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More Art for More People

The arts have the power to transform, inspire, connect, and heal. At Mid-America Arts Alliance, our mission is strengthen and support artists, cultural organizations, and communities throughout our six-state region and beyond.

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A woman wears a gold shirt, cape, and crown, while a man holds a paintbrush in a theatrical production. — Photo courtesy of Salvage Vanguard Theater.

Group of people in posed photo — Artist INC participants.

A small group of people, from young to old, with one person in red shirt in a wheelchair, dance together along a huge colorful outdoor mural. — Photo courtesy of Dave Loewenstein.

People of all ages walk next to a pool in an art performance holding up floats. — Photo courtesy of Forklift Dance.

Woman and girl look at framed photograph in gallery of a woman with bees on her clothes. — Installation image from the ExhibitsUSA exhibition American Farmer.

Programs & Grants Serving Artists and Organizations

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Grants and fellowships for artists
Grants for arts organizations and presenters
Traveling exhibitions at nonprofit prices
Professional development training for artists and organizations
Peer connections in the arts

Artists 360

Artist INC

Artistic Innovations

Catalyze

Creative Forces

ExhibitsUSA

Interchange

Regional Touring Program

Engage

Mid-America Arts Alliance: Celebrating 50 Years

The impact of M-AAA cannot be overstated! ... M-AAA gave us a framework and plan that didn’t exist before. M-AAA helped us learn what board structure was supposed to be, gave us the courage to think bigger and to be bold in how we wanted AYAM [Altheretta Yeargin Art Museum] to be viewed.
Leanne Newton Engage Participant

The support of M-AAA’s US Regional Arts Resilience Grant enabled us to create new, innovative, in-person, and virtual programming and exhibits for the 100th-year commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which reached an estimated 300,000 people!
Michelle Brown-Burdex Program Coordinator, Greenwood Cultural Center

The Kansas Suffrage Mural Project would not have come to pass without funding and facilitation through M-AAA. The project expanded my own personal artistic practice, enabling me to plan and implement a community-based approach to placing public art, as well as a chance to work with a rural community in creating an artwork that is not placed upon a community, but grows from within that community’s stories.
Erika Nelson Artist

Artist INC also gives everyone concrete information and ideas on how an artist can set up their life and business, for the optimal chance at a successful career in the arts. Everyone I encountered through Artist INC came away with a more mature, refined sense of how they fit into the art world.
Kevin Kresse Artist and past Artist INC facilitator