M-AAA delivered an engaging opportunity to build targeted skills while engaging with partner organizations in my ecosystem. I found a significant amount of value in each part of this opportunity and highly recommend that other organizations take advantage of an Essentials workshop!

Andy Peterson LUX Center for the Arts, Engage Essentials Partner and Participant

Artist INC also gives everyone concrete information and ideas on how an artist can set up their life and business, for the optimal chance at a successful career in the arts. Everyone I encountered through Artist INC came away with a more mature, refined sense of how they fit into the art world.

Kevin Kresse Artist and past Artist INC facilitator

I’ve already seen how this program opens doors to resources we wouldn’t have had otherwise. In just one quarter it has helped us lay the foundation for real workforce and artistic development.

Obum Ukabam The Black Actor's League, Cultural Sustainability Grant Recipient

The Kansas Suffrage Mural Project would not have come to pass without funding and facilitation through M-AAA. The project expanded my own personal artistic practice, enabling me to plan and implement a community-based approach to placing public art, as well as a chance to work with a rural community in creating an artwork that is not placed upon a community, but grows from within that community’s stories.

Erika Nelson Artist and Artistic Innovations grant recipient