AKIRASH
Artistic Innovations artist takes Austin on a journey
Greetings
Dear Friends,
We are pleased to share the accomplishments of Mid-America Arts Alliance during our 2018 fiscal year.
In FY18, new and expanded funding relationships led to the creation of more opportunities for artists and arts and cultural organizations across our region of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
- Through our programming, including the national traveling exhibition programs ExhibitsUSA and NEH on the Road, Mid-America Arts Alliance reached 142 communities in 34 states.
- M-AAA acquired the Artist INC program from the University of Missouri–Kansas City, which will ensure the continued success of this important artist professional development program throughout the region.
- We launched Artists 360, a new program supported by the Walton Family Foundation in the Northwest Arkansas area, which will provide grantmaking and professional development support to 60 artists over the next three years.
- ExhibitsUSA expanded its educational content with a generous grant from the Hearst Foundations, building strong community engagement capacities.
- The National Endowment for the Humanities renewed its cooperative agreement with M-AAA to continue the NEH on the Road program through June 30, 2020.
- The Houston Endowment awarded M-AAA a grant to continue to serve the organizational development needs of arts and cultural organizations via Engage Houston through 2020.
We also witnessed the deep resiliency and strength of artists and arts communities. With the tragedy of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, we saw artists losing opportunities as well as the very space and supplies they needed to create. We partnered with the Texas Commission on the Arts to give constituents the chance to donate directly to artists and arts organizations struggling in the wake of the storm.
We are deeply grateful for our enduring relationships with the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, whose support is essential to our ability to serve artists and arts and cultural organizations throughout our region and beyond.
To our state arts agency partners, stakeholders, collaborators, and donors, we thank you for your vision and support of our mission. To the staff and board of directors of M-AAA, your dedication and compassion ensures our ability to flourish.
Todd Stein, President and CEO, and Rich Vierk, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Explore
Supporting Artists
Supporting Artists
Our goal is to support individual artists by expanding their professional skills, connecting them to resources, providing direct grant support, and providing avenues for increased regional and national exposure.
Artists 360
New program for artists fills gaps in Northwest Arkansas
Inevitable Theatre Company Opens New Doors
RTP Grant helps STIFF go from Dallas to St. Louis
Lance McDaniel Films Rural Oklahoma
Artistic Innovations grant funds The Waving Wheat Trilogy
Mika Holtzinger
An Artist INC testimonial
Supporting Organizations
Supporting Organizations
Our goal is to build the resilience and capacity of small and midsize arts and culture organizations.
Houston Engage: By the Numbers
Charting growth and impact of professional development
Reaching New Youth Audiences
Reynolds Performance Hall uses RTP grant to create accessible experiences
The Museum Broken Arrow
Demonstrating the power of traveling exhibitions
WindSync Testimonial
Growing together through Engage Houston
Supporting Communities
Supporting Communities
Our goal is to provide access to high quality, relevant, and participatory arts and culture experiences, especially for underserved, underresourced, and marginalized audiences.
Art Ease
Bringing together the arts and military
Artist INC
Offerings for artists in all communities
Houston Endowment Renews Support for Engage
Partnering with the Houston Endowment for Engage
Kansas Pipelines
Artist INC Wichita’s Armando Minjarez
Standing Room Only
Artistic Innovations grant supports Omaha’s More Than Neighbors
Programs & Financial Overview
Programs & Financial Overview
This is your Mid-America Arts Alliance “at a glance,” with financial reporting and a list of all our programs. We thank all of our generous donors who make this work possible. Interested in the people behind the programs? Here’s our Board of Directors and our Staff list.
Our Programs
Artistic Innovations grants support the creation of innovative new work by artists working in M-AAA’s region
Artists 360 provides grant funding and professional development opportunities for individual artists of all disciplines in the Northwest Arkansas area.
Artist INC provides cutting-edge training seminars that address the specific daily business needs and challenges artists of all disciplines face.
Exploring the ways that the arts can support active service members and veterans.
The Engage professional development program provides locally focused leadership development training for small and midsize cultural organizations.
ExhibitsUSA is M-AAA’s flagship touring exhibition program that strengthens communities and improves lives through extraordinary cultural experiences.
Mid-America Arts Alliance partners with the National Endowment for the Arts for NEH on the Road, which tours large-scale humanities exhibitions, scaled for smaller spaces.
The Regional Touring Program (RTP) provides support for regional presenting organizations to showcase the work of artists from outside their home states.
Financial overview
