Mid-America Arts Alliance
@midamericaarts.bsky.social
We support artists and arts organizations in the heartland and beyond. maaa.org
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Hi Blue Sky! We're Mid-America Arts Alliance!
As the nation’s first Regional Arts Organization (founded in 1972), we represent the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
We provide resources, grants, workshops, and more to artists and arts orgs. Let's connect!
As the nation’s first Regional Arts Organization (founded in 1972), we represent the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
We provide resources, grants, workshops, and more to artists and arts orgs. Let's connect!
The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is opportunity for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production.
Draft one submissions close February 2! https://namt.org/challenge
Draft one submissions close February 2! https://namt.org/challenge
December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is opportunity for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production.
Draft one submissions close February 2! https://namt.org/challenge
Draft one submissions close February 2! https://namt.org/challenge
Southwest Contemporary is launching their Artist Marketing Grant, a program created to jumpstart the visibility of working artists in the Southwest.
2 artists will receive a professional development package valued at $3.5K designed.
https://southwestcontemporary.com/artist-marketing-grant/
2 artists will receive a professional development package valued at $3.5K designed.
https://southwestcontemporary.com/artist-marketing-grant/
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Southwest Contemporary is launching their Artist Marketing Grant, a program created to jumpstart the visibility of working artists in the Southwest.
2 artists will receive a professional development package valued at $3.5K designed.
https://southwestcontemporary.com/artist-marketing-grant/
2 artists will receive a professional development package valued at $3.5K designed.
https://southwestcontemporary.com/artist-marketing-grant/
2026 is JUST around the corner! 💫
Hey artists and creative entrepreneurs, if you've been thinking about your career goals, consider joining an Artist INC Express in your area. https://artistinc.art/programs/artist-inc-express/
Hey artists and creative entrepreneurs, if you've been thinking about your career goals, consider joining an Artist INC Express in your area. https://artistinc.art/programs/artist-inc-express/
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
2026 is JUST around the corner! 💫
Hey artists and creative entrepreneurs, if you've been thinking about your career goals, consider joining an Artist INC Express in your area. https://artistinc.art/programs/artist-inc-express/
Hey artists and creative entrepreneurs, if you've been thinking about your career goals, consider joining an Artist INC Express in your area. https://artistinc.art/programs/artist-inc-express/
#Artists, attend your state’s arts advocacy day to show how artists strengthen our states! If you lead an organization, bring your board and staff to share your story with elected representatives.
Kansas | February 3
Missouri | February 4
Nebraska | February 4
Oklahoma | April 30
Kansas | February 3
Missouri | February 4
Nebraska | February 4
Oklahoma | April 30
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#Artists, attend your state’s arts advocacy day to show how artists strengthen our states! If you lead an organization, bring your board and staff to share your story with elected representatives.
Kansas | February 3
Missouri | February 4
Nebraska | February 4
Oklahoma | April 30
Kansas | February 3
Missouri | February 4
Nebraska | February 4
Oklahoma | April 30
All creatives are welcome. Join us for the full eight-session gauntlet of Artist INC to work on your entrepreneurial skill set!
Applications are now open in Wichita with our partner Harvester Arts!
Submit your application at artistinc.art/apply by January 28.
Applications are now open in Wichita with our partner Harvester Arts!
Submit your application at artistinc.art/apply by January 28.
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
All creatives are welcome. Join us for the full eight-session gauntlet of Artist INC to work on your entrepreneurial skill set!
Applications are now open in Wichita with our partner Harvester Arts!
Submit your application at artistinc.art/apply by January 28.
Applications are now open in Wichita with our partner Harvester Arts!
Submit your application at artistinc.art/apply by January 28.
Check out these new opportunities! Calls for art, residencies, and funding, oh my!
www.maaa.org/news/artist-...
www.maaa.org/news/artist-...
Artist and Arts Organization Opportunities and Deadlines
M-AAA's curated list of upcoming deadlines and opportunities for artists and arts organizations seeking to grow their practices and secure funding.
www.maaa.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Check out these new opportunities! Calls for art, residencies, and funding, oh my!
www.maaa.org/news/artist-...
www.maaa.org/news/artist-...
The Land Institute “Gathering for Perennial Possibilities” is accepting proposals for temporary art installations at Prairie Festival, Sept 2026 in Salina, KS.
Awards include a $5K unrestricted project stipend.
Deadline: December 5 https://landinstitute.org/
📸 Hedge Fire Circle by Bill McBride
Awards include a $5K unrestricted project stipend.
Deadline: December 5 https://landinstitute.org/
📸 Hedge Fire Circle by Bill McBride
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The Land Institute “Gathering for Perennial Possibilities” is accepting proposals for temporary art installations at Prairie Festival, Sept 2026 in Salina, KS.
Awards include a $5K unrestricted project stipend.
Deadline: December 5 https://landinstitute.org/
📸 Hedge Fire Circle by Bill McBride
Awards include a $5K unrestricted project stipend.
Deadline: December 5 https://landinstitute.org/
📸 Hedge Fire Circle by Bill McBride
Path with Art has provides programs that bring healing to military veterans experiencing homelessness and recovering from trauma.
Thanks to a Creative Forces Grant, they've expanded their programs. arts.gov/initiatives/creative-forces/spotlights/path-art-reimagining-way-forward
📸 Sarah Westlake
Thanks to a Creative Forces Grant, they've expanded their programs. arts.gov/initiatives/creative-forces/spotlights/path-art-reimagining-way-forward
📸 Sarah Westlake
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Path with Art has provides programs that bring healing to military veterans experiencing homelessness and recovering from trauma.
Thanks to a Creative Forces Grant, they've expanded their programs. arts.gov/initiatives/creative-forces/spotlights/path-art-reimagining-way-forward
📸 Sarah Westlake
Thanks to a Creative Forces Grant, they've expanded their programs. arts.gov/initiatives/creative-forces/spotlights/path-art-reimagining-way-forward
📸 Sarah Westlake
Grants are bridges, but you’re the one doing the real building.
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Grants are bridges, but you’re the one doing the real building.
Applications are now OPEN for the 2026-27 cycle of Shakespeare in American Communities. This national program supports nonprofit theaters with grants of up to $30K. @artsmidwest.bsky.social https://artsmidwest.org/about/updates/now-accepting-applications-2026-27-shakespeare-in-american-communities/
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Applications are now OPEN for the 2026-27 cycle of Shakespeare in American Communities. This national program supports nonprofit theaters with grants of up to $30K. @artsmidwest.bsky.social https://artsmidwest.org/about/updates/now-accepting-applications-2026-27-shakespeare-in-american-communities/
What started out as a vet talking to a musician at a bar became Modern Warrior LIVE; a performance and a catalyst for meaningful conversations about trauma and mental health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGMBvuMZrKo
#VeteransDay
🎥 Sebastian De Geer
#VeteransDay
🎥 Sebastian De Geer
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
What started out as a vet talking to a musician at a bar became Modern Warrior LIVE; a performance and a catalyst for meaningful conversations about trauma and mental health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGMBvuMZrKo
#VeteransDay
🎥 Sebastian De Geer
#VeteransDay
🎥 Sebastian De Geer
Submit by November 24! ✈️ Southwest Airlines invites artists and teams to submit qualifications to design and fabricate public art for the William P. Hobby Airport West Concourse Expansion Project.
https://houstonartsalliance.com/public-art-opportunities
https://houstonartsalliance.com/public-art-opportunities
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Submit by November 24! ✈️ Southwest Airlines invites artists and teams to submit qualifications to design and fabricate public art for the William P. Hobby Airport West Concourse Expansion Project.
https://houstonartsalliance.com/public-art-opportunities
https://houstonartsalliance.com/public-art-opportunities
It's Go to an Art Museum Day! Throwback to our visit to the Museum of Art + Light in Manhattan, KS.
What's an art museum that you can't get enough of?
What's an art museum that you can't get enough of?
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's Go to an Art Museum Day! Throwback to our visit to the Museum of Art + Light in Manhattan, KS.
What's an art museum that you can't get enough of?
What's an art museum that you can't get enough of?
The “Miss Sarah” Fellowship for Black Women Writers by Trillium Arts aims to provide Black women writers a restful environment conducive to reflection and writing.
Learn more at https://www.trilliumartsnc.org/writing-fellowships-guidelines Apply by November 19!
Learn more at https://www.trilliumartsnc.org/writing-fellowships-guidelines Apply by November 19!
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The “Miss Sarah” Fellowship for Black Women Writers by Trillium Arts aims to provide Black women writers a restful environment conducive to reflection and writing.
Learn more at https://www.trilliumartsnc.org/writing-fellowships-guidelines Apply by November 19!
Learn more at https://www.trilliumartsnc.org/writing-fellowships-guidelines Apply by November 19!
📝 It's easy to get caught up in what we think artist's statements are "supposed to" be like.
This act of writing can be a powerful self-learning activity. When you describe your work in a written format, you learn how to speak about it.
This act of writing can be a powerful self-learning activity. When you describe your work in a written format, you learn how to speak about it.
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📝 It's easy to get caught up in what we think artist's statements are "supposed to" be like.
This act of writing can be a powerful self-learning activity. When you describe your work in a written format, you learn how to speak about it.
This act of writing can be a powerful self-learning activity. When you describe your work in a written format, you learn how to speak about it.
Applications are open for the 2026–27 NEA Big Read! Grants of up to $20K support community-wide reading programs around the theme America250, with 24 books celebrating U.S. culture.
Intent to Apply due Jan 15. https://artsmidwest.org/about/updates/now-accepting-applications-2026-27-nea-big-read/
Intent to Apply due Jan 15. https://artsmidwest.org/about/updates/now-accepting-applications-2026-27-nea-big-read/
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Applications are open for the 2026–27 NEA Big Read! Grants of up to $20K support community-wide reading programs around the theme America250, with 24 books celebrating U.S. culture.
Intent to Apply due Jan 15. https://artsmidwest.org/about/updates/now-accepting-applications-2026-27-nea-big-read/
Intent to Apply due Jan 15. https://artsmidwest.org/about/updates/now-accepting-applications-2026-27-nea-big-read/
The harvest is bountiful! 🍁🎃 Check out these new opportunities. www.maaa.org/news/artist-...
Artist and Arts Organization Opportunities and Deadlines
M-AAA's curated list of upcoming deadlines and opportunities for artists and arts organizations seeking to grow their practices and secure funding.
www.maaa.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The harvest is bountiful! 🍁🎃 Check out these new opportunities. www.maaa.org/news/artist-...
Tell me I'm wrong.
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tell me I'm wrong.
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We are so happy to see Artist INC is back in Oklahoma in the form of Artist INC Express, a program by Mid-America Arts Alliance!
✨ Check out our early days of Artist INC way back in 2013!
📆 Register by Oct 30 at 5pm CDT to receive hard copy workshop materials. That's TOMORROW!
🔗 buff.ly/kbhslbr
✨ Check out our early days of Artist INC way back in 2013!
📆 Register by Oct 30 at 5pm CDT to receive hard copy workshop materials. That's TOMORROW!
🔗 buff.ly/kbhslbr
October 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We are so happy to see Artist INC is back in Oklahoma in the form of Artist INC Express, a program by Mid-America Arts Alliance!
✨ Check out our early days of Artist INC way back in 2013!
📆 Register by Oct 30 at 5pm CDT to receive hard copy workshop materials. That's TOMORROW!
🔗 buff.ly/kbhslbr
✨ Check out our early days of Artist INC way back in 2013!
📆 Register by Oct 30 at 5pm CDT to receive hard copy workshop materials. That's TOMORROW!
🔗 buff.ly/kbhslbr
Even unfinished projects deserve to be seen. A grant application can be a way to say, this matters to ME.
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Even unfinished projects deserve to be seen. A grant application can be a way to say, this matters to ME.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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When the world is too much, what do we turn to? A movie 🎬 live music 🎸 a novel? 📖
#InternationalArtistDay honors artists every year, we aim to honor them every day. 🎨
#InternationalArtistDay honors artists every year, we aim to honor them every day. 🎨
October 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
When the world is too much, what do we turn to? A movie 🎬 live music 🎸 a novel? 📖
#InternationalArtistDay honors artists every year, we aim to honor them every day. 🎨
#InternationalArtistDay honors artists every year, we aim to honor them every day. 🎨
Prepare your studio in case of emergency.
CERF+ offers Get Ready Grants, providing craft artists with grants up to $1K for activities to safeguard their studios. Apply by November 11. https://cerfplus.org/grants/get-ready-grants/
CERF+ offers Get Ready Grants, providing craft artists with grants up to $1K for activities to safeguard their studios. Apply by November 11. https://cerfplus.org/grants/get-ready-grants/
Get Ready Grants - CERF+
CERF+ offers Get Ready Grants, providing craft artists with grants up to $1,000 for activities to safeguard their studios, and prepare for emergencies.
cerfplus.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Prepare your studio in case of emergency.
CERF+ offers Get Ready Grants, providing craft artists with grants up to $1K for activities to safeguard their studios. Apply by November 11. https://cerfplus.org/grants/get-ready-grants/
CERF+ offers Get Ready Grants, providing craft artists with grants up to $1K for activities to safeguard their studios. Apply by November 11. https://cerfplus.org/grants/get-ready-grants/
Apply for the Hopper Prize by November 11!
Twice a year, they offer two $4,500 #grants and four $1,000 grants to #artists residing internationally, working in any media. Application fee: $40
https://hopperprize.org/artist-grant-program/
Twice a year, they offer two $4,500 #grants and four $1,000 grants to #artists residing internationally, working in any media. Application fee: $40
https://hopperprize.org/artist-grant-program/
Artist Grant Program: Hopper Prize supports artists with grants & visibility
Our organization supports individual artists through two primary modes: unrestricted grant-making and an online digital archiving platform.
hopperprize.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Apply for the Hopper Prize by November 11!
Twice a year, they offer two $4,500 #grants and four $1,000 grants to #artists residing internationally, working in any media. Application fee: $40
https://hopperprize.org/artist-grant-program/
Twice a year, they offer two $4,500 #grants and four $1,000 grants to #artists residing internationally, working in any media. Application fee: $40
https://hopperprize.org/artist-grant-program/
Grant writing is just storytelling. Tell the truth about why you make things. #NationalDayOfWriting
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Grant writing is just storytelling. Tell the truth about why you make things. #NationalDayOfWriting