Tag: Mid-America Arts Alliance

Arts summit’s three-year move to KC celebrates flyover country creatives (and the entrepreneurs who make it)

By Tommy Felts / April 24, 2025

Great art stands on its own merits, said Diane Scott, but if the artist behind a piece can’t or doesn’t sell their vision to the world, their expression hasn’t achieved its goal. “Nobody makes art to not share it with other people,” added Scott, director of artist services for the Kansas-City based Mid-America Arts Alliance,…

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Pilot program targets $50K ops grants to culturally-driven orgs, businesses in the arts

By Tommy Felts / January 7, 2025

Small arts programs across the region could receive a $50,000 grant from a new pilot program that aims to provide vital sustainability funding for arts-centric businesses and organizations that often fall through the cracks. Applications for the Cultural Sustainability grants are open through 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10. The program plans to give general operating…

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