Category: Eye On Funding

Meet the woman who got out of her comfort zone to double North Dakota Council on the Arts’ budget, launch a groundbreaking rural public art program, and more.

In February, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies released new data on 2024 legislative appropriations to state arts agencies across the country. Here’s what the numbers look like in the Midwest, and here’s why they matter.

The National Endowment for the Arts has announced more than $32 million in arts funding to organizations nationwide! Recipients include organizations from all 50 states, DC, & Puerto Rico, as well as creative writing fellowships in prose & fellowships to support translation projects.

Arts Midwest invested more than $2.8 million in Midwestern creativity in fiscal year 2023. Read all about it in our Return on Investment Reports.

Arts Midwest invested more than $3 million in Midwestern creativity in fiscal year 2022. Read all about it in our Return on Investment Reports.

What’s the economic value of Midwestern creativity? $109 billion, according to new research from the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

MINNEAPOLIS – Today, Arts Midwest announced the results of our FY21 activities with our nine partner states in the Midwest region. Each year, Arts Midwest strategically leverages state investments to provide a positive...

Earlier this month, Arts Midwest received an $8 million unrestricted gift from MacKenzie Scott. This gift was part of her recent $2.73 billion contribution to 286 organizations working on the...

Thanks to an anonymous donor, Arts Midwest will add $1.5m in grants to its United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund.