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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
- Inspiration
- 2026-2027
BDYLTA Live: Album Listening Sessions in Kansas City Record Shops Kimology, and Leigh From KC are the Kansas City-based creator...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Elaine Elizabeth Clifford combines a passion for literature, history, and theatre by exploring creative storytelling methods to bring new life...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Moo, a Kansas City–based sibling choreographic duo, will transform everyday stories from local residents into original dances performed by professional...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
Join the 2024 stART the conversation exhibition by Wyandot Behavioral Health. Experience art as a therapeutic medium for recovery and...
- 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
Nia Danielle Lovemore, a fantasy artist from Lawrence, KS, she is inspired by haunting beauty and the melancholic essence of...
- 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
- 2025-2026
InterUrban ArtHouse enriches KC’s cultural and economic vibrancy by supporting diverse artists through studios, exhibitions, education, and community arts programs...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
Flew The Coop Sessions is a live music video series providing local artists with free high quality video and audio...
- Project Support
- 2023-2024
WCA’s mission is to uncover hidden beauty & meaning in KC through music, theatre, art exhibits & The Dancing Word...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
City in Motion Dance Theater builds bridges in the KCMO community with a School of Dance, an annual performance series,...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Jena Vangjel, musician, will host 10 weeks of music classes for the unhoused people who utilize services through IntersectKC. Two...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Kaitlyn B. Jones is an artist, independent curator, and writer whose continuing scholarship on Black-American history and culture manifests at...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Spire Chamber Ensemble inspires, educates, and enriches the Kansas City metropolitan community through the transformational power of great choral music...
- 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
Mutually Inclusive’ is a sound/visual collaborative exhibition exploring the concept of reciprocity. It was created by Henry Scamurra and Caroline...
- 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
Mattie Rhodes Center’s after-school arts program provides access to high-quality arts education to low-income, underserved children in a safe, creative...
- 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
- 2025-2026
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey (KCFAA) makes dance accessible to thousands of people in Kansas City each year by...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
ColorTones is an innovative live performance piece that merges visual art and jazz music through Coloratura, a unique instrument that...
- 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
- 2024-2025
Joanna Ehlers, opera singer, and the singers of Dramatic Voices Midwest present Richard Wagner’s epic opera Die Walküre, to be...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble is a professional music ensemble performing the work of living composers. We strive to bring Kansas...
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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