Mid-America Arts Alliance

Mid-America Arts Alliance has a relatively low-key presence in Kansas City, but it has a big impact across the Midwest — enriching cultural and creative life through exhibition programming, grant making and professional development for artists.

Mid-America Arts Alliance is still closed to the public, but their latest exhibition, "Forgotten Stories," will reach the public through external speakers.

After a rocky decade, state funding for the arts in Kansas has begun to improve.As of July 1, the start of a new fiscal year, state funding for the Kansas…

Shortly before Nolen Bivens retired from 32 years of military service, he noticed something about the soldiers at Ft. Hood, Texas, where he’d been serving…

Cementing the relationship between two Kansas City organizations that have worked together to help artists develop their careers, the Mid-America Arts…

Todd Stein will continue leading the Kansas City-based Mid-America Arts Alliance, where he has been interim chief executive officer since longtime…

With President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mid-America…

Two young children look toward a mother figure, her face turned to the side facing the American flag.“For in thee the oppressed find justice and mercy,”…

Mid-America Arts Alliance CEO Mary Kennedy has announced her resignation, effective Oct. 1. Kennedy is the third CEO of the regional nonprofit arts…

Blake Little made pictures of beautiful cowboys.Little was a professional photographer, doing film and television work and shooting magazine covers in Los…

Flashing lights are sending a message from the windows of downtown Kansas City, Mo., buildings. In Morse code, a signal taps out "LUV U." The light…

According to the National Endowment for the Arts, 40 percent of their grant budget is dedicated to partnership agreements with state arts agencies and…