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Diverse cohort includes new Community Activator grant recipients Artists 360, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA), combines grantmaking and professional development to strengthen the careers of individual artists of all disciplines in Northwest Arkansas. In elevating this network of…

October: Poet Glenn North 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, or histories from their states/regions. This may include people, places,…

September: Poet Megan Kaminski 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, or histories from their states/regions. This may include people, places,…

Interchange awards grants to artists who focus on social change in communities of Mid-America. Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the Interchange 2021 Fellows, supporting artist-led projects focused on social impact in M-AAA’s six-state region of Arkansas, Kansas,…

Forgotten Stories, a poetry series This new series presents new works by poets from Mid-America Arts Alliance’s region. New poems will premiere on the first Friday of each month, playing audibly from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. each day from…

Mid-America Arts Alliance Awards $226,500 for Art Projects Across Region Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its Artistic Innovations grants for FY22 (July 1, 2021–June 2022). Sixteen individual artists and art organizations in M-AAA’s region…

Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to present the final artists in its reflect / project series, which features video work projected in person at M-AAA headquarters and through an online gallery with supplementary works chosen by the featured artist…

A Special Projects grant from Mid-America Arts Alliance with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission allowed Kansas artist Erika Nelson to create a new mural to mark the 100th anniversary of women…

During the past year, museums, libraries, and other venues continued to operate cautiously due to the pandemic. While some hosted virtual displays of exhibitions, a gradual reopening allowed visitors to return to the galleries. Exploring various topics from Johnny Cash’s…

More than 2.4 million visited NEH on the Road exhibitions across the United States. Since 2004, NEH on the Road exhibitions have traveled to 252 distinct communities, both large and small, reaching more than 2.4 million visitors at 275 venues…

Engage Professional Development Program comes to Northwest Arkansas. M-AAA partnered with Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange (CACHE) to launch ARt Connect, a professional development program tailored to the needs of Northwest Arkansas arts and culture nonprofits, in order to…

The fight against COVID-19 and its lasting impacts remained at the forefront of FY21. Mid-America Arts Alliance was honored to serve and assist many arts and cultural organizations and artists whose work was affected by the pandemic. In FY21, M-AAA…