Upcoming opportunities

Applications are due by March 1st for the next round of Lighton International Artists Exchange Program – apply for up to $6,000 in international travel costs: [...]

Application window for 2015 half-open/half-closed (almost)

There will be an outreach session TODAY (February 15) at 3 PM at Taishi Studios (in the Studios Inc building on Campbell/17th in KC). Don’t miss out on your chance to get more information [...]

Your Ideal End: Maria Velasco’s enchanting spaces explore the process of battling real monsters with creativity

María Velasco’s Lawrence studio initially appears to be a wonderland. Her delicate drawings for Your Ideal End are of hot air balloons and children holding hands, mixed with archival photos and [...]

Impact through Insight

Hello, my name is Meredith and I’m a new feature writer for the Rocketblog. This is the first is a series of posts that will be running through the spring that will be focusing on taking a [...]

How to help small things grow: Conversation and outreach at PLUG, 1/17 3 PM

Small artist-driven projects and organizations are sprouting up all around our regional community, with Rocket Grants and other funding opportunities helping to till the soil. But what happens [...]

The 2015-2016 Rocket Grants Call for Proposals is now open!

You have seventy days to imagine, research, plan and submit your proposal. Lots of help is available to make a strong application, including outreach sessions around the region and resources on [...]

50/50 Call for Billboard Proposals

50/50 Announces First Open Call for Billboard Proposals!  About the Billboard Series: The series activates a pre existing Billboard on the parking lot where 50/50 is located at 1628 Wyoming [...]

Embracing “Risky” (Parent-Teacher Conference)

Embracing “Risky”: Necessity of the “art of” (and perhaps one reason why Kansas City, Missouri public schools have academic woes) People find the fact that I’m working on a grant-funded [...]

Discrete Curiosity

We want to thank all of the amazing artists that participated in the Discrete Curiosity cabinet displays. It was wonderful to hear them present their work in the context of other objects, and we [...]

Call for Proposals – Editorial Engagement

Call for Proposals: Editor/Editorial team engagement designed to encourage and mentor critical art writers in the Kansas City region. The vision for this editorial engagement is to generate [...]