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Photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales to Attend First Friday at Culture Lab On Friday, June 6, Kansas City audiences are invited to experience a rare visual exploration of the Underground Railroad. Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad will be…

Just east of St. Louis, across the Mississippi River, there is a peaceful room filled with curved wooden walls ready to receive harmonies and vibrations. It’s here, at Lonnie’s Farm Recording Studio, that we find Ryan Marquez sitting at the…

Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, October 3, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature Art of the Wish.

Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, October 3, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature Art of the Wish.

Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, May 2, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, photographs by Jeanine Michna-Bales.

Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, May 2, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, photographs by Jeanine Michna-Bales.

Date/Time: Monday, June 2, 2025 / 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, Kansas City, MO 64111 Cost: Free Eligibility: Kansas City area artists Age Requirement: 18+ Total Workshop Hours: 1.5 hours Partner Organization: Charlotte Street  What…

Date/Time: Saturday, May 17, 2025 / 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: Charlotte Street, 3333 Wyoming, Kansas City, MO 64111 Cost: Free Eligibility: Kansas City area artists Age Requirement: 18+ Total Workshop Hours: 1.5 hours Partner Organization: Charlotte Street  What…

Artists, arts leaders, educators, and funders from across the United States are invited to expand their creative circle at the annual 2025 Artists Thrive Summit in Kansas City, Missouri, May 6–8, 2025.  This event offers a powerful networking hub to…

Artist INC Live Kansas City 2022 There’s more than one way to be an artist. But while creative practices and techniques run the gamut, tried and true business skills can help artists of all disciplines make a living. That’s where…

July–September 2025 Crossroads Artboards, Kati Toivanen, Chimera (image proposal)   Have you heard? The artists for the 2025-2026 Crossroads Artboards have been announced!   Mid-America Arts Alliance is honored to partner with Crossroads Community Association and Charlotte Street to support this public art program.…

Children often share their experiences and emotions through indirect methods of communication, such as art and play. As a result, their personal accounts of war frequently go unseen and unheard by the international community. War Toys: Ukraine, a traveling exhibition…