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Elisa 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…

As 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…

M-AAA’s seventh cohort of Artists 360 provides practice-based funding and support Thirty-one Northwest Arkansas artists were selected for Artists 360’s seventh cohort and awarded $300,000 in grants. This includes the selection of John Rankine, multimedia artist, curator, and community arts…

When she worked at Hallmark, Kansas City, Missouri–based artist Amy Kligman had two bosses. One was a creative, and the other focused on the business side of, well, the business. The two had a partnership that just worked. When Amy…

Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, October 4, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature an exhibition, this blasted tender beautiful world, just as it is, by Christina Shmigel. Christina Shmigel (b. 1958) is…

Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, September 6, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature an exhibition, this blasted tender beautiful world, just as it is, by Christina Shmigel. Christina Shmigel (b. 1958) is…

Sixteen Artists Awarded M-AAA Fellowships to Ignite Social Change With support from the Mellon Foundation, the third cohort of Interchange fellows will receive mentorship and practice-based grants of $25K each   Artists and creatives dedicated to fostering social change in…

Jazz Road Tours (Deadline Dec. 1) This artist-centric grant program from South Arts is designed to help jazz artists nationwide earn a living wage while on the road. Artists can request up to $15,000 to cover eligible tour expenses, including artist…

Jazz Road Tours (Deadline Sept. 2) This artist-centric grant program from South Arts is designed to help jazz artists nationwide earn a living wage while on the road. Artists can request up to $15,000 to cover eligible tour expenses, including artist…

Catalyze, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, has announced the second cohort of central Arkansas artists to receive practice-based grants of $10,000 each as well as professional development training to support their needs as working artists. The goal of the…

The Artists 360 Creative Impact Award provides one exceptional artist based in Northwest Arkansas with unrestricted funds of $25,000 and professional development opportunities. Finalists will be notified and invited to apply. Click here to nominate a NW Arkansas artist for the…

From 1907 to 1928, S. P. Dinsmoor, a retired Civil War Veteran and sculptor built the Cabin Home and Garden of Eden just on the outskirts of Lucas, Kansas. He was in his 60s when he started creating his fascinating,…