There’s no one path to a creative career—but there is support. Hear how artists have made it work, ask questions, and meet organizations that help turn artistic energy into real-world opportunity. This event focuses on all disciplines of art, so regardless of which art is your passion, this event can help.
This program is funded by a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
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Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives
Union Library
African American Artists Collective
Northeast Arts KC
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Stray Cat Film Center
1662 Broadway Blvd, KCMO
www.straycatfilmcenter.com
Stray Cat Film Center is an artist-run non-profit media arts organization and neighborhood microcinema space. Stray Cat is dedicated to offering our community film programming that reflects the diversity of voices and visions in cinematic expression and using cinema as a conduit to inspire, educate and explore.
Blackbox on Troost
4001 Troost Avenue, KCMO
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Driven by artists and community leaders from the Troost Corridor and the east side of Kansas City, Blackbox on Troost hosts community theater performances, learning workshops, cross-disciplinary media collaborations and more. Cynthia Hardeman, former Neighborhood Artists Resident and Founder of Drama Time, will lead the ongoing transition from the NAR residency site into a community performance space.
Kansas City Public Theatre (2019-20 StartUp Residents)
2300 Independence Avenue, KCMO
https://kcpublictheatre.org
Kansas City Public Theatre provides access to the arts through year-round theatre entertainment free of charge to the public. This mission is carried out in two activities: first, through producing aesthetically and ideologically diverse new works and reimagined classics which reflect the unique history and concerns of the Kansas City community; and second, to cultivate civic-minded artists, audiences, and citizens through community-based devised theatre workshops. By providing quality theatre productions free of charge to the public, Kansas City Public Theatre envisions theatre as an essential cultural good which should be fully accessible to all members of the community.
Kansas City Society of Contemporary Photography (2019-20 StartUp Residents)
2300 Independence Avenue, KCMO
http://kcscp.org/
Kansas City Society of Contemporary Photography (KCSCP) is an artist centric organization. They focus on providing opportunities for photographers to exhibit and promote their photographic work in Kansas City and surrounding areas. KCSCP offers a minimum of four exhibits a year with no boundaries put on what type of work can be submitted so long as it be founded in some way on a photographic process. They have several members working in alternative processes, so KCSCP intends to offer more programing featuring those mediums–wet plate, cyanotype, digital collage and printing to unusual substrates are of interest to members and non-members alike. KCSCP offers workshops and demonstrations and plans to create an atmosphere of collaboration with the Northeast neighborhood and greater community by offering talks and hands-on experiences that are appealing to various ages.
Max Adrian
Archive Collective
Argot/Nots
Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez
Craig Deppen-Auge
Justin Beachler
Boi Boy
Jessica Borusky
Thayer Bray
Shenequa Brooks
Tim Brown
Hannah Carr
Michelle Chan
Miranda Clark
Christopher Daharsh
Rena Detrixhe
Drea DiCarlo
Molly Dillon
Eric Dobbins
Lindsey Eskind
Lindsay Fernandez
Amy Fredman
Madeline Gallucci
Juan Diego Gaucin
Fredy Gebuardy
Mariah Gillespie
Brett Ginsburg
Rachel Helm
Adriane Herman
Paige Hinshaw
Rachel Hubbard-Klein
Mary-Clara Hutchison
Laura Isaac
Glyneisha Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Leon Jones
Melanie Johnson
Matthew Krawcheck
Tommy Lomeli
Lacey Lynn Tink
Rodolfo Marron
Bailey Mastin
Zachary Miley
Cristina Muniz
Gwendolyn Murphy
Carrie Musick
S.E. Nash
NDo
Kadie Nugent
Daiana Oneto
Andrew Ordonez
Jada Patterson
Seyhr Qayum
Matthew Roche
Dean Roper
Benjamin Rosenthal
Jonas Sebura
Melanie Sherman
Lara Shipley
Lauren Sobchak
Damien Spader
Maegan Stracy
Gillian Tobin
Will Toney
Jonny Ulasien
Joey Watson
Jennifer Wilkinson
Jennifer Williams
Johanna Winters
Elizabeth Woodfill
Zachary Voss
Mikey Yates
Jillian Youngbird
Erin Zona
Vanessa Aricco
The Bohemian Magazine
CJ Charbonneau
Mo Dickens
Melissa Ferrer Civil (&)
Jackie Hedeman
Lauren Kirby
Will Meier
Jenny Molberg
Melina Neet
Melanie Pierce
Paris of the Plains
Jason Preu
David Wayne Reed
John Elizabeth Stintzi
Sandra Scott-Revelle
Kent Szlauderbach
Courtney Faye Taylor
Danny Volin
Craig M. Workman
Lucas Wetzel
Danielle Anderson (Danielle Ate the Sandwich)
Karan Karla Aron
Kennedy Banks
Black House Collective
Rev. William Ellis Bradley
Beth Byrd
Nick Carswell
Chin Ting Chan
Caroline Dahm
Adee Dancy
Seth Andrew Davis
Chadi El-Khoury
Olivia Emert
Gamelan Genta Kasturi
Leo Gayden
Jane Gotch
Melinda Hedgecorth
Danielle Hennerberg
Elizabeth Hougland
Hellerud
Tyree Johnson
Kacico Dance
Ted King-Smith
Haley Kostas
Cat Mahari
Andi Meyer
Erin Muenks
Nicholas Omiccioli
Brian Padavic
Alberto Racanati
MacKenzie Reed
Shades of Jade
Stephonne Singleton
Russell Thorpe
Óscar Trujillo
Carrie Anne Wallen
Jeramy Zimmerman
Donor listing as of March 5, 2025
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Anonymous
David Hughes, Jr.
Hall Family Foundation
Louetta M. Cowden Foundation
Missouri Arts Council
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund, City of Kansas City, MO
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc
Richard C. Green Jr. IRA
Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts
Ruth Foundation of the Arts
Windgate Foundation
Cade Black, LLC / Emily and Todd Voth
Ellen and Jamie Copaken
Hallmark Corporate Foundation
Seeley Foundation
Tremaine Foundation
ArtsKC
Ann Baum
Joan Horan
Emily and Mark Johnson
Lisa Schmitz Interior Design
Laura and Hatch McCray
Sue and Lewis Nerman
Charlie and Jeanne Sosland
Sosland Foundation
21c Museum Hotel Kansas City
Suzie Aron
Creative Planning Foundation
Pam and Gary Gradinger
Kissick Construction Company
Mid America Arts Alliance
Brad and Linda Nicholson
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP
Cathy Beaham Smith
Linda Lighton
Toma and Andy Wolff
Acord Cox & Scott, LLC
Joan and Bert Berkley, Blue Heron Foundation
Eric and Kaitlyn Bunch
Gretchen Calhoun and Neil Karbank
Eileen Cohen
Mark and Gaye Cohen
Collection Elizabeth Oran
Commerce Bank
Bunni and Paul Copaken
Dible Foundation
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Joseph Gray
Donald Hall, Jr
Amy and Jeff Hargroves
Shirley & Barnett Helzberg Jr.
Myles Howell
Hufft
Jane E. Ratcliffe Charitable Fund
Leonard and Irene Bettinger Philanthropic Fund
Mike Lyon
Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund
Josue Montes
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Newkirk Novak Construction
Andrea and Kent Price
Pure Workplace Solutions
Lisa and Charles Schellhorn
Lisa and Chuck Schmitz
Senorita Margarita
Linda Shipp
Susan Stanton
Stephen Abend
Maryanna Adelman
Beverly Ahern
Mark Allen
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Spencer Museum Of Art
Alan and Mary Atterbury
Sandy Banks
Jenna Bauer
Holly Bawden
Nancy Bean
Stephanie Becker
Wesley D Benson
Bill and Maureen Berkley
Bruce Bettinger
Noah Blackwell
James Michael Bland
Whitney Bones
Brooke Bowlin
Douglas Brahl
jessica bressler
Mary Lou Brous
Lydia Butler
Bridget Cain
Cheryl Calderon
Poppy DI Candeloro
Stuart Carden
Elvis Achelpohl and Kimberly Carlson
Ashley Carlson
David Cateforis
Jennifer Davidner Cattano
Conrad Cedar
Lorece Chanelle
CJ Charbonneau
Allison Chase
Margaret and Jack Chilcoat
Dr. Mark and Diane Davidner Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Elizabeth Clayton
Thomas Cohen
Barry Cooper
Jon and Shelley Copaken
Ian Corbett
Costco
Fred Coulson
Molly A Delaney
Noble Designs
Deanna Dikeman
Melissa Donoho
Tommy Donoho
Kathy Dowell
Jill Downen
Ryan Dykal
Dr. Regina Nouhan and Mr. John Eck
Janann Eldredge
Janann Eldredge
Lyn Elliot
Kim Emanuel
Megan England
Brittany Estes
O’Neill Events
Billy Fowks
Margarita Friedman
Margarita B Friedman
Elise Gagliardi
Habitat Contemporary Gallery
Robert Gann
Lisa Gann
Estuardo Garcia
Estuardo Garcia
Joan and Kirk Gastinger
University of Georgia
Kim Klein and Jeffrey Goldstein
Jeffrey Goldstein
Mia Gonzalez
Anna Gordon
Beau Gostomsky
Casey Claps and Justin Graves
Greenwood Consulting/Sara and Paul Greenwood
Marcie Miller Gross
Traci Guhr
Kaylea Halstead
Saralyn Reece Hardy
Saralyn Reece Hardy
June Hastert
Holly Hayden
Paget Gates Higgins
Kathryn Hogan
Ann Holliday
James Hornback
Caitlin Horsmon
Alicia Houston
John Houston
Marissa Iden
Cory Imig
Kathleen Imig
City In Motion Dance Theatre Inc
Sike Style Industries
Jennifer Ingraham
Sherri Jacobs
Rachael Jane
Andrew Johnson
Lisa Johnson
Katheryne Johnson
Frank Jurden
Jefnah Kamal
Gordon Kauffman
Sandra Kelly
Sandra Kelly
Kristin Kent
Lydia Butler and Art Kent
Audrey Kesler
Shannon King
Amy Kligman
Amy and Misha Kligman
Sheila Kostas
Eve Krahn
Madeline Krahn
Mallory Krahn
Mary Kriegel
Jamilee Lacy
Myla Lamar
Tara Leonard
Laura Lesniewski
Neysa Page-Lieberman
Nathalie Lindsey
Andrew Linn
Lockton
Nancy Low
Marilyn Mahoney
Donna Mandelbaum
David and Noelle Manica
Elizabeth Uppman-marquez
Jon McGraw
Jessie McKinney
Matthew and Heather Mellor
RoseMary Middaugh
Amanda Middaugh
RoseMary Middaugh
Melanie Miller
Randell Moore
Dan Musser
Lori Spoozak/Sean Nash
Kathy Nordhus
Philo And Jonne Northrup
Connor Nowalk
SunYoung Park
Noah Peairson
Elizabeth Penick
Shai Perry
Matt Phillips
Jason Piggie
Adams Puryear
Nicolle Ratliff
SK Reed
Katrina Revenaugh
Autumn Reynolds
Marvin Richardson
Ian Ritter
Randall Roberts
Rachelle Gardner-Roe
Jessica Rogers
Anne Russ
Tiffany Sauser
E. G. Schempf
Lawrence and Barbara Schulte
Jill Downen and Char Schwall
Jeff Shafer
Phil Shafer
Lee Smalter
Rebecca Smith
Debra Smith
Jug Stanovcic
Frances Stanton
Mina Steen
Marie Steiner
Katelynn Stevens
Shannon Stewart
Stewart
Marla Svoboda
Steven Swartzman
Jaasiel Duarte-Terrazas
Shaza Umran
Alan Voss
Theodore Warren
Courtney Watkins
Mary Watkins
Robert and Sally West
Helen and Frank Wewers
Charlie Williams
Maura Wright
Burgess Zbryk
Jeramy Zimmerman
Baba’s Pantry
Cinder Block Brewing
DelBrenna
Devoured Pizza
Dutzel’s Catering
Folly Theater
Hemma Hemma
KC Daquari Shop
Maria Miller/Miller Distributing
Marquee Rentals
Palacana
Taco Naco
The Prospect KC
Unicorn Theatre
Yoli Tortilleria
