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More Art for All People

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

Dancers Felip Barrueto and Marit Brook-Kothlow are in a room with one window, a chair, a table, and a mug. Marit sits on the chair with her head down as Felipe hits a crouched pose on the table with their elbow up over their face. The table has an image of an army tank projected on it.

Photo by RJ Muna.

People of all ages walk next to a pool in an art performance holding up floats.

Photo courtesy of Forklift Dance.

Museum visitors view ExhibitsUSA exhibition Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design.

Photo courtesy of Turtle Bay Exploration Park.

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
  • Opportunities across the lower Midwest and the USA
Artist INC
Artistic Innovations
Artist Leadership Fellows
Catalyze
Creative Forces
Cultural Sustainability
Engage
ExhibitsUSA
Interchange
Jazz Road
Regional Touring Program
Walking Together

Mid-America Arts Alliance works with artists and organizations across our region to support, elevate, and celebrate the arts.

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

Header image photography:

Geffen Playhouse (Los Angeles, California) received a 2025 Creative Forces Community Engagement grant.
Photo by Jeff Lorch

Two arts powerhouses have come together under one roof.

We`re co-working with Folk Alliance International (@folk_alliance)! We`re excited to share office space and inspiration.

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Two arts powerhouses have come together under one roof. We're co-working with Folk Alliance International (@folk_alliance)! We're excited to share office space and inspiration.

For artists and arts nonprofits, long-term sustainability means looking not just at what’s missing, but at what’s already working. 🔎

Instead of chasing traditional avenues of funding, what if the key to sustainability lies in recognizing—and mobilizing—the strengths you already possess? 🌟

Becky Boesen led a group of arts nonprofit leaders in a workshop designed to flip the script on fundraising. Tap the link in bio to check out our blog to see the main takeaways!

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For artists and arts nonprofits, long-term sustainability means looking not just at what’s missing, but at what’s already working. 🔎 Instead of chasing traditional avenues of funding, what if the key to sustainability lies in recognizing—and mobilizing—the strengths you already possess? 🌟 Becky Boesen led a group of arts nonprofit leaders in a workshop designed to flip the script on fundraising. Tap the link in bio to check out our blog to see the main takeaways!

Elders carry wishes for the future that are as powerful as they are tender. Andy Newcom and Marn Jensen spent months gathering these stories—transforming them into works of art shaped by wisdom and hope.

Visit "Art of the Wish" in M-AAA`s Culture Lab and meet the artists behind it all.
Friday, September 5 | 6–8 p.m.
Friday, October 3 | 6–8 p.m.
All other times by appointment.

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Elders carry wishes for the future that are as powerful as they are tender. Andy Newcom and Marn Jensen spent months gathering these stories—transforming them into works of art shaped by wisdom and hope. Visit "Art of the Wish" in M-AAA's Culture Lab and meet the artists behind it all. Friday, September 5 | 6–8 p.m. Friday, October 3 | 6–8 p.m. All other times by appointment.

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