Cultural Sustainability: Operational Grants for Small Arts Organizations, is a pilot program that will offer grants of $50,000 to culturally driven arts organizations and arts-centric businesses with annual operating expenses under $500,000. Applications are open at bit.ly/CulturalSustainability-MAAA through January 10, 2025. In total, M-AAA will award 22 general operating grants across our six-state region of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska,...Read More
Cultural Sustainability: Operational Impact Grants for Small Arts Organizations is a new grant program offered by the six U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs) in partnership with The Wallace Foundation. It provides general operating support to small, culturally driven arts organizations with annual operating expenses under $500,000. Cultural Sustainability acknowledges the invaluable contributions arts and cultural...Read More
The Artistic Innovations Grant Program supports the creation of new, original works of art by eligible in-region artists and organizations. Applications will be assessed for artistic merit and artistic excellence. Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) intends to make awards that encourage the spirit of experimentation and exploration and benefit a broad constituency. Awards will be made...Read More
Mid-America Arts Alliances is seeking a program officer to implement and oversee Artist Service’s professional development programming including Artist INC Live, Artist INC Express, and Artist Leadership Fellows. This position will work directly with the Director of Artist Services to maintain programs’ timelines and budgets; train and coordinate artist facilitators across programs; support host community...Read More
The Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA). This grant program aims to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military service members and veterans exposed to trauma as well as their families and caregivers through experiences...Read More
Mid-America Arts Alliance is pleased to announce the hiring of Huascar Medina and Jade Osborne as Program Associates to the Artist Services Department. Huascar Medina will be assuming the position of Artist Services Program Associate working with Artist INC programming. Huascar Medina (he/him) has lived artfully in Kansas for over 20 years. He currently serves...Read More
Artistic Innovations, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, offers up to $15,000 in support of expenses incurred in the art-making process and premiere of these endeavors.The Artistic Innovations Grant Program encourages the spirit of experimentation and exploration, exclusively engaging in-region artists (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas) in the creation of new, original works for...Read More
The Artistic Innovations Grant Program encourages the spirit of experimentation and exploration, exclusively engaging in-region artists in the creation of new, original works for audiences in the M-AAA region. This grant program offers up to $15,000 in support of expenses incurred in the art-making process and premiere of these endeavors. Through generous support from the...Read More
Mid-America Arts Alliance is seeking nominations for a new grant. Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) has collaborated with five sister US Regional Arts Organizations, through a seed grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to form the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund. This grant is an urgent response to the impact of COVID-19 on the...Read More
