Artistic Innovations
Forecasted
Artistic Innovations supports artists and arts-based organizations in creating and presenting new, experimental artwork, with educational outreach to engage communities across a six-state region.
Funder: Mid-America Arts Alliance
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $15,000 per award; individuals need no match, organizations require a 1:1 match
Summary: Supports the creation and public presentation of new, original, experimental artwork across M-AAA’s six-state region.
Key Information: Projects must exclusively engage in-region artists/personnel and include both a feature presentation and educational outreach.
Description
Artistic Innovations is Mid-America Arts Alliance’s grant program for individual artists and arts-based organizations in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Native Nations sharing this geography. It supports direct expenses for creating new, original works and producing public-facing engagements, with experimentation and exploration central to the program.
Work across all artistic disciplines is welcome, including crafts, dance, design, folklife, humanities, literature, media arts, music, opera, photography, theater, visual arts, and interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary practice. Projects combine a feature or premiere presentation with educational outreach that introduces communities to the art form and enables artist–audience interaction. The program emphasizes artistic merit, artistic excellence, accessibility, and broad public engagement, including underserved communities. Individual awards are supported by Yield Giving; organizational awards receive National Endowment for the Arts support.
