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M-AAA Grants Go to Small Arts and Culture Organizations Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) has awarded fifty arts and culture organizations in its region $1,104,600 to support critical, day-to-day operating costs. The grants were made possible through funding M-AAA received from…

Join us for the last month of Forgotten Stories with Nebraska poet Christopher Stewart Forgotten Stories is a series featuring poets from the Mid-America Arts Alliance region. Each poet was asked to write about the forgotten stories of places, people,…

Join us this month to hear from Arkansas poet Jacie Andrews Forgotten Stories is a series featuring poets from the Mid-America Arts Alliance region. Each poet was asked to write about the forgotten stories of places, people, or histories from…

Oklahoma’s Lawson is M-AAA’s New Board Chair This November, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Holbrook Lawson began her tenure as Chair of the Board of Directors of Mid-America Arts Alliance. M-AAA’s Board of Directors includes members from all six M-AAA states: Arkansas, Kansas,…

Sharon Killian Receives Inaugural Artists 360 Creative Impact Award Sharon Killian, artist, advocate, educator, and arts leader, has been selected as the first recipient of the new Creative Impact Award from Artists 360, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA).…

Join us this month to hear the poetry of Oklahoma poet Rilla Askew Forgotten Stories is a series featuring poets from the Mid-America Arts Alliance region. Each poet was asked to write about the forgotten stories of places, people, or…

Diverse cohort includes new Community Activator grant recipients Artists 360, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA), combines grantmaking and professional development to strengthen the careers of individual artists of all disciplines in Northwest Arkansas. In elevating this network of…

October: Poet Glenn North Forgotten Stories is a series featuring poets from the Mid-America Arts Alliance region. Each poet was asked to write about the forgotten stories of places, people, or histories from their states/regions. This may include people, places,…

September: Poet Megan Kaminski Forgotten Stories is a series featuring poets from the Mid-America Arts Alliance region. Each poet was asked to write about the forgotten stories of places, people, or histories from their states/regions. This may include people, places,…

Interchange awards grants to artists who focus on social change in communities of Mid-America. Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the Interchange 2021 Fellows, supporting artist-led projects focused on social impact in M-AAA’s six-state region of Arkansas, Kansas,…

Forgotten Stories, a poetry series This new series presents new works by poets from Mid-America Arts Alliance’s region. New poems will premiere on the first Friday of each month, playing audibly from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. each day from…

Mid-America Arts Alliance Awards $226,500 for Art Projects Across Region Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its Artistic Innovations grants for FY22 (July 1, 2021–June 2022). Sixteen individual artists and art organizations in M-AAA’s region…