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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
- Creative Initiatives Impact Funding
- 2023-2024
The project’s mission is to share the history and legacy of the Dunbar neighborhood with residents and visitors. The mural...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
ICE STUDIOS SCHOOL OF DANCE offers professional dance classes to students of different ages and physical abilities with an emphasis...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
Allegro connects young singers to music, to each other, and to the world. Allegro is dedicated to enriching, inspiring, and...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
The nationally renowned Opus 76 String Quartet consists of four KC based musicians and offers a series of concerts centering...
- Creative Initiatives Impact Funding
- 2023-2024
We provide a service to the urban core of Kansas City Missouri where so many public schools had diminished their...
- 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
- 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
newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble is a professional music ensemble performing the work of living composers. We strive to bring Kansas...
- 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
- 2025-2026
City in Motion Dance Theater builds bridges in the KCMO community with a School of Dance, an annual performance series,...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Band of Angels fosters the talent and participation of kids across the Kansas City area by creating equal opportunities for...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
KCVLAA provides low to no cost legal and accounting services in the KC area to artists and arts organizations from...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
The KCYA mission is to engage all youth in the arts, promote creativity, and inspire success in education. KCYA works...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
A Flat Music Studio is an art organization that provides instrumental music lessons to the youth of the urban core...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Paris Williams is a young multifaceted and eclectic Musician, Producer, and Rapper. Originally moving to Kansas City, Missouri from Muskegon,...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Maletas is a multimedia performance exploring the immigrant experience, written by Alberto Racanati. At its center is a suitcase, symbolizing...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Our mission is to provide access to performing arts through free community concerts, educational opportunities for area young musicians, and...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Becky Giles, a local Singer/Songwriter and Speech Therapist will present a live event titled “A Community Journal and Living History:...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
KANSAS CITY AREA YOUTH JAZZ is an enrichment program for high school and college students interested in jazz and professional...
- 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...
- Teri Rogers Film Grants
- 2023-2024
Set in 1925, The Monrovians Vs. The Klan depicts the true story of an actual baseball game played between the...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
Creature Creation—This master class will teach artists how to build the giant illuminated puppets StoneLion is known for. It is...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Art as Mentorship’s (AM) mission is to empower young people, through music, to write their own success stories. Our programs...
- Creative Initiatives Impact Funding
- 2023-2024
Footprints Heroes Home Gate seeks to provide access to the Arts as a way to cope with PTSD and other...
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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