Nebraska

Meet Israel Carranza, a 2024 National Leaders of Color Fellow. He is a Mexican-American artist who has been creating abstract expressionist paintings inspired by his Indigenous Mexican heritage. He has been instrumental in bringing traditional music, dance, and food to…

 “Advocacy is a wellness program, NOT an emergency room visit.” – Nebraskans for the Arts   Advocacy work is continuous. Sharing stories with legislators all year long is essential to keeping support for our creative communities and individuals strong.   That’s…

Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is proud to announce Brigitte McQueen as the recipient of the Marian Andersen Leadership in the Arts Award. This $10K award, named in honor of the late Marian Andersen, recognizes outstanding contributions to the arts and…

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 Artists: Woodcut Print Mural Project.…

Nominate visionary arts leaders in Nebraska and Arkansas for $10K award for accomplishments in community engagement and impacts Mid-America Arts Alliance has opened its call for nominations for two Leadership in the Arts Awards for visionary arts leadership in Nebraska…

Mid-America Arts Alliance is celebrating its fiftieth 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, helped…

Mid-America Arts Alliance is celebrating its fiftieth 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, helped…

Join us for the last month of Forgotten Stories with Nebraska poet Christopher Stewart Forgotten Stories is a series featuring poets from the Mid-America Arts Alliance region. Each poet was asked to write about the forgotten stories of places, people,…

Workshop brings artists together across the state. Artist INC Express is an intensive workshop created to address the specific professional needs and challenges that artists of all disciplines face. It was developed to serve communities outside major metropolitan areas with…

Executive Director Suzanne Wise, of the Nebraska Arts Council, wins the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Gary Young Award This award recognizes an executive director who makes an extraordinary contribution to public support for the arts at the state,…