Stay Informed and Engaged in Uncertain Times

Keep music an integral part of your at-home learning with resource guides full of activities and suggested listening, learn about instruments of the orchestra, what makes their sound and what different the parts of the instrument are called, have a question, send it to the Kansas City Symphony, and they’ll get you the inside skinny from the right musician, PLUS an all-new podcast will keep you engaged and laughing. Finally, make time for the special short performances  your world-class orchestra has been creating while we’re all at home with the Kansas City Symphony.

Visit the Nelson-Atkins @Home page for at-home activities and more from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

MTH Theater at Crown Center collaborator Kenny Personett shares a tutorial teaching original choreography set to the Broadway musical, Hadestown. Info on Empire Dance Academy HERE

Over the past few weeks MTH Theater at Crown Center has been diligently working on their virtual classroom to supplement your “education-at-home” efforts. It’s TOTALLY FREE and there’s some fun, creative content for kids of all ages. Check it out!

Kansas City Ballet School is happy to offer live virtual studio classes through Zoom. Studio classes are designed for teens and adults with varying levels or no experience, who are interested in the fun and fitness of dance. Register for a class NOW!

Give your son or daughter *dramatic* license! Join the Coterie Theatre online with their JUST LAUNCHED virtual, process-based drama classes led by trained teaching artists. NOW ENROLLING Age 3 thru Grade 12: www.thecoterie.org

Spanning centuries, styles and places of origin, the Van Ackeren Collection of Religious Art at Rockhurst University is something of a treasure on campus. Explore pieces from the Van Ackeren Collection as part of an ongoing series called Work of Art Wednesdays, a sort of virtual gallery talk hosted by the Center for Arts and Letters over the course of nine weeks. To sign up to receive a Work of Art Wednesday email each week, visit this page. And like the Center for Arts and Letters Facebook page to follow the conversation each week.

Purchase art online from your favorite artists.

A Very Shelfie Coloring Book, from Kate Shroeder Ceramics, is an 8.5” x 11”, 20 page book printed on 32 lb paper. It best for dry media. It was also designed so you can color the cover of the book as well. Like all her work, this book ships for free. Click here to check it out!

Belger Arts Center is launching a regular series of flash sales that will give you the ability to purchase artists’ work at a special price and help keep fuel in the creative engines. Please check “The Shop” portion of their website soon for upcoming flash sale events!

Click here to download the Kemper Museum coloring book page FOR FREE, and get inspired.

The ART CARE PACKAGE is designed to support local visual artists in these difficult times. Cerbera Gallery has partnered with emerging, mid-career and established artists to carefully curate a subscription-based care package containing four small artworks that will be shipped (or hand-delivered) to the patron (YOU!).⁠ The first subscription includes artwork from Laura Nugent, Angie Jennings, Melanie Sherman, and Katherine Bello. After paying participating artists, Cerbera Gallery will DONATE ALL PROCEEDS (minus shipping costs) of its share to the KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION. Subscribe NOW for an ART CARE PACKAGE.

Donate to your favorite arts organizations and help them stay afloat during this tough time and beyond.

Send MTH Theater at Crown Center a special gift at by clicking HERE to help fill the widening gap in revenue.

In these very difficult times, The Folly Theater is asking that those who can give consider becoming a monthly donor. Your monthly donation of $5, $10, or whatever you feel you can give makes a sustainable impact. Click here to donate.

Please consider a financial gift to help Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre through this challenging time. Not everyone can afford $100 right now, but your support in any amount helps keep the lights on as they work to have The Warwick primed and ready to go when the time is right. Better days ARE coming. Click here to donate.

The Living Room Theatre is still raising funds for their transition to The Black Box in the West Bottoms via this online portal. Theatre League has generously offered to match all donations up to $25,000. If you feel that you are able, any few dollars you can contribute would be infinitely appreciated.

As a non-profit, Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey depends on the generosity ofpatrons and supporters to deliver programs that help transform the lives of more than 25,000 each year. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation by clicking here to help them launch dynamic programming when social distancing is past.

Heart of America Shakespeare Festival appreciates continued support from the community. If you are able, please consider a donation. $5, $10, or whatever you can give will be greatly appreciated. Or buy a Charlie Hustle shirt – it’s soft and lets you show your KC Shakes support even from a safe 6’ distance! Click HERE to DONATE. Click HERE to order your SHIRT.

In an effort to help alleviate the COVID-19 related economic strain facing our community, KC Arts Space Fund Coalition has organized a Mutual Aid Fundraiser to support incubators of creativity in Kansas City. DIY, artist-run, and cooperative spaces have been particularly hard hit by the recent closures of businesses, large gatherings, and public events. The goal is to help grassroots arts & culture spaces make ends meet by offering Emergency Relief Grants up to $500. Funding priority will be given to venues/spaces which serve BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, and Immigrant Communities. Any donation you are able to make will go a long way in aiding Kansas City’s creative community. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Your donations to the Kansas City Symphony will help sustain the Symphony during this time and allow the Symphony continue operating and planning for the future. >> kcsymphony.org

Looking for ways to help the Kansas City Ballet? Click here to learn more and become a KC Ballet Hero.

Like many arts organizations, Midwest Chamber Ensemble hhad to cancel the remaining concerts in their 2019|20 season with the coronavirus pandemic and they need some help offsetting those costs. They hope that you enjoy the digital performances by MCE musicians and appreciate donations in any amount! Thank you for your support.

Help the American Jazz Museum continue to deliver great digital content, share stories, and celebrate and exhibit the experience of jazz! Your much-needed support makes waves of impact in our local community and beyond. Consider sustaining the American Jazz Museum’s mission with a donation today!

You can donate to the Kansas City Repertory Theatre at https://ticketing.kcrep.org/donate/contribute1?ct=2

Spinning Tree Theatre is more reliant than ever on individual donations. You’re invited to support a planned 10th Anniversary Season featuring Kansas City premieres of plays and musicals that reflect the diversity of Kansas City and feature our city’s brightest stars. Click here to support Spinning Tree Theatre.

For the past 44 years, the Kansas City Artists Coalition has diligently advocated on behalf of the arts AND the artists. KCAC supports artists at every level of their career, connects artists with their audience and works to provide art for all. Over the past four decades, the Artists Coalition has weathered tough times and during these times of uncertainty, there is a fundamental truth that together we can do extraordinary things! DONATE TODAY: Click here and make a one time OR monthly donation to KCAC! Help KCAC keep the doors open and the arts thriving through these unprecedented times.

The Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College needs your support. During these trying times the arts are being challenged. Please consider making a contribution to help keep the Carlsen Center strong. LEARN MORE

In response to the severe financial impact of the pandemic on Kansas City’s regional artist community, Charlotte Street Foundation, Spencer Museum of Art, and ArtsKC – Regional Arts Council have partnered to provide more than $150,000 in emergency aid provided directly to artists in the form of $1,000 Rocket Relief Emergency Grants to Artists. The Rocket Relief Fund is now working to raise additional funds to support more artists. You can help by donating to their GoFundMe campaign! For every $1,000 raised, another artist in need will receive critical support in this unprecedented time of need. DONATE NOW!

From its beginning, donations to The Epsten Gallery have provided the resources to achieve the vision of communities and generations coming together through the arts and also to sustain the outstanding quality of The Epsten Gallery exhibitions and programming. Donate to The Epsten Gallery today!

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