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That on the 1st day of January. A.D. 1863, all person held as slaves within any state…in rebellion against the U.S. shall be then, thenceforward and forever free. – A. Lincoln, The Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1863 On June 19,…

June’s exhibition is from the Saint Louis Story Stitchers. Their work WADE (2020), on view through July 1, is a work from the multi-year project titled, The WHY of MY City. The WHY of MY City captures and documents black history through written word and…

COVID-19 Continuing Impact Survey Measures One Year of Pandemic’s Effects on Artists This survey marks the third time that Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Artist INC program has gathered feedback from individual artists to measure how the global COVID-19 pandemic has effected…

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Renews Funding For Mid-America Arts Alliance Interchange Program $500,000 grant allows Interchange to recognize and support the work of social change artists Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the renewal of Interchange, a…

April’s exhibition is from El Paso, Texas artist Xochitl Rodriguez. Grown Without Water is a collective video/oral history project that explores how the US/México border between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez marks and defines perseverance on a twenty-first-century border. Confronting tragedy and…

Supporting Asian Americans in our Communities Mid-America Arts Alliance wants to use its platform to draw attention to the recent surge in hate crimes perpetrated against Asian Americans. In particular, our thoughts are with those suffering in Atlanta. We want…

10 x 10 Marks Ten Years of Serving Individual Artists through Artist INC Artist INC was born in 2009 when a group of Kansas City arts organizations came together around the needs of individual artists: the need for professional training,…

Holbrook Lawson of Oklahoma will serve a four-year term The Board of Directors of Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA), in a unanimous vote, has elected Holbrook Lawson of Tulsa, Oklahoma, as Chair-elect. Lawson’s term as Chair of the Board of Directors…

City of Houston Musicians and Music Venues Economic Relief Program Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and City Council approved $3 million for the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Musicians and Venues Economic Relief Program. Funded through the Federal CARES ACT, the…