About 100 miles west of Kansas City, Volland is located in one of the most picturesque valleys in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Volland is looking for applicants in all stages of their career (emerging, mid-level, professional) and all areas of the globe: local, national and international. The Foundation is committed to equity and welcomes...Read More
Volland’s multi-disciplinary residency program hosts writers, historians, visual artists, designers, musicians, and scientists. Creative professionals of all disciplines are encouraged to apply. Volland is located in the Flint Hills of Kansas. It is the largest remaining contiguous area of tallgrass prairie in North America that once stretched from Texas to the Canadian border, from the western...Read More
The New Play Lab at the annual William Inge Theater Festival is a partnership between the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission and the William Inge Center for the Arts at Independence Community College. The selected New Play Lab playwrights receive: A professional staged reading of their play before an audience Feedback on their play facilitated by national theatre professionals...Read More
The Tallgrass Artist Residency offers individual artists/artist teams time and space to retreat and research in a rural, tallgrass prairie setting. Artists are provided lodging at Matfield Station in the small community of Matfield Green, Kansas — 20 miles from Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and home to a growing number of artists and community builders. Committments: • Residencies are offered in two-week (10...Read More
The Arts Council of Johnson County‘s recovery grants for artists program applications are now open. Eligible applicants must: identify as a practicing artist able to demonstrate a sustained commitment to artistic career, to making work, and generating dialogue with a public audience. provide proof of residence or studio address within Johnson County, Kansas. be able...Read More
AltCap’s new, accelerated microloan for artists — ARTcap Express — is now open to creative entrepreneurs in Kansas, Missouri and Texas who are seeking up to $10,000 in small business financing. Funded in part by Etsy, a global marketplace that connects millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers, ARTcap Express offers artists a streamlined loan application process...Read More
Mother’s Milk is a 2-6 week interdisciplinary residency, designed to support three or four visual artists, sound artists, or creative writers, who are pursuing innovative work in their field. The goal of this program is to provide individuals or collaborative teams with the time and space to pursue their creative projects alongside other residents whose...Read More
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, ArtsConnect, in collaboration with the City of Topeka, Visit Topeka, Inc. and other local partners, is issuing a call for RFQs for “the creation of collaborative and meaningful artwork centered on critical discussion of both the historic and contemporary heritage of the landmark...Read More
The Tallgrass Artist Residency offers individual artists/artist teams time and space to retreat and research in a rural, tallgrass prairie setting. Artists are provided lodging at Matfield Station in the small community of Matfield Green, Kansas — 20 miles from Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and home to a growing number of artists and community builders. Committments: • Residencies are offered in...Read More
The Tallgrass Artist Residency offers individual artists/artist teams time and space to retreat and research in a rural, tallgrass prairie setting. Though the experience is rural, it is not meant to be isolating. Artists are provided lodging at Matfield Station in the small community of Matfield Green, Kansas — 20 miles from Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and home to a growing...Read More