Grant Recipient Resources

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Advocacy Council Meetings	Advocacy Council meetings take place every other month at various arts venues throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area. As public funding and support for the arts are continually under fire in the state and federal legislatures, it is important to build an active advocacy coalition. When our voices join together, our message is stronger. All supporters of the arts are invited to attend these meetings to discuss current arts events. Presenters are invited to talk about a variety of topics including public art, lobbying, and shared experiences. Visit the Arts Council’s advocacy page for an advocacy tool kit and to check for upcoming Advocacy Council meetings.
Arts Volunteer Week	April 23-29 - employees from numerous metro area companies will be signing up to volunteer for the Arts! If you organization has ANY volunteer opportunities that week (painting, cleaning, filing, ushering, mailings, carpentry, data entry, etc.), please send the pARTicipation form to Liz Albers, Albers@ArtsKC.org.
Art@Work	Promote and acknowledge the amazing talents of your employees by exhibiting their artwork and performing talent in your workspace. The Art/Work program is a city-wide corporate arts challenge that encourages employees to share their creative talents in the literary, visual, and performing arts. The "Art@Work" program builds employee morale and stimulates creative thinking and problem solving. Contact program director, Kelly Seward, at 994-9226 or Seward@ArtsKC.org to get started. (Program fees will apply.)
Now Showing	Looking for daily inspiration? Add a little art! The Arts Council’s Now Showing program provides metropolitan area visual artists the opportunity to exhibit their work in the conference rooms, lobbies, and other public spaces of local organizations. Join the growing list of organizations that exhibit these fine works of art. To get started contact program director, Kelly Seward, at 816-994-9226 or Seward@ArtsKC.org. (Program fees will apply.)
Social Media	Become part of our social network! The Arts Council uses Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to share information about our programs and services as well as important and interesting things happening in the arts community. Facebook Become a “Fan” of the Arts Council’s Facebook page. Connect your organization to the services we provide by following our news, deadlines, and special events. If you have something unique, that would not be considered “business-as-usual”, let us know! We will consider posting some of these items to our own Facebook page for our fans to see. (The posting of artist and arts organizations items is at the discretion of the Arts Council’s Marketing and Communications Manager.) Twitter You can also get connected by following us on Twitter! When grant deadlines and special events are approaching, Twitter will help keep your organization in the loop. LinkedIn Finally, become a part of the Kansas City Arts Community on LinkedIn. This group provides an outlet for those in the community to discuss issues around the arts! Questions about connecting with ArtsKC on social media? Feel free to contact Sara Vogt at Vogt@ArtsKC.org or 816.994.9220!
Talent Ensemble	Share your work with a new audience! Join the ArtsKC Fund Talent Ensemble, a list of grant recipient organizations and other metropolitan area artists who provide “informances” or perform for companies that are participating in the ArtsKC Fund Workplace Giving Campaign. Joining the Talent Ensemble is a great way to share the work that you do with a new audience.
Workplace Giving Campaign	Host an ArtsKC Fund Workplace Giving Campaign! Join the growing list of companies and organizations supporting the Arts across the metropolitan. Sign up today! Curtain Speeches A quick curtain speech is a great way to help us educate your arts friendly audiences about the ArtsKC Fund. Pass the Hat Collections Make it easy for your audience members to participate directly in the ArtsKC Fund by passing the hat! Select one night of your run or one day of your exhibit to collect some cash for the ArtsKC Fund. The entire metropolitan area arts community will benefit!

Work with your Tools

Arts Council Logo	Please display our logo on your website, programs, and promotional materials, such as your newsletter. When possible and appropriate, we ask that our logo be featured in the same style and fashion as logos for other major arts funders such as the state arts agencies and the National Endowment for the Arts. Helping us to promote the ArtsKC Fund helps us to build support and funding to be shared among all of our many grant recipients.
ArtsKC Fund Brochure	The ArtsKC Fund Brochure is now available on-line (2012 coming soon).
ArtsKC Fund Grant - Final Report Form	Detailed instructions about how and when you need to document the results you have achieved with your ArtsKC funding in order to receive your final payment at the end of the grant period are coming soon!
Arts Ripple Effect Report	We all know how valuable the arts are to our communities—so valuable we could talk passionately for hours on the subject. But that’s not a very effective or efficient way to communicate with people. Is there a better way? A groundbreaking report from Cincinnati demonstrates how to simply and persuasively present the case for funding the arts in a way that people will find easy to understand and to remember, so that they become allies in our cause.