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Artist INC participants.
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Installation image from the ExhibitsUSA exhibition American Farmer.
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Mid-America Arts Alliance: Celebrating 50 Years
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Mid-America Arts Alliance’s 50th Anniversary Block Party
Find Out MoreCelebrating 50 Years of Art with Live Performances and an Art Exhibition Join us Friday, June 2, 2023, 5:30–8:00 p.m. 2018 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri In its 50 years, Mid-America Arts Alliance has awarded more than $51 million in…
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Apply Now to the Houston Arts and Cultural Stabilization Grant Program
Find Out MoreUpdated June 1, 2023 Mayor Turner and City Council Approve $5 Million Investment of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds for the Arts Sector in Houston, Texas Houston’s Mayor Sylvester Turner announced a $5 million investment of American Rescue Plan…
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Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Find Out MoreM-AAA’s Kathy Liao shares her story and inspirations for celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage. This is the month to celebrate the history, culture, and impact of Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islanders here in the United States. Kathy Liao, artist…
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Tulsa International Airport Seeks Suspended Art Installation Proposals
Find Out MoreTulsa Airports Improvement Trust (TAIT) is seeking to commission an artist to create a bold, innovative, and engaging suspended art installation at Tulsa International Airport (TUL). Submission Deadline Artists are invited to submit applications for the suspended artwork before June…
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Artist INC St. Louis Applications Open Now
Find Out MoreNow, in partnership with the Regional Arts Commission (RAC) of St. Louis, Artist INC comes to St. Louis this fall to help St. Louis artists turn their art practices into enduring art careers. Building a business or career around an…
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Artist INC Kansas City Applications Open Now
Find Out MoreThis fall, Artist INC Live comes back to Kansas City to help dozens of KC artists build their entrepreneurial acumen and address the challenges they face in turning their art practices into enduring art careers. Building a business or career…
Header image photography: M-AAA Artists 360 grantee Megha Rao performing at the Full Circle Showcase in Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo by Jared Sorrells.
Thank you to Undo Bias (@undo.bias), an organization in St. Louis, for providing four full $150 scholarships for BIPOC individuals accepted into the first Artist INC St. Louis 2023 cohort this fall.
Artist INC St. Louis applications, in partnership with St. Louis Regional Arts Commission (@regionalartscommission), are open now.
Deadline: June 20, 2023
Visit the #linkinbio or apply here: https://artistinc.art/communities/st-louis/
📷 Zenique Gardner Perry, a co-founder of Undo Bias, is an M-AAA Artist Leadership Fellow and will be an Artist INC St. Louis facilitator this fall.
Learn more about Undo Bias:
https://www.undobias.com
Since 1972, M-AAA has awarded over $51 million in grants to over 18,000 artists and cultural organizations. For 50 years, our work has underscored our mission to strengthen and support artists, cultural organizations, and communities throughout the region and beyond.
On Friday, June 2, we invite you to celebrate our region`s past and future investment in arts and culture. We celebrate the individuals that make this work happen, and all of the artists we`ve had the opportunity to serve.
If you are in Kansas City on June 2, visit our 50th Anniversary Block Party from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.!
Discover our 50-Year Impact at the #linkinbio or https://www.maaa.org/discover/50-years/
📷: 1. M-AAA Live in the Crossroads. 2. Photography courtesy of Beau Bledsoe. 3. Photography courtesy of Ginna Downing. 4. Photography courtesy of Dave Loewenstein. 5. Photography courtesy of Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum.
🎧 Listen to the latest episode of the NEA Art Works Podcast featuring M-AAA`s Christine Bial on the NEA Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program.
"The overall well-being of our military men and women and their families is something that cannot be overlooked . . . to leave any of those participants out of the greater picture creates a gap in that bridge between the military experience and that of civilian life." - Christine Bial, director of Arts and Humanities Grants at Mid-America Arts Alliance
Visit the #linkinbio or
https://www.arts.gov/stories/podcast/creative-forces
📷 Photo from the Creative Forces convening in Washington D.C. Photo by Brendan Bannon.
Summer Brooks is a multimedia sculptor based in Kansas City and a past M-AAA Artist Inc alumna, Artist Leadership Fellows alumna, and now, a facilitator.
We had a chance to visit her studio today as part of a new video series documenting artists and organizations in our region for our 50th Anniversary celebrations.
📷 Summer Brooks @summer_.jpeg
🎥 @geeredupfilms
#323Clay #blackceramicist #artists #ceramics #clay #moreart #midamericaarts #MAAATurns50 #kansascity #InTheStudio
If you’re at #AAM2023, come say hello to our @exhibits_usa team! We here to help small and mid-sized institutions with high quality, affordable, ready-to-roll arts and humanities exhibitions. (Think exhibits in a box. Really nice ones.) We’re at booth 1324, but you can always connect with us and view our available exhibitions at https://www.maaa.org/exhibitions/exhibitsusa/.
