All News & Stories
Learn about artists, arts organizations, arts programs, and partners, as well as opportunities and grants throughout our region and beyond.
-
$250,000 in Practice-Based Catalyze Grants Awarded to 25 Artists in Central Arkansas
Find Out MoreCatalyze, 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…
-
Nominate an Artist in NW Arkansas: $25K Creative Impact Award (Deadline May 24)
Find Out MoreThe 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…
-
-
Trust Artists: The Shift to Practice-Based Grants
Find Out MorePhotography: M-AAA Catalyze grantee Jennifer Perren. The landscape of funding for artists is changing. And this is good news. A paradigm shift is underway, possibly in credit to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the philanthropic sector, practice-based grants, also called trust-based…
-
Q&A with Amy June Breesman: Preparing Seeds for Seasons Ahead
Find Out MoreMeet Amy June Breesman, a 2024 National Leaders of Color Fellow. Amy June is the artist, activist, and seedkeeper behind Bluejacket Handcraft and Good Way Farm in Lawrence, Kansas. Her multidisciplinary work addresses themes of racial and social justice, Indigenous…
-
Texan Artist Mark Menjívar Introduces Audiences to the Aftermath of Incarceration
Find Out MoreSome stories stay hidden, locked away. Texan artist Mark Menjívar is working to bring these narratives into the light. His project Open Letters introduces audiences to the stories of individuals incarcerated on Texas’s death row. But these aren’t tales of…
-
Interchange Application Deadline
Find Out MoreSupport for Socially-Engaged Artists The Interchange program is designed to strengthen individual artists in the M-AAA region (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas) who have a history of impactful work with a socially-engaged creative practice by providing practice-based grant…
-
Interchange Applications Open
Find Out MoreSupport for Socially-Engaged Artists The Interchange program is designed to strengthen individual artists in the M-AAA region (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas) who have a history of impactful work with a socially-engaged creative practice by providing practice-based grant…
-
On View at M-AAA: Danielle Hatch Installation
Find Out MoreA new installation by Arkansas-based artist Danielle Hatch is on view now at the Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab. Although, the gallery building is not currently open to the public, visitors may enjoy the full installation on display both inside and…
-
Mellon Foundation Invests $400K for Interchange Program
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the renewal of Interchange, a program empowering artists dedicated to fostering social change in their communities, generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This initiative will grant $25,000 practice-based fellowships to…
-
How Catalyze Grantees Leveraged Their $10K to Fuel Their Artistic Practices
Find Out MoreThe first Catalyze cohort is soaring to new heights with their $10,000 grants and professional development opportunities. In June 2023, the Catalyze program awarded the first 25 artists $10,000 each in practice-based funding along with professional coaching to ignite their…
-
Meet Chico Sierra: M-AAA’s Featured Artist for the Holiday Season
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, Chico Salvador Sierra, a remarkable multidisciplinary artist hailing from El Paso, Texas, and just one…