Announcing Cultural Sustainability: Operational Grants for Small Arts Organizations
Read MoreApply Now for Grants to Support Arts Projects for Military-Connected Individuals
Read MoreExhibitsUSA’s War Toys: Ukraine at the National World War I Museum and Memorial
Read MoreUpcoming Free Workshops to Build Your Art Career
Read MoreMore Art for More People
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Artist INC participants.
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Programs & Grants Serving Artists and Organizations
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- 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
Mid-America Arts Alliance works with artists and organizations across our region to support, elevate, and celebrate the arts.
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ExhibitsUSA’s War Toys: Ukraine at the National World War I Museum and Memorial
Find Out MoreChildren often share their experiences and emotions through indirect methods of communication, such as art and play. As a result, their personal accounts of war frequently go unseen and unheard by the international community. War Toys: Ukraine, a traveling exhibition…
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My Internship Experience: Preparing the Demonstration Exhibition at Mid-America Arts Alliance
Find Out MoreEarlier this year, M-AAA welcomed two talented interns from Bethune-Cookman University to our Kansas City offices for the summer as a way to increase awareness of careers in the arts and arts administration. Annetta Henderson and Breya Tyler joined M-AAA…
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Small Wonders: Insects in Focus–Nature’s Hidden Masterpieces
Find Out MoreIt became clear when I passed through the doors at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center in Kansas City, Missouri, that this wasn’t a typical natural science display. The entry hall is covered in stone and wood, and adorned…
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Disaster Recovery Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations
Find Out MoreOriginally published May 3, 2024, and updated in July and November 2024. In 2024, devastating tornadoes swept through our region. In July, we have experienced the destructive path of Hurricane Beryl. Our friends and colleagues experienced devastation with Hurricane Helene…
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Not Too Far Distant Connects Veterans and Communities
Find Out More“Your story matters, and it’s OK if it’s hard to tell. You tell it because it’s important.” BLIXT ARTS LAB playwright Becky Boesen shares that message from Not Too Far Distant, her play about a Nebraska veteran’s experiences in World…
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Apply Now for Grants to Support Arts Projects for Military-Connected Individuals
Find Out MoreThe National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance, has released guidelines and application materials for the Creative Forces Community Engagement grant program, part of the Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network. Grants support non-clinical, community-based…
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The Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha, Nebraska, hosts an exhibition which is visited by members of their Art Club. The Union for Contemporary Art has been recommended receive a 2024 ArtsHERE grant. Photography courtesy of The Union for Contemporary Art
Congratulations to the ArtsHERE grantees! 👏
Through grants and peer learning opportunities, ArtsHERE invests in organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity within their practices and programming. Learn more about the grant recipients at www.arts.gov or through our link in bio!
Let`s hear it for Art As Mentorship, Dance Maker Academy, Art Spark Texas , Arts Connect, Future Front Texas, Creative Reaction Lab, Kimbilio, RACE Dance Collective, Rising Stars Academy of Dance & Performing Arts, Teatro Dallas, Mattie Rhodes Center, The Welman Project, Ovations Plus, The Union for Contemporary Art, and the Wyandot Nation of Kansas!
When Irving Archives and Museum (@irvingarchivesandmuseum) discovered that "Popol Vuh" wasn`t in their collection, it was a sign of what needed to be brought to light. ✨
This pictographic creation myth developed around 1000 CE by the highland Mayan people called the Quiché is the epic tale of twins who must save humanity. In 1524, the Spanish ordered it to be burned, and in 1721 it was translated to Spanish. Today it`s the earliest known surviving body of literature in the Americas.
Along came artist Jaime Arredondo (@jaimearredondo_art); a Texas native of Mexican American Tejano descent. He created 65 vivid illustrations to tell the story visually and collaborated with IAM to create the exhibit.
Learn about the future of @exhibits_usa exhibition "Popul Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Quiché through Illustration" in our link in bio.
The exhibition is currently on display at El Museo Latino (@el_museo_latino) in Omaha, NE through January 7, 2025.
The Leaders of Color Fellowship is a transformative leadership development experience curated by Creative West in order to establish multicultural leadership in the creative and cultural sector.
❓Want to know more? Creative West will be hosting an information session on September 26 at 5 p.m. MDT. Register in our link in bio!
Leaders in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas can apply through October 13.
It’s #NationalDanceDay!
We’re so grateful for the dancers, performers, and movement artists that fill our region with rich art experiences.
Shoutout to those that makeup our community of dancers like @forkliftdanceworks @balletwichita @noblemotiondance @perpetualmotiondance @aaronderellgrooves @princewayne22 and so many more.
#Dance #MoreArt #MidAmericaArt
Is your organization prepared for a crisis or disaster?
September is National Preparedness Month, and it`s the perfect time to take some simple steps. Check out the free tools and resources for the arts provided by NCAPER (@ncaper2006) in our link in bio!
The national observance every September was launched in 2004 by FEMA. #DisasterPreparedness
