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Learn about artists, arts organizations, arts programs, and partners, as well as opportunities and grants throughout our region and beyond.
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On View in the Culture Lab: Elisa Harkins’s Teach Me a Song
Find Out MoreElisa Harkins’s Teach Me A Song will be on view at M-AAA’s Culture Lab beginning January 13 and continuing through April 7, 2025. Teach Me A Song is a single channel video with sound, playing from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. each day. Location: Mid-America…
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In the Studio with Houston Artist Caroline Truong
Find Out MoreAs we celebrate the holidays, the New Year, and culture and creativity in our region, we at M-AAA are delighted to introduce our featured artist, Caroline Truong, a painter and mural artist hailing from Houston, Texas. Caroline is one example…
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Six Fellows Announced from Mid-America Region for National Leaders of Color Fellowship
Find Out MoreSix arts leaders of color will represent the M-AAA region in the third cohort of the National Leaders of Color Fellowship. Recognized for their leadership, Victoria Botero, Ashley Hoskins, EunKyung Jeong, Alajia McKizia, Andi Meyer, and Melissa Mitchell are shaping…
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$10,000 Awards Available for Central Arkansas and Arkansas Delta Artists
Find Out MoreCatalyze Grant Opens for 25 Artists, Funded by the Windgate Foundation Artists in Central Arkansas and the Arkansas Delta now have the chance to receive $10,000 fellowships to support their creative work through Catalyze, a program of Mid-America Arts…
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Register Now for the 2025 Artists Thrive Summit
Find Out MoreArtists, arts leaders, educators, and funders from across the United States are invited to expand their creative circle at the annual 2025 Artists Thrive Summit in Kansas City, Missouri, May 6–8, 2025. This event offers a powerful networking hub to…
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Show Your “Why”: How an Annual Report Can Amplify Your Organization’s Impact and Values
Find Out MoreAn annual report can be more than a summary of the year’s accomplishments or a pie chart of financial data. Annual reports—or “impact reports,” as M-AAA prefers to call ours—are a powerful tool for showcasing your organization’s mission and values…
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Public Art Shines: New Artists Announced for Crossroads Artboards in Kansas City
Find Out MoreJuly–September 2025 Crossroads Artboards, Kati Toivanen, Chimera (image proposal) Have you heard? The artists for the 2025-2026 Crossroads Artboards have been announced! Mid-America Arts Alliance is honored to partner with Crossroads Community Association and Charlotte Street to support this public art program.…
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Mid-America Arts Alliance Announces New Development Director
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance is delighted to announce the promotion of Tabitha Dunham to the position of director of development. Tabitha will now lead M-AAA’s development team, helping further strengthen our relationships with private donors, foundations, and other partners. We are…
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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…