
More Art for More People
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
Mid-America Arts Alliance: Celebrating 50 Years
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US RAOs Welcome Shannon Daut as National Director
Find Out MoreThe United States Regional Arts Organization (US RAOs) today announced the appointment of Shannon Daut as the US RAO Collective’s first ever National Director. The US RAOs are a national collective of six, place-based, nonprofit arts service organizations that strengthen…
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$5 Million in ARPA Funding Invested in Houston
Find Out MoreFour months following approval by Houston City Council, 62 Houston arts and cultural organizations learned that their requested funding, up to $100,000, was approved. The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) was able to accomplish this effort in collaboration with…
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The Uvalde Love Project: Healing a Community through Art
Find Out MoreOn her tippiest of tiptoes, she reaches over the mosaic waves of the Nueces River, past a field of sun-dappled blanket flowers and butterflies, just downstream from a large live oak, and less than a foot away from a howling…
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Upcoming Free Workshops to Build Your Art Career
Find Out MoreArtist INC Express announces upcoming free professional development workshops from Nebraska to New Mexico. The facilitators were so phenomenal and the subject matter was exactly what I needed to build my practice and scale myself up. – Artist INC program…
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Artist Sukanya Mani’s Installation On View at M-AAA
Find Out MoreFirst Friday in the Kansas City Crossroads Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab is open on First Friday in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature the artwork of Sukanya Mani. Sukanya Mani is a St. Louis-based, Indian-born interdisciplinary artist whose work…
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Discover the Heartland’s Jazz Treasures with Jazz Road
Find Out MoreCalling all jazz enthusiasts! Let the rhythms of Jazz Road guide your soul. Get ready to sway, tap, and dance your heart out as Jazz Road, the national grant program managed by South Arts, brings you the hottest jazz talent…
Header image photography: Art installation by Sukanya Mani in M-AAA’s Culture Lab. Photography by Elizabeth Stehling Snell.
Artists and creatives, apply now for the Leaders of Color Fellowship (LoCF)!
"I learned a great deal about how to create tangible change, within and outside my community. Sharing the experience with fellow BIPOC arts workers also provided me with support and encouragement that I didn’t know I needed." - Blanca Herrada, 22-23 National Leaders of Color Fellow
LoCF is a transformative leadership development experience whose goal is to establish multicultural leadership in the creative and cultural sector. LoCF is led by the Western States Arts Federation (@westaf) in coordination with the five other Regional Arts Organizations, including M-AAA.
Applications open today! See the link in bio.
The deadline is Oct. 16. Learn more at artslead.org.
Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
"Deja, Drinking Coffee" painting by Blanca Herrada (@_casualdreamer)
#maaa #leadersofcolorfellowship #bipocartists #westaf

✨ Applications open Monday, September 18, for the National Leaders of Color Fellowship (LoCF) Program, a transformative leadership development experience curated by WESTAF in order to establish multicultural leadership in the creative and cultural sector.
❓Join the information session on Thursday, September 21, at 5 p.m. Central Time (4 p.m. Mountain Time). Save this link to join or visit the link in our bio: https://westaf-org.zoom.us/j/82714303446
📌 The deadline to submit an application is Monday, October 16, 2023.
Learn more about the program at artslead.org.
📷 Leaders of Color Fellows, 2022
Mid-America Arts Alliance is pleased to partner with its five Regional Arts Organization (RAO) counterparts (Arts Midwest, Mid Atlantic Arts, NEFA, South Arts, and Western States Arts Federation) on the 2023-24 National Leaders of Color Fellowship.

Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month!
We’re starting our celebration today with Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa and the song “La Vida es un Carnaval”!
“ . . . Que la vida es una hermosura, hay que vivirla. (. . . That life is beautiful, you must live it.)”
We asked our staff what’s inspiring them this month. Thank you to DeMarcus Akeem Suggs, director of development, who shared:
“Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa is my inspiration! Her song, La Vida es un Carnaval is one of my favorites that will be played to honor Hispanic Heritage Month.”
#HispanicHeritageMonth #CeliaCruz #QueenOfSalsa

The Uvalde Love Project is using art therapy to help heal, and redefine, a Texas town after a school shooting.
“Working with your hands, working with clay, can be comforting and grounding. It can be a cathartic, healing experience.” – Wanda Montemayor, Community Arts LLC @communityarttherapy
Read more at the link in bio or at https://www.maaa.org/the-uvalde-love-project-healing-a-community-through-art/

Mid-America Arts Alliance is thrilled to welcome Shannon Daut as the first National Director of the US Regional Arts Organization Collective.
Learn more about Shannon and the US RAO Collective at the link in bio or https://usregionalarts.org/us-regional-arts-organizations-welcome-shannon-daut-as-national-director/
