Interchange
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Trust Artists: The Shift to Practice-Based Grants
Find Out MorePhotography: M-AAA Catalyze grantee Jennifer Perren. The landscape of funding for artists is changing. And this is good news. A paradigm shift is underway, possibly in credit to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the philanthropic sector, practice-based grants, also called trust-based…
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Texan Artist Mark Menjívar Introduces Audiences to the Aftermath of Incarceration
Find Out MoreSome stories stay hidden, locked away. Texan artist Mark Menjívar is working to bring these narratives into the light. His project Open Letters introduces audiences to the stories of individuals incarcerated on Texas’s death row. But these aren’t tales of…
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Oklahoma Artist Elisa Harkins Shares Her Indigenous Song Exchange Project
Find Out MoreMix tapes weren’t anything new. Sharing music goes back thousands of years. This simple concept inspired Oklahoma artist Elisa Harkins. Her ongoing project, Teach Me a Song, asks Indigenous artists to perform a tune on camera. “It’s a song exchange…
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Mellon Foundation Invests $400K for Interchange Program
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the renewal of Interchange, a program empowering artists dedicated to fostering social change in their communities, generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This initiative will grant $25,000 practice-based fellowships to…