About Us
Welcome to Mid-America Arts Alliance
Mid-America Arts Alliance is a nonprofit, Regional Arts Organization that serves Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. We focus on strengthening communities and improving lives through extraordinary cultural experiences.
M-AAA exists to activate, empower, and amplify community through the arts. To do this, we make grants, provide career development, and support arts organizations and artists of all disciplines.
We believe in more art for more people.
Art has the unique ability to connect, inspire, and elevate those who experience it. Indeed, the act of making and experiencing art is when we are at our most human.
- When the arts ACTIVATE, they spark, create, generate change.
- When the arts EMPOWER, they add life, force, momentum.
- When the arts AMPLIFY, they accentuate and enhance what is there.
M-AAA brings together diverse resources, people, and initiatives to build, influence, and transform communities in our six states and beyond.
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Mission, Vision, and Values
Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) believes art can be a catalyst for expression, connection, collaboration, and community. This philosophy is reflected in our mission and values. M-AAA is a nonprofit, regional arts organization representing Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and… -
Our Programs and Grants
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. We are dedicated to bringing more art to more people. For… -
Our History
In 1972, civic leaders from four Midwestern states came together to create an organization that would improve access to arts and creativity for people in the mid-America region. They believed that the arts could have greater reach and impact through… -
Our Region
Six states make up the Mid-America Arts Alliance region, and we’re proud to represent and support them: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. The collaborations and partnerships M-AAA has cultivated with these states and their State Arts Agencies help… -
Addressing Equity
We at Mid-America Arts Alliance are dedicated to demonstrating our commitment to diversity and equity through policies, practices, programs, and services. You can read more about our specific goals in our Strategic Plan. Our values are these: Freedom of cultural… -
Discover
Mid-America Arts Alliance seeks to empower, support, and amplify community through art. Learn more about what makes us stand out: the artists blazing new paths, the organizations serving unreached audiences, and the arts communities blooming in places large and small.… -
National Partners
Mid-America Arts Alliance is one of six Regional Arts Organizations that works in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (US RAOs) strengthen and support arts, culture, and creativity in our individual regions as… -
Board and Staff
Learn more about our incredible Board of Directors and staff.
News & Stories
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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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Mid-America Arts Alliance Announces New Development Director
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance is delighted to announce the promotion of Tabitha Dunham to the position of director of development. Tabitha will now lead M-AAA’s development team, helping further strengthen our relationships with private donors, foundations, and other partners. We are…
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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…