2026 Rocket Grants Award Ceremony

Thursday, September 24, 2026 from 6:30-8:00 PM

Charlotte Street and the Spencer Museum of Art are excited to celebrate this year’s recipients for the 2026 Rocket Grants Awards! Funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Rocket Grants provides $60,000 in direct funding to ten artists/collectives in the Kansas City region creating exceptional, under-the-radar, and artist-centered projects in public spaces.

An Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, September 24 from 6:30-8:00 PM. Join us for an evening of celebration where awardees will share a short presentation about their project.

The 2026 recipients include Grace Ambrose, Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre, Melissa Ferrer-Civil and Calvin Arsenia, Kim Riley, Luke Harbur, Jared Horman, Bryan Stalder, Sean Kenealy, Marian McClellan, and The Waiting Room in collaboration with Harrison Street DIY.

Learn more about Rocket Grants as well as details on current and past projects at rocketgrants.org.