| FREE MONEY!!! State Arts Organizations help bring quality music, dance and visual art to communities all across this country. Funding comes from State legislatures as well as the National Endowment for the Arts. Aaron is a member of two state touring arts programs, the Kansas Arts Commission and the Missouri Arts Council. Both of these organizations have funding available in order to bring programs to your non-profit organizations. These could include schools, universities, local arts organizations as well as other not for profit organizations. If your organization operates in either Kansas or Missouri there is money available for you to provide a music program or a residency for your organization. Check below for your specific state arts organization. |
The Kansas
Touring Program (KTP) brings together Kansas performing artists with Kansas
audiences and encourages greater access to quality performing arts events.
The Kansas Arts Commission supports formal concerts, performances for
young audiences, workshops, master classes and other events by KTP artists
that take place in Kansas communities.
Aaron Fowler has been a Kansas Touring Artist since 1998. Arts organizations
and schools in Kansas have increased their program dollars by applying
for funding with the Kansas Arts Commission. If you are a not for profit
organization you are eligible for up to 40% of the program cost to be
paid by the Kansas Arts Commission. This means that communities, schools
and universities (outside Wichita, KS.) can request up to 40% of the cost
of the program to be paid by the Kansas Arts Commission. You need to apply
early as funds are limited, but this is a great way to increase your dollars.
For information
about KTP, contact:
Jean Denney
Kansas Touring Program
Kansas Arts Commission
Jayhawk Tower
700 S.W. Jackson, Suite 1004
Topeka, KS. 66603-3761
Phone: (913) 296-3335
Fax: (913) 269-4989
email: kac@arts.state.ks.us
web address: http://arts.state.ks.us
TTY via Kansas Relay Center: 1-800-766-3777
When the
Missouri Arts Council was created in 1965, one of its primary charges
was to bring the arts to all of the people in Missouri. Through MAC's
Missouri Touring Program (MTP), communities across the state have the
opportunity to see a variety of high-quality performing artists that might
not otherwise be available. Organizations select from more than 50 artists
on the MAC touring roster, in disciplines ranging from puppet theater
to Mariachi music. The program is a vital link to individual performers,
since funds from MTP partially cover artistic fees. Through the MTP, presenters
apply to MAC for producer fee assistance for producers (performing artists)
on the MTP roster. These artists are selected through a competitive process
by a citizen review panel.
Aaron has been a Touring Artist with the Missouri Arts Council since 1999.
Contact Aaron or the Missouri Arts Council if you are interested in a
residency for your school or organization.
For information
about MAC, contact
Autry Jackson,
Program Specialist
Missouri Arts Council
Wainwright State Office Complex
111 North 7th Street, Suite 105
St. Louis, Missouri 63101-2188
Tele: 314/340-6845
Fax: 314/340-7215
TDD (800) 735-2966
Email: ajacks01@mail.state.mo.us
Web address: http://www.missouriartscouncil.org/