Grant program for artists returns for sixth year Artists 360, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, returns for its sixth year. From May 1 to June 28 applications are open for four categories of grants to artists in Northwest Arkansas.…

Poet Gustavo Adolfo Aybar, an Artist INC Live alum, explains the impact Artist INC gave his art career: It lent him a “perspective that I believe almost every kind of artist needs. So few of us had a business aspect…

Twenty Artist Leadership Fellows Will Share Their Work on April 3 The second cohort of the Artist Leadership Fellows, program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, will share their work during a virtual public event on April 3, 2023, from 4:30 to…

Mid-America Arts Alliance is proud to announce the return of Artist INC in three communities—Houston, Texas; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Wichita, Kansas—in spring 2023. Artist INC is a professional development program that connects artists of all disciplines to tools, resources,…

Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) announces Artist Leadership Fellows, a transformational program that strengthens the professional skills of the next generation of artist leaders across the region. Designed with belief in the power of artists supporting artists, the program utilizes peer-modeling…

Artists to Receive $10,000 grants through Catalyze initiative with support from Windgate Foundation Mid-America Arts Alliance announces the launch of a new program, called Catalyze. Made possible through the support of the Windgate Foundation, the Catalyze program will award $500,000…

The first cohort of the National Leaders of Color Fellowship (LoCF) program has been selected, representing fifty-three leaders from across the United States. The cohort will participate in a strategic leadership development program for Black, Indigenous, and people of color…

Fayetteville’s Kholoud Sawaf Selected for $25,000 Creative Impact Award Twenty-six artists were selected for Artists 360’s fifth cohort and awarded $214,000 in grants. This includes the selection of Kholoud Sawaf for the $25,000 Creative Impact Award as well as five…

United States Regional Arts Organization Collective Announces New Co-Chairs, Launches New Website Today, the United States Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs) announced two new co-chairs Todd Stein of Mid-America Arts Alliance and Torrie Allen of Arts Midwest to lead the US…

The Artists 360 program of Mid-America Arts Alliance combines grantmaking and professional development to strengthen the careers of individual artists of all disciplines in Northwest Arkansas. Artists 360 returns for its fifth year and announces the application period for four…

Join us for a trip to Antarctica! Opening April 1, 2022, for Kansas City First Friday, M-AAA will be hosting an exhibition preview of Walking in Antarctica from ExhibitsUSA. Though the building will not be open, the preview includes the artist’s…

New from ExhibitsUSA, Resilience—A Sansei Sense of Legacy Opens March 11, 2022 In 1942, in response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law Executive Order 9066. The law ordered the forced…