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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
- 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
Ensemble Ibérica showcases music from Iberia (Spain and Portugal) and its diaspora, enlightening the public about the rich tapestry of...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Band of Angels fosters the talent and participation of kids across the Kansas City area by creating equal opportunities for...
- Teri Rogers Film Grants
- 2025-2026
Project: “Waiting Games.” A charismatic liar who peddles bogus stories to strangers in hospital waiting rooms tries to help a...
- 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
- 2023-2024
Sonic Portraits of Kansas City is a series of new music pieces based on iconic Kansas City locations. Led by...
- Creative Initiatives Impact Funding
- 2023-2024
Ryogoku Soccer Academy provides an all-encompassing educational experience that serves to enhance the community. Sustainability and community involvement guide our...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
ICE STUDIOS SCHOOL OF DANCE offers professional dance classes to students of different ages and physical abilities with an emphasis...
- Inspiration
- 2023-2024
Khyneesha Edwards is a graphic designer, born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. In partnership with yoga instructor Joshua Davis,...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Our mission is to provide access to performing arts through free community concerts, educational opportunities for area young musicians, and...
- Mission Support
- 2025-2026
KC Fringe Festival hosts a 2 week explosion of performance, film, visual arts exhibitions, showcasing the work of local, national,...
- Inspiration
- 2025-2026
Becky Giles, a local Singer/Songwriter and Speech Therapist will present a live event titled “A Community Journal and Living History:...
- Project Support
- 2024-2025
The Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign (BAAC) of Weston, Missouri will commission a mural to celebrate Weston’s Black Heritage: From Slavery...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
A Flat Music Studio is an art organization that provides instrumental music lessons to the youth of the urban core...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Bookends is a show of artist made bookends, books, a reading room, bookmaking workshops, and a book themed screening at...
- Mission Support
- 2024-2025
Allegro connects young singers to music, to each other, and to the world. Allegro is dedicated to enriching, inspiring, and...
- Inspiration
- 2024-2025
Nasir Anthony Montalvo (b.1999) is an award-winning transdisciplinary journalist and memory worker based in Kansas City, MO. Montalvo uses archival...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
The Kansas City Women’s Chorus is the only regional women’s chorus inspiring through performance, embracing diversity and advocating social justice.
...- 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...
- 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
- 2023-2024
Through performances and education programs, The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra preserves the rich heritage of jazz, nurtures its growth, and...
- 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
InterUrban ArtHouse empowers under-resourced artists to thrive, enriching the lives and communities of the KC metro through the arts across...
- Mission Support
- 2023-2024
Arts in prison uses the arts to motivate and inspire the incarcerated. Visual Art, Textiles, Performance, Writing – Bringing them...
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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