Missouri Arts Council
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Since the 1960s The Missouri Arts Council has created support and leadership to bring the arts to all the people of the state. The Missouri Arts Council, is a Missouri state government agency and a division of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, it provides grants to Missouri
nonprofit organizations, schools, and artists to encourage and forward the appreciation of the arts in Missouri.
Several organizations including small local arts councils like the Shelbina Arts Council The Pleiades Journal from The University of Central Missouri
and internationally renowned organizations, such as the Saint Louis Symphony have benefited from the Missouri Arts Councils programs.
Through funds from the Missouri General Assembly
, Missouri Cultural Trust, and National Endowment for the Arts
, The Missouri Arts Council provides grants to make possible quality arts programming to both large and small communities, to both public and private schools and to artists and arts programs.
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
nonprofit organizations, schools, and artists to encourage and forward the appreciation of the arts in Missouri.
Several organizations including small local arts councils like the Shelbina Arts Council The Pleiades Journal from The University of Central Missouri
University of Central Missouri
The University of Central Missouri is a four-year public institution in Warrensburg, Missouri.- History :...
and internationally renowned organizations, such as the Saint Louis Symphony have benefited from the Missouri Arts Councils programs.
Through funds from the Missouri General Assembly
Missouri General Assembly
The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bicameral General Assembly is composed of a 34-member Senate, and a 163-member House of Representatives. Members of both houses of the General Assembly are subject to term limits...
, Missouri Cultural Trust, and National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, The Missouri Arts Council provides grants to make possible quality arts programming to both large and small communities, to both public and private schools and to artists and arts programs.