Documentary Honoring Leon Jordan to Premiere

July 15, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader and Missouri state legislator Leon Jordan. Marking the date filmmaker Emiel Cleaver’s documentary, Leon [...]

Impractical Spaces Hosts Event at KCAC to Engage Research and Dialogue

This Saturday, August 17th, from 9AM to 5 PM Rocket Grantees Cory Imig and Melaney Mitchell will host the Impractical Spaces Dialogue and Documentation Event at the Kansas City Artist Coalition [...]

Reflecting on Ten Years of Rocket Grants with Julia Cole

To talk about the ten year anniversary of Rocket Grants is to understand the way that the arts landscape has changed in Kansas City throughout that time. In 2009, “social practice” frequently [...]

2019 Award Winners Announced!

The Charlotte Street Foundation and Spencer Museum of Art at KU are delighted to announce the winners of 2019 Rocket Grants Awards: Eleven innovative and public-facing projects were chosen from [...]

2019 Rocket Grants applications open today!!

You have 57 days until March 11 to propose your dream, public-facing project somewhere within 80 miles of Kansas City. Up to $6,000 per project is available for extraordinary, inventive, [...]

2018 Award Winners Announced!

The Charlotte Street Foundation and Spencer Museum of Art at KU are delighted to announce the winners of 2018 Rocket Grants Awards: Eleven innovative and public-facing projects were chosen from [...]

Lessons from Exes Playing at Crows Coffee South Plaza May 11

Lessons from Exes will make its small-screen premiere at Crows Coffee South Plaza, 304 E. 51st St., Kansas City on Friday, May 11. Crows has graciously allowed us to turn their restroom into the [...]

BOUNDARIES with RCMA 12/17, 7 PM

BOUNDARIES December 17, 2017, 7:00PM A performance program of RCMA arranged for Open House When the lights go down, where do the edges of place, person, or picture start and stop? How to engage [...]

Premiere Screenings of Lessons from Exes!

Upcoming in December 2017: two free, public, premiere screenings of Lessons from Exes, an 11-minute short film about the lessons that remain after your ex is long gone. Both shows will feature [...]

2017 Rocket Grants Award Winners Announced!

The Charlotte Street Foundation and Spencer Museum of Art at KU are delighted to announce the winners of 2017 Rocket Grants Awards: Ten innovative and public-facing projects were chosen from [...]