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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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First Friday at M-AAA Culture Lab: Through Darkness to Light
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, May 2, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, photographs by Jeanine Michna-Bales.
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First Friday at M-AAA Culture Lab: Through Darkness to Light
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, May 2, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, photographs by Jeanine Michna-Bales.
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Meet Diane Scott: Director of Artist Services
Find Out MoreAt the heart of Mid-America Arts Alliance is a passionate team working behind the scenes to empower artists across the region. Continuing our series featuring the incredible individuals at M-AAA, this edition highlights Diane Scott, our director of Artist Services.…
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Q&A with EunKyung (E.K.) Jeong: Oklahoma Artist, Educator, Leader
Find Out MoreWhat does it mean to be an artist, an educator, and a community leader—all at once? For EunKyung (E.K.) Jeong, it means using creativity not just as a form of personal expression, but as a powerful tool for social change,…
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Artistic Innovations Grant Deadline
Find Out MoreThe Artistic Innovations Grant Program supports the development of new, original works in the Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) six-state region: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. This grant encourages experimentation across artistic disciplines. Through this program, M-AAA offers cost-sharing…
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Now Open: New Grant Invests in Folklife in Communities of Color
Find Out MoreWalking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color supports folklife and traditional arts rooted in communities of color by investing in artists/practitioners and the grassroots organizations that care for them. It is a national funding program managed by the…
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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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$300,000 Awarded to 31 Northwest Arkansas Artists for Artists 360
Find Out MoreM-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…
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Kansas City Arts Leader Amy Kligman on Life and Leadership
Find Out MoreWhen 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…
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Christina Shmigel Exhibition at M-AAA Culture Lab
Find Out MoreMid-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…
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Christina Shmigel Exhibition at M-AAA Culture Lab
Find Out MoreMid-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…