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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
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
The Weavers Guild of Kansas City is presenting an exciting exhibit of handmade textiles and conducting live demonstrations hand weaving,...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Cassandra Gillig, a writer and archival researcher concerned with the preservation of Kansas City LGBT history, is chronicling the publication...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
KC Fringe Festival is a two week festival that provides a platform for visual and performing artists to share their...
- 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...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
ICE STUDIOS SCHOOL OF DANCE offers professional dance classes to students of different ages and physical abilities with an emphasis...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
No Divide KC partners with Kansas City-based artists and organizations to create artistic events that are focused on the stories...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Westwood Ensemble is a community orchestra committed to bringing symphonic music to diverse audiences. Shorter programs with educational presentations are...
- 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...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Maletas is a multimedia performance exploring the immigrant experience, written by Alberto Racanati. At its center is a suitcase, symbolizing...
- 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...
- Project Support
- 2024-2025
The 18th & Vine Arts Festival Foundation celebrates Black artists through the Arts Honors Awards and the 18th & Vine...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Band of Angels fosters the talent and participation of kids across the Kansas City area by creating equal opportunities for...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
The Martin City Melodrama presents WIZARD OF PAWS @ the Grandview Amphitheater. Summer 2024. Featuring children of all ages, the...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
Synergy strengthens individuals and families via crisis intervention, shelter, counseling, advocacy & education. Free multiple-disciplinary art programming provided by staff...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Jena Vangjel, musician, will host 10 weeks of music classes for the unhoused people who utilize services through IntersectKC. Two...
- 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...
- 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
No Divide KC partners with Kansas City-based artists and organizations to create artistic events that are focused on the stories...
- 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....
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
OboeKC is seeking to provide private instruction and reeds to students who would be financially unable to afford these resources,...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
Helping KC musicians thrive is our mission. Manor Records Foundation provides funding, resources, and performance opportunities, and this grant will...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
Providence School of Arts’ mission is to empower youth to pursue their purpose in life by providing holistic education, including...
- 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
- 2025-2026
KC VITAs (Kansas City Vibrating Internal Thyroarytenoids,) is a group of professional singers with the mission to promote the continued...
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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