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ArtsKC’s programs and services are designed to “advance lives through the arts.” This includes programs for the arts community and those engaged with the arts in the local Kansas City area. Additionally, ArtsKC works with local government and civic leadership to advocate for the arts.
FY24 IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS
Organization grants awarded
Funds awarded to arts organizations, arts projects, and artists in the greater Kansas City area
Artist grants awarded
WHO WE SUPPORT
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Jill Downen, visual artist, will participate in the Art Omi Artist’s Residency in upstate New York as the Charlotte Street...
- Teri Rogers Film Grants
- 2024-2025
Project: “Cougar” In the presence of some disruptive male onlookers, an emerging Chinese-American filmmaker attempts filming the climax of her...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
KC Fringe Festival is a two week festival that provides a platform for visual and performing artists to share their...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
In Making Music, visual artist Olivia Michka combines her two greatest passions – music and art – by creating live-concert...
- Project Support
- 2024-2025
The Visiting Writer Series & Creative Writing Anthology brings talented local writers into Literacy KC’s classrooms to introduce students to...
- Creative Initiatives Impact Funding
- 2023-2024
Ryogoku Soccer Academy provides an all-encompassing educational experience that serves to enhance the community. Sustainability and community involvement guide our...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Sascha Groschang is a cellist, composer and a champion for new music. Shapeshifter is a new recording project featuring all...
- Project Support
- 2024-2025
Puppets A Glow VI, Sept. 12 & 13 at The National WW I Museum and Memorial 6 – 10 p.m....
- Project Support
- 2024-2025
Flew the Coop Sessions is a live music video series based out of Kansas City featuring artists of all kinds...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
Join the 2024 stART the conversation exhibition by Wyandot Behavioral Health. Experience art as a therapeutic medium for recovery and...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company is a Kansas City multi-cultural repertory company that performs and presents dance works by diverse emerging...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
Synergy strengthens individuals and families via crisis intervention, shelter, counseling, advocacy & education. Free multiple-disciplinary art programming provided by staff...
- Teri Rogers Film Grants
- 2023-2024
From Me to You is a short film by Vy Nguyen with plans of being in production by April 2024....
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
The Kansas City Women’s Chorus is the only regional women’s chorus inspiring through performance, embracing diversity and advocating social justice.
...- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Hadiza is a musician who hopes you are inspired to look more deeply within. Grant funds in part will go...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Arts in prison uses the arts to motivate and inspire the incarcerated. Visual Art, Textiles, Performance, Writing – Bringing them...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
As Theatre for Young America celebrates its 50th Anniversary Season we continue to be a beacon of inspiration for fun/educational...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Charlotte Street centers Kansas City’s forward-thinking visual artists, writers, and performers—acting as the primary incubator, provocateur, and connector for the...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Spinning Tree connects young artists with and without disabilities to professional artists to collaborate on and create theatre. We believe...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Bookends is a show of artist made bookends, books, a reading room, bookmaking workshops, and a book themed screening at...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
ICE STUDIOS SCHOOL OF DANCE offers professional dance classes to students of different ages and physical abilities with an emphasis...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
KC Contemporary Dance is a professional non-profit dance company presenting high-quality performances across the Midwest region that is committed to...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Sonic Portraits of Kansas City is a series of new music pieces based on iconic Kansas City locations. Led by...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
The Arts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City (AEFKC), a 501(c)(3) promotes engagement and increases participation in the arts in Kansas...
MEDIA / PRESS
Policy Alert: Federal Grant Freeze and Reversal – What You Need to Know
Late Monday night (1/27/2025), the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a
ArtsKC will join a cohort of 200 nonprofit cultural organizations from across the U.S. and U.K. to improve essential digital infrastructure
Kansas City Region (January 3rd, 2025) – ArtsKC—Regional Arts Council is proud to announce that
ArtsKC Awards $215,000 in Mission Support Grants to Multi-year Recipients
KANSAS CITY, MO ArtsKC – Regional Arts Council is thrilled to announce this year’s Mission
ArtsKC Awards $42,000 in Inspiration Grants to 12 Regional Artists
KANSAS CITY, MO ArtsKC – Regional Arts Council is proud to announce the recipients of
The latest
Photo courtesy of Marissa Shell, 23-24 Round 1 Inspiration Grant Recipient.
Photo courtesy of Base Academy of Music, Project Support Grant recipient 22-23.
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