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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
EarlystART promotes its mission of “Building bridges. Inspiring minds. Impacting Futures” through the arts. Arts@EarlystART supports daily arts instruction, performances,...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
R. Todd Campbell, a filmmaker, is in pre-production for his short film MOTHER PENITENT. Grant funds will be used toward...
- Creative Initiatives Impact Funding
- 2023-2024
“Sustaining African American Heritage thru Music” offers free music lessons to youth in the Ivanhoe Community. We are dedicated to...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Kenny Watson Jr., a Kansas City–based drummer and composer, will create and premiere an original multidisciplinary jazz suite titled “Those...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Summit Art encourages, promotes, educates and recognizes local artists. We inspire and engage our community by advancing an appreciation for...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Owen/Cox Dance Group creates new music and dance collaborations, presents high-quality contemporary dance performances with live music, and engages as...
- 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
- 2023-2024
Stray Cat Film Center is an artist-run, non-profit microcinema and community space. Curated and run by volunteers, Stray Cat screens...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
Owen/Cox Dance Group creates new music and dance collaborations, presents high-quality contemporary dance performances with live music, and engages as...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey (KCFAA) makes dance accessible to thousands of people in Kansas City each year by...
- Teri Rogers Film Grants
- 2024-2025
Eva Louise Hall is a professional, independent screenwriter and animator with over ten years of experience in commercial and fine...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Westwood Ensemble is a community orchestra committed to bringing symphonic music to diverse audiences. Shorter programs with educational presentations are...
- 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
- 2024-2025
The Youth Chorus of Kansas City offers singers in grades 3-12 the opportunity to pursue excellence through performance, build skills...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
To better the lives of underserved urban youth through artistic, technical, health, and educational skills. Young entrepreneurial artists produce visual,...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Creative Emajinations mission is to offer arts education and mentorship, ensuring that every child in our community has access to...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Composer Yunfei Li, creator of the Lullabies & Little Ears project, is leading an immersive chamber music concert designed to...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
“Rhythms of Resilience” by TWOCC celebrates Black queer artistry in Kansas City with performances, art, and advocacy. It fosters community,...
- Creative Initiatives Impact Funding
- 2023-2024
“Visualizing Math: Art and Social Change” featured community and middle school art-making workshops that resulted in a temporary fine art...
- 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...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
Harmony Project KC harnesses the transformative power of music to increase access to higher education for underserved students by removing...
- 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...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
InterUrban ArtHouse empowers under-resourced artists to thrive, enriching the lives and communities of the KC metro through the arts across...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
As a 51-year-old professional theatre in the heart of midtown Kansas City, the Unicorn (a welcoming space for all), produces...
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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