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Executive Committee meets monthly by conference call, usually on the second Thursday of the month. For more information, contact Virginia Sanders *MAC on Location - Every month, MAC goes on location to bring the states arts council to local communities. We offer grant information to prospective applicants, meet with community and cultural leaders, provide technical assistance, and learn how we can better serve the community. Call in advance to make an appointment at one of the scheduled MAC on Locations. For more information or to request MAC on Location in your community, contact Michael Donovan at
Grant Writing Workshops Look for information regarding grant workshops starting in late summer 2009. Looking for Our New Logo? If you need to download our new logos click here. FRAME IT COMEPITION Thank you to everyone who participated in the FRAME IT! competition! It was a big success and we couldn't have done it without the great citizens in Missouri. We are working on getting the video up here on our web site and getting copies out those who sent in entries. Professional Development & Grant Opportunities Please click here for a listing of upcoming professional development and/or grant opportunities, which are updated monthly. MAAA Grant Opportunties Mid-America’s FY 2009-2010 eGRANT application facility is ready for you to apply for Regional Touring Program support! Before you apply, please take time to read our funding guidelines for FY 2010. Your first step will be to decide which of the two new RTP categories you will choose for your application. You’ll find one category very much like the program we’ve operated for years: “Touring Artist Fee Subsidy” allows up to 3 requests (which you prioritize) to subsidize the fees of artists you’re planning to bring in from out of state. A new, second category – “Community Engagement with Touring Artists” – allows presenters with a serious commitment to community engagement with the touring artists you present to apply for a single grant providing overall support for your entire season or a substantial subset of it with the greatest potential to reach new audiences and positively affect local cultural life. Applications for both categories must be filed no later than the April 1, 2009. No more first-come, first-served in Mid-America’s regional touring funding! All applications will be reviewed by one grant making panel. Based on the criteria outlined in the guidelines, they’ll recommend funding for the strongest applications we receive. As in the past, all applications will be made through our online eGRANT facilities. But before creating your application, you’ll need to decide which of the two categories to use. Please Don Adams or Performing Arts Program Manager Betty Maltbia if you have questions (816-421-1388, extensions 226 and 228, respectively). We’ll get increasingly busy as the April 1 deadline approaches, so please plan your proposals and get in touch with questions as soon as possible. American Masterpieces Exhibit "Work is Art and Art is Work" was a phrase printed on the business cards of Cope Ashlock, a luthier who operated The Violin Shop in downtown Columbia, Mo. Ashlock’s motto inspired a recent traveling exhibit featuring six talented Missouri luthiers. To view an online version of this NEA American Masterpieces project click here. Missouri Arts Awards Initiated in 1983, the Missouri Arts Award honors individuals and organizations that have made profound and lasting contributions to the cultural and artistic climate of the state. Each year, Missouri Arts Award nominees are reviewed by a committee of Missouri citizens from throughout the state who are knowledgeable, experienced, and highly respected in the arts. If you would like to submit a nomination for 2010 Missouri Arts Awards click here. (NOTE: You must have Adobe Reader 8.1 to use the PDF application form. Download the software for free at www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.)
Deadline is 2009 Missouri Arts Awards
The awards were presented in a ceremony February 11, 2009 at the Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City. 2009 Missouri Arts Awards Artists
A Special Thanks To: Governor Jay Nixon and First Lady Georganne Nixon Missouri Moulding & Glass Award Artist Kathy Barnard Poster Artist Naomi Sugino Missouri Office of Administration Missouri Department of Economic Development 2008 Missouri Arts Awards Artists 2008 Missouri Arts Awards Posters are available at the following:
Citizens’ Day at the Legislature Fine Arts Education Day Missouri Alliance for Arts Education will host Fine Arts Education Day at the Legislature on March 9, 2010. Fine Arts Education Day is an opportunity to help educate legislators and elected officials on the importance of supporting fine arts education in Missouri schools. For more information, visit http://www.moaae.org/home.html. To get a recap of the 2009 Fine Arts Education Day click here.
2009 Fine Arts Education Day at the Capitol Rotunda 2010 ADVISORY PANEL NOMINATION FORM Each year the MAC board appoints Missouri residents and regional representatives to serve as volunteer panelists to review grant applications. Selected panelist are either knowledgeable in a particular art form or they are arts enthusiasts who serve as community representatives on the panel. In the spring of each year, panelists spend copious hours evaluating the grant applications according to the criteria of artistic quality, community involvement and management ability. Panelist also assist MAC with policy and program development. If you would be interested in nominating someone you know or yourself please click here for a nomination form.
Strategic Plan is available online or by calling
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866-407-4752 or PUBLICATIONS Missouri Touring Performers is produced by MAC to promote and support communities seeking quality performing artists as well as the performers themselves. Participants include over 60 musicians, music groups, storytellers, folk artists, theatrical performers, and dancers. This publication is available online at Missouri Touring Performers. FY08 Annual Report is available online (2.1MG). Art Starts Here is a monthly e-newsletter featuring grant information, updates on activities here at MAC, resources to help you deal with the tough economy, and more. Please feel free to email Alexis Nugent with any questions, comments or suggestions. To receive Art Starts Here by email, sign up at http://tinyurl.com/8ghxf. Organizations may send items for consideration to moarts@ded.mo.gov. Information needs to be received at least two months in advance of the event to be considered for publication. NEWS RELEASES
PRESS RELEASE SAMPLE Press releases are an important marketing tool that anyone can use to get the word out about an organization or an event. Not sure how to write a press release? Click here for a guideline to follow. Press releases give you and opportunity to put your story in front of the media and get your organization in the public eye. If you have any further questions or need assistance getting started contact Alexis Nugent at the MAC office at toll free (866) 407-4752. |
