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Register Now for the 2025 Artists Thrive Summit
Find Out MoreArtists, arts leaders, educators, and funders from across the United States are invited to expand their creative circle at the annual 2025 Artists Thrive Summit in Kansas City, Missouri, May 6–8, 2025. This event offers a powerful networking hub to…
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Public Art Shines: New Artists Announced for Crossroads Artboards in Kansas City
Find Out MoreJuly–September 2025 Crossroads Artboards, Kati Toivanen, Chimera (image proposal) Have you heard? The artists for the 2025-2026 Crossroads Artboards have been announced! Mid-America Arts Alliance is honored to partner with Crossroads Community Association and Charlotte Street to support this public art program.…
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ExhibitsUSA’s War Toys: Ukraine at the National World War I Museum and Memorial
Find Out MoreChildren often share their experiences and emotions through indirect methods of communication, such as art and play. As a result, their personal accounts of war frequently go unseen and unheard by the international community. War Toys: Ukraine, a traveling exhibition…
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Small Wonders: Insects in Focus–Nature’s Hidden Masterpieces
Find Out MoreIt became clear when I passed through the doors at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center in Kansas City, Missouri, that this wasn’t a typical natural science display. The entry hall is covered in stone and wood, and adorned…
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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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M-AAA’s Culture Lab Features Artist Christina Shmigel
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, September 6 and October 4, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature an exhibition, this blasted tender beautiful world, just as it is, by Ukrainian-American artist Christina Shmigel.…
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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…
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What Works / Artist INC Kansas City (in-person)
Find Out MoreDate/Time: May 29, 2024 / 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Location: Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, Kansas City, MO 64111 Cost: Free Eligibility: Kansas City area artists Age Requirement: 18+ Total Workshop Hours: 1.5 hours Partner Organization: Charlotte Street What Works is a free…
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What Works / Artist INC Kansas City (in-person)
Find Out MoreDate/Time: May 18, 2024 / 10:30 a.m. – Noon Location: Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, Kansas City, MO 64111 Cost: Free Eligibility: Kansas City area artists Age Requirement: 18+ Total Workshop Hours: 1.5 hours Partner Organization: Charlotte Street What Works is a…
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Literary Excursions: Crafting Your AWP Experience in Kansas City
Find Out MoreKansas City is a storied city where many myths and legends make up its well-documented history—historical crossroad, political scandals, romantic intrigue. As such, Kansas City is a natural fit to host the 2024 Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)…