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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.
FY26 IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS
Organization grants awarded
16 New Orgs
18 Second Year Orgs
Funds awarded to arts organizations, arts projects, and artists in the greater Kansas City area
Total artist grants awarded
WHO WE SUPPORT
- 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
- 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
The Midwest Music Foundation unites and empowers the Kansas City area music community by providing health care assistance, education and...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
The Martin City Melodrama presents WIZARD OF PAWS @ the Grandview Amphitheater. Summer 2024. Featuring children of all ages, the...
- Inspiration
- 2026-2027
BDYLTA Live: Album Listening Sessions in Kansas City Record Shops Kimology, and Leigh From KC are the Kansas City-based creator...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
plug is a curatorial collaboration with the mission of bringing fresh perspectives and conversation to the local cultural community. Our...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
The Folly Theater enhances lives through the power of the arts. As Kansas City’s oldest theater, the Folly serves as...
- Inspiration
- 2026-2027
Community Hearth Project In February, I will present my second solo exhibition at Vulpes Bastille. At its center will stand...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
The Arts Asylum has been a safe place to create and a staple within the artistic community of Kansas City...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
R. Todd Campbell, a filmmaker, is in pre-production for his short film MOTHER PENITENT. Grant funds will be used toward...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
The nationally renowned Opus 76 String Quartet consists of four KC based musicians and offers a series of concerts centering...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Spire Chamber Ensemble inspires, educates, and enriches the Kansas City metropolitan community through the transformational power of great choral music...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
Whim Productions creates challenging and evocative queer theater written by LGBTQ+ writers that center queer characters. Queer Theater. Whimsical Edge.
...- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
StoneLion Puppet Theatre is a professional theater company dedicated to environmental sustainability and community engagement through art. Giant puppet festivals...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Local Kansas City funk-rock band Friendly Thieves is releasing a new music video for their single “Get It Yourself.” In...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
KANSAS CITY AREA YOUTH JAZZ is an enrichment program for high school and college students interested in jazz and professional...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
KC VITAs (Kansas City Vibrating Internal Thyroarytenoids,) is a group of professional singers with the mission to promote the continued...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Kansas City Actors Theatre (KCAT) presents thought-provoking plays that explore, celebrate, and share what it is to be human, with...
- 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
- 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
Elaine Elizabeth Clifford combines a passion for literature, history, and theatre by exploring creative storytelling methods to bring new life...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
What iF Puppets inspires play and cultivates connections through puppetry. With performances and arts-integrated residencies, WiP supports early learners’ social-emotional...
- 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
- 2023-2024
As Theatre for Young America celebrates its 50th Anniversary Season we continue to be a beacon of inspiration for fun/educational...
MEDIA / PRESS
ArtsKC Announces 2026-2027 Recipients of The Teri Rogers Film Grants for Filmmakers and Screenwriting
ArtsKC, in partnership with the Kansas City Film Office, announces the 2026-2027 Recipients of the Teri Rogers Film Grants for Filmmakers and Screenwriters.
The Drop Brings Broadway’s Wicked Within Reach for Kansas City Community Members
Partnership with the City of Kansas City, MO and The American Theatre Guild delivers more than $3,500 in ticket value to Drop members
Creative Confluence Fund Launch
ArtsKC, Charlotte Street, and the Hall Family Foundation are transforming arts investment to honor and amplify the creative power alive in Kansas City, announcing the launch of the Creative Confluence Fund, a two-year, $1.4 million pilot grant program supporting artists and arts-engaged organizations in three key geographic areas.
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
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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