In winter 2017/18, we collaborated with the UA–Pulaski Tech Center for Humanities and Arts and videographer Ali Bair to bring you a close-up look at one of ExhibitsUSA’s traveling exhibitions. Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster 1844–2012 originated…

What can you do with an Artistic Innovations grant? Here’s what one organization in St. Louis did in FY17. St. Louis Artworks is committed to using the medium of art to find creative solutions to the social/economic challenges that are…

Mid-America Arts Alliance Acquires Artist INC Program from UMKC M-AAA announces that it has acquired Artist INC as the program completes ten successful years with the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) Innovation Center. Artist INC began in Kansas City as…

Mid-America Arts Alliance is pleased to announce the FY2018 grantees for our Artistic Innovations program Artistic Innovations supports individual artists and arts organizations for the creation of new artworks that result in public engagement. With generous support from the National Endowment…

Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is the recipient of a $1,332,175 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under its Art Works: State & Regional Partnerships funding schedule for July 1, 2017 to June 20, 2018. The grant increased…

The Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) Board of Directors voted unanimously on June 9, 2017 to appoint Todd Stein as its new chief executive officer. Stein will lead M-AAA, the nation’s first regional arts organization which fosters and serves artists, cultural…

Kansas Regains Status as Qualifying Partner with Mid-America Arts Alliance The Board of Directors of Mid-America Arts Alliance voted to renew its partnership with the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission (KCAIC) for FY17 (now through June 30, 2017). Effective immediately,…

Artist Calder Kamin debuted Plastic Planet at Austin’s Women & Their Work gallery with the support of an Artistic Innovations grant. Plastic Planet features colorful animals created entirely from single-use plastic shopping bags. Artist Calder Kamin collected bags from friends, colleagues,…

Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the six recipients of grant awards for Creativity Connects: National Demonstration Projects, a special initiative undertaken by the US Regional Arts Organizations (RAOs) through generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.…

“Your coming was a breath of clean air for a lot of drowning men” In March 2015, the Northwest Arkansas Prison Story Project held a two-day creative writing intensive that concluded with a staged reading, with support from a M-AAA…

At the end of 2015, we had the opportunity to work with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to create a video about who we are and what we do. The arts and culture of our wonderful region makes…