The Allied Arts Council collaborates with and thanks its state and national partners as we work to bring arts and people together locally, state-wide, and nationally.
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The Partners in Education program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is designed to assist arts organizations throughout the nation to develop or expand educational partnerships with their local school systems. The primary purpose of these partnerships is to provide professional learning in the arts for teachers. In 1992, this program was awarded the Association of Performing Arts Presenters' Dawson Award, which recognizes innovative and successful projects.
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Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading arts advocacy organization. We mobilize advocates, produce trusted research, and secure bipartisan wins that protect funding and expand arts access nationwide — work we've been doing for more than 65 years.
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Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) believes art can be a catalyst for expression, connection, collaboration, and community. This philosophy is reflected in our mission and values.
M-AAA is a nonprofit, regional arts organization representing Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and beyond. We focus on strengthening communities and improving lives by supporting artists, elevating arts organizations, and connecting people to extraordinary cultural experiences. -
The Missouri Arts Council is the state agency dedicated—as public leader, partner, and catalyst—to broadening the growth, availability, and appreciation of the arts in Missouri and fostering the diversity, vitality, and excellence of Missouri’s communities, economy, and cultural heritage. The grants we award make possible quality arts programming to communities both large and small throughout the state. We provide grants to arts projects that meet our strategic goals:
~ Engage people in meaningful arts experiences
~ Grow Missouri’s economy using the arts
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For over 45 years, Missouri Citizens for the Arts has played a vital role in advocating for Missouri’s arts industry at the state Capitol. Founded in 1980 as a 501(c)4, MCA was joined by the MCA Education Fund, established in 1982 as a 501(c)3. Together, these statewide organizations work tirelessly to promote the entirety of Missouri’s arts industry to both public and private sectors, maintaining a non-partisan and not-for-profit stance.
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The Missouri Association of Community Arts Agencies, Inc., is a 501c3 statewide service organization dedicated to strengthening Missouri’s arts leaders and community arts agencies. MACAA has served communities, community arts agencies, community arts leaders and artists since 1979. We believe that the arts make communities better places to live.
