Welcome to Mid-America Arts Alliance’s events calendar, where you’ll find workshops, grants, and other opportunities for artists and arts organizations in M-AAA’s six-state region of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and beyond.
First Friday at M-AAA Culture Lab: Art of the Wish
September 5 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, September 5, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature a preview of the ExhibitsUSA touring exhibition, Art of the Wish.
The Culture Lab at Mid-America Arts Alliance is located at 2018 Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, 64108.
About the Exhibition
If you had a wish for the world, what would it be? In 2017, Marn Jensen and Andy Newcom spent six months traveling the country, talking to dozens of 80- to 100-plus-year-olds, asking that very question. They contacted senior living communities, visited hospices, and connected with caregivers to create artworks embodying each individual’s wish.
The exhibition will be on view to the public for First Fridays in September and October.
Other viewing times are available by appointment and are subject to staff availability, please call 816-800-0926 to make arrangements.
About the Culture Lab
The Culture Lab is the Mid-America Arts Alliance’s space for exhibitions, presentations, and events at our headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. The Culture Lab allows us to showcase programs in the vibrant Kansas City Crossroads neighborhood and participate in the city’s First Friday celebrations.
Past projects have included music presentations, dance, theatre performance, fine art exhibitions, and humanities projects. Traveling exhibitions from our program ExhibitsUSA frequently launch their tours here.
Mid-America Arts Alliance is celebrating 20 years in the Crossroads. Get involved!
Header photography: Andy Newcom, Untitled (I wish I knew.), 2018; wood box, folded, stapled, rubber-banded pieces of paper found after Jean’s death, Canon copy of old family photo, 8 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 5 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
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