to transform, inspire, connect, and heal. At Mid-America Arts Alliance, our mission is to strengthen and support artists, cultural organizations, and communities throughout our six-state region of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and beyond.
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A woman wears a gold shirt, cape, and crown, while a man holds a paintbrush in a theatrical production.

Photo courtesy of Salvage Vanguard Theater.

Group of people in posed photo

Artist INC participants.

Dancers Felip Barrueto and Marit Brook-Kothlow are in a room with one window, a chair, a table, and a mug. Marit sits on the chair with her head down as Felipe hits a crouched pose on the table with their elbow up over their face. The table has an image of an army tank projected on it.

Photo by RJ Muna.

People of all ages walk next to a pool in an art performance holding up floats.

Photo courtesy of Forklift Dance.

Museum visitors view ExhibitsUSA exhibition Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design.

Photo courtesy of Turtle Bay Exploration Park.

Programs & Grants Serving Artists and Organizations

Click the images below to learn more about our programs. 

  • Grants and fellowships for artists
  • Grants for arts organizations and presenters
  • Traveling exhibitions at nonprofit prices
  • Professional development training for artists and organizations
  • Peer connections in the arts
  • Opportunities across the lower Midwest and the USA
Cultural Sustainability
ExhibitsUSA
Interchange
Artist INC
ArtsHERE
Creative Forces
Catalyze
Engage
Artistic Innovations
Artists 360
Artist Leadership Fellows
Regional Touring Program
Jazz Road

Mid-America Arts Alliance works with artists and organizations across our region to support, elevate, and celebrate the arts.

The impact of M-AAA cannot be overstated! ... M-AAA gave us a framework and plan that didn’t exist before. M-AAA helped us learn what board structure was supposed to be, gave us the courage to think bigger and to be bold in how we wanted AYAM [Altheretta Yeargin Art Museum] to be viewed.

Leanne Newton Engage Participant

The support of M-AAA’s US Regional Arts Resilience Grant enabled us to create new, innovative, in-person, and virtual programming and exhibits for the 100th-year commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which reached an estimated 300,000 people!

Michelle Brown-Burdex Program Coordinator, Greenwood Cultural Center

The Kansas Suffrage Mural Project would not have come to pass without funding and facilitation through M-AAA. The project expanded my own personal artistic practice, enabling me to plan and implement a community-based approach to placing public art, as well as a chance to work with a rural community in creating an artwork that is not placed upon a community, but grows from within that community’s stories.

Erika Nelson Artist

Artist INC also gives everyone concrete information and ideas on how an artist can set up their life and business, for the optimal chance at a successful career in the arts. Everyone I encountered through Artist INC came away with a more mature, refined sense of how they fit into the art world.

Kevin Kresse Artist and past Artist INC facilitator

Header image photography:

Art as Mentorship’s Rebel Song Academy students performing. Art as Mentorship, based in Kansas City, Missouri, received a 2024 ArtsHERE grant. Photo by Scout Tufankjian

Congratulations to the organizations and artists that were recently awarded NEA grants! Tap our link in bio to see the full list of recipients.

Our region received more than $3 million in funding! 🤯

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Congratulations to the organizations and artists that were recently awarded NEA grants! Tap our link in bio to see the full list of recipients. Our region received more than $3 million in funding! 🤯

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 27!

Creative workers, dancers, visual artists, performers, writers, culture bearers, painters, artisans, illustrators, playwrights, photographers, teaching artists, and more . . . Artist INC is for you.

This spring Artist INC is coming to Wichita, KS thanks to Harvester Arts!
This eight-session program is built by artists and for artists looking to take their practice to the next level. ⬆️

Apply for a spot at artistinc.art/apply

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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 27! Creative workers, dancers, visual artists, performers, writers, culture bearers, painters, artisans, illustrators, playwrights, photographers, teaching artists, and more . . . Artist INC is for you. This spring Artist INC is coming to Wichita, KS thanks to Harvester Arts! This eight-session program is built by artists and for artists looking to take their practice to the next level. ⬆️ Apply for a spot at artistinc.art/apply

Through Longleaf, @loop.38 deepens our connections to land and place.

Because of an Artistic Innovations grant, Ben Morris (@bmorris21293) was invited by Loop38, a contemporary music ensemble in Houston, TX, to create "Longleaf", a multimedia project about the endangered longleaf pine forest.

Tap our link in bio to watch the full video!

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Through Longleaf, @loop.38 deepens our connections to land and place. Because of an Artistic Innovations grant, Ben Morris (@bmorris21293) was invited by Loop38, a contemporary music ensemble in Houston, TX, to create "Longleaf", a multimedia project about the endangered longleaf pine forest. Tap our link in bio to watch the full video!

The arts community is uniquely positioned to drive change in disaster preparedness.

Why? Because artists and arts organizations are trusted voices within communities. When disasters strike, the arts are essential not just for recovery but for sustaining the cultural fabric that holds communities together.

Learn more in our link in bio!

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The arts community is uniquely positioned to drive change in disaster preparedness. Why? Because artists and arts organizations are trusted voices within communities. When disasters strike, the arts are essential not just for recovery but for sustaining the cultural fabric that holds communities together. Learn more in our link in bio!

Artists, arts administrators, and art enthusiasts are invited to Topeka to meet with State Legislators and tour the Capitol Building on January 22!

Visit our link in bio to learn more about the Kansas Arts Network.

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Artists, arts administrators, and art enthusiasts are invited to Topeka to meet with State Legislators and tour the Capitol Building on January 22! Visit our link in bio to learn more about the Kansas Arts Network.

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