Artistic Innovations
-
Erika Nelson, Inappropriation along the American Road and Step Right Up! Voting Booth
Find Out More• By Becky Brown • Art is for everyone—and can be by everyone, too. One Kansas artist’s socially engaged practice explores the beauty that can be found not in galleries but in the wild: along roadsides and in communities. Ask…
-
Artistic Innovations Applications Close February 23
Find Out MoreInitiative awards up to $15,000 each to regional artists and organizations for experimental regional projects Applications are open for Mid-America Arts Alliance’s annual Artistic Innovations grant, a program that since 2012 has awarded over $2 million to regional artists and…
-
Prints and Passion: Reviving Community Art in Quarantine with a Nebraska Mural Project
Find Out More• By Becky Brown • Bringing art to a community that’s in quarantine is a real challenge. But in 2020, LUX Center for the Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska, found a creative way to do just that. It developed Nine Nebraska…
-
Announcing the FY24 Artistic Innovations Awards
Find Out MoreCongratulations to this year’s Artistic Innovations awardees! As part of its annual Artistic Innovations grant program, Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) recently awarded 14 grants totaling $189,520. These awards grant up to $15,000 for the creation of artworks and creative projects…
-
Earth Day: Climate Opportunities for Artists
Find Out MoreCelebrating Earth Day 2023 With Earth Day approaching, it’s a great time to explore ways to feel reinvigorated and rekindle our appreciation for the planet we call home. Earth Day serves as a reminder that our environment requires care, protection,…
-
50 Stories | The Language of Hope and Courage at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is celebrating its 50th year of ensuring more art for more people—strengthening and supporting artists, cultural organizations, and communities throughout our region and beyond. Founded in 1972, M-AAA has awarded grants to artists and arts organizations,…
-
Artistic Innovations Grants Award $255,000+ to Nineteen Projects
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance Awards more than $255,000 for Art Projects through Artistic Innovations Grants As part of its annual Artistic Innovations grant program, Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) recently awarded nineteen grants totaling $255,418. These awards grant up to $15,000 for the…
Meet Artistic Innovations Grantees for 2021
Find Out MoreWe are pleased to present the following grantees, organized by discipline. Dance Anuradha Naimpally, Austin, TX HOME: Where Do I Belong? $15,000 Artist Anuradha Naimpally is influenced by Bharata Natyam, classical dance of India, as well as the contemporary, ever-changing world…
-
Artistic Innovations: FY19 Projects
Find Out MoreSeventeen projects are awarded $180,626 in grants Artistic Innovations grants support the creation of innovative new work by artists working in M-AAA’s region of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. With generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts,…
-
Announcing FY20 Artistic Innovations Awards
Find Out MoreThirteen grants total $165,400 M-AAA is pleased to announce the FY20 Artistic Innovations grantees, supporting the creation and presentation of new artistic endeavors taking place between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and…