With support from the Mellon Foundation, the third cohort of Interchange fellows will receive mentorship and practice-based grants of $25K each Artists and creatives dedicated to fostering social change in their communities were awarded $400,000 in practice-based grant funding, professional development, and mentorship through Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA)’s Interchange. The program, made possible by the […]
Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the renewal of Interchange, a program empowering artists dedicated to fostering social change in their communities, generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This initiative will grant $25,000 practice-based fellowships to 16 regional artists, providing crucial support for their socially-engaged creative practices. Mellon Foundation Invests $400,000 […]
Interchange: Social Practice in Conversation announces the upcoming schedule. This webinar series highlights the Interchange Artist Grant fellows and provides an opportunity for artist reflection and connection across geographies and identities. Using their own practice as a starting point, Interchange artists engage in a broader conversation about social practice across the Mid-America Arts Alliance region. […]
Kyle Mullins has been announced as the new Artist Services Program Officer at Mid-America Arts Alliance. Mullins will oversee the Artists 360 and Interchange grant programs. Mullins joined M-AAA as Artist Services Assistant in July 2021. “When I see something amazing my first instinct is to run and tell everyone about it. I have to remind myself to slow […]
The Mellon Foundation has announced a $5M Monuments Project Initiative grant to the In ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe/Sacred Red Rock Project for the return of a Siouxan quartzite boulder from Robinson Park in Lawrence, Kansas to the Kaw Nation. Led by members of the Kaw Nation in collaboration with the City of Lawrence, University of Kansas, Spencer Museum […]
Sav Rodgers, No Reason for Celebration, 2020; Archival footage documentary, Time: 10:30; Courtesy of the artist. Sav Rodgers premieres his new film, No Reason for Celebration, as part of the reflect / project exhibition at Mid-America Arts Alliance. No Reason for Celebration is both call to action and historical documentation of the pride, power, and persecution of […]
Interchange Artist Grant announces Info Session! Join us for this information session to learn more about the grant, eligibility, and application process on June 23, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. Click here to register! Application deadline for the 2021-2022 grant cycle is July 5, 2021. Interchange will support sixteen artists with an active socially-engaged creative practice […]
The reflect / project exhibition for June is from the Saint Louis Story Stitchers. Their work WADE (2020), is on view through July 1. A work from the multi-year project titled, The WHY of MY City. The WHY of MY City captures and documents black history through written word and art and gives audiences insight into neighbors’ lives. Saint Louis […]
As part of the reflect / project exhibition, Artist Brian Ellison of Houston, Texas, presents UnMASKunlinity, which explores the complexity of African American masculinity by documenting the daily lives of the Black experience and same-gender loving comradery, simultaneously creating safe spaces for Black men to engage in this dialogue. Brian Ellison is a self-taught photographer, cinematographer, […]
Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is pleased to announce the renewal ofInterchange, a program created to strengthen communities and individual artists within the M-AAA region by supporting artist-led projects focused on social impact. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation granted $500,000 to M-AAA to fund this second iteration of Interchange, after an initial twenty-four month pilot launched […]