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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
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC) is a charitable nonprofit organization that promotes visual arts awareness in Kansas City and...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Gary Enrique Bradley-Lopez is a playwright and director based in Kansas City, Kansas. He intends to produce his play, “A...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Melinda Hedgecorth is a Flamenco Dancer and Choreographer who organizes events like The Midwest Flamenco Festival to create community and...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Kaitlyn B. Jones is an artist, independent curator, and writer whose continuing scholarship on Black-American history and culture manifests at...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
The Youth Chorus of Kansas City offers singers in grades 3-12 the opportunity to pursue excellence through performance, build skills...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Little Miss Dynamite is a newly-formed Kansas City band headed by Beth Watts Nelson, life-long student of music and choral...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Mesner Puppet Theater DBA What if Puppets creates puppetry programs that support the social, emotional, and aesthetic development of young...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey presents the Ailey II Company in residency in 2024. KCFAA’s arts education programs teach...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Stephanie Roberts, a theatre artist and educator, will develop The Barter Show, a participatory performance exploring exchange, trust, and the...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Nick May, saxophonist and composer, is the creator of the I Exist Project, which amplifies the richness and diversity of...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Caleb Taylor is a visual artist developing ‘…and their shadows,’ a multi-channel video projection made using darkroom photogram processes exploring...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
Creative Emajinations mission is to offer arts education and mentorship, ensuring that every child in our community has access to...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
What Work Is, is a project-based group exhibition curated by Adams Puryear and Nina Littrell featuring over 60 Kansas City-based...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
My name is Hugo Juarez-Avalos and I am a graphic designer, archivist, and illustrator based in Kansas City. I plan...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Whispering Prairie Press is an all-volunteer publisher of two annual magazines that feature visual art, poetry, and prose: Kansas City...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
The Social Symphony is a KC-based, community-driven orchestra founded in 2018. We play various events and concerts year-round. We welcome...
- 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
Paris Williams is a young multifaceted and eclectic Musician, Producer, and Rapper. Originally moving to Kansas City, Missouri from Muskegon,...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
EarlystART promotes its mission of “Building bridges. Inspiring minds. Impacting Futures” through the arts. Arts@EarlystART supports daily arts instruction, performances,...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
OboeKC is seeking to provide private instruction and reeds to students who would be financially unable to afford these resources,...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Danielle Ate the Sandwich is the stage name of Danielle Anderson, a folk-pop singer/songwriter and performer who will record and...
- Teri Rogers Film Grants
- 2025-2026
Project: “God’s Plains.” After a misguided sexual encounter with an older man, a gay teen runaway in rural Kansas crosses...
- 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...
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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