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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.
FY25 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
- 2024-2025
Brass & Boujee, a hip hop big band featuring the Marcus Lewis Big Band and emcees Kemet Coleman and Kadesh...
- Project Support
- 2024-2025
The 18th & Vine Arts Festival Foundation celebrates Black artists through the Arts Honors Awards and the 18th & Vine...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
InterUrban ArtHouse enriches KC’s cultural and economic vibrancy by supporting diverse artists through studios, exhibitions, education, and community arts programs...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
My name is Ian Chung and I am a composer. Kansas City’s Artistic Landmarks Through Musical Composition is a music...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Larry Hernandez is a Salvadoran-Mexican-American cellist and co-founder of Lienzo Piano Trio, a chamber ensemble formed by musicians of Latin...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
To better the lives of underserved urban youth through artistic, technical, health, and educational skills. Young entrepreneurial artists produce visual,...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
The 2024 Art in the Loop Project: Convivência, a curated outdoor art exhibition, & multi-genre/media performance series, takes place this...
- Teri Rogers Film Grants
- 2024-2025
Project: “High Value” A lonely and clumsy man seeks the advice of a popular dating guru to woo love interests...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Hadiza is a musician who hopes you are inspired to look more deeply within. Grant funds in part will go...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Rosie O’Brien, Sousaphonist and leader of KC street parade band Sass-a-Brass, along with members of Cap Gun Studios, will host...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Westwood Ensemble is a community orchestra committed to bringing symphonic music to diverse audiences. Shorter programs with educational presentations are...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
Heartland Men’s Chorus Kansas City’s mission is to build community, celebrate pride, and empower authenticity. The members of HMCKC have...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
ICE STUDIOS SCHOOL OF DANCE offers professional dance classes to students of different ages and physical abilities with an emphasis...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Spiral Editions is a queer-run nanopress of experimental poetry, fiction, and ephemera based in so-called “Lawrence, Kansas.” We print small,...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
The Kansas City Poetry Jam is a one-day micro festival. It’s for all those on the poetic spectrum: readers, writers,...
- 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...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Nick May, saxophonist and composer, is the creator of the I Exist Project, which amplifies the richness and diversity of...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
The Martin City Melodrama presents WIZARD OF PAWS @ the Grandview Amphitheater. Summer 2024. Featuring children of all ages, the...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
OboeKC is seeking to provide private instruction and reeds to students who would be financially unable to afford these resources,...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
My name is Kaley Wajcman and I am a fine artist and art therapist. I have developed a program call...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Kenny Watson Jr., a Kansas City–based drummer and composer, will create and premiere an original multidisciplinary jazz suite titled “Those...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Nia Danielle Lovemore, a fantasy artist from Lawrence, KS, she is inspired by haunting beauty and the melancholic essence of...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Youth Symphony of Kansas City’s mission is to challenge, educate and inspire students through meaningful and enriching musical experiences. Its...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Local Kansas City funk-rock band Friendly Thieves is releasing a new music video for their single “Get It Yourself.” In...
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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