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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
- 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...
- 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
- 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
Sascha Groschang is a cellist, composer and a champion for new music. Shapeshifter is a new recording project featuring all...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Jenny Molberg’s Elaine: Writing against Silence is a book project, written in poetic and hybrid forms, that explores the work...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
In Making Music, visual artist Olivia Michka combines her two greatest passions – music and art – by creating live-concert...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
Base Academy of Music provides sliding-cost private music lessons to urban youth in Kansas City, MO. We make high-quality private...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
Providence School of Arts’ mission is to empower youth to pursue their purpose in life by providing holistic education, including...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble is a professional music ensemble performing the work of living composers. We strive to bring Kansas...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
City in Motion Dance Theater, Inc. has been a part of Kansas City for 38 years. Our mission is to...
- 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...
- 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....
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Charlotte Street centers Kansas City’s forward-thinking visual artists, writers, and performers—acting as the primary incubator, provocateur, and connector for the...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
Spinning Tree connects young artists with and without disabilities to professional artists to collaborate on and create theatre. We believe...
- 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...
- 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
- 2023-2024
As Theatre for Young America celebrates its 50th Anniversary Season we continue to be a beacon of inspiration for fun/educational...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Bookends is a show of artist made bookends, books, a reading room, bookmaking workshops, and a book themed screening at...
- 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
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 KCYA mission is to engage all youth in the arts, promote creativity, and inspire success in education. KCYA works...
- 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...
- 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
- 2025-2026
City in Motion Dance Theater builds bridges in the KCMO community with a School of Dance, an annual performance series,...
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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