Info Session: 2027 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards

Mission Statement:Charlotte Street centers Kansas City’s most forward-thinking visual artists, writers, and performers— acting as the primary incubator, provocateur, and connector for the region’s contemporary arts community, and its leading advocate on the national stage. Since 1997, Charlotte Street has distributed over $1.85 million in awards and grants to artists and their innovative projects, and connected individual artists to each other and to the greater Kansas City community. For more information about Charlotte Street, its awards, programs, and initiatives, visitwww.charlottestreet.org.

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Learn more about how to apply; 2 performing artists will receive a $10K unrestricted grants

Kemper Library @ Charlotte Street Foundation

Want to learn more about the application process for the 2027 Generative Performing Artist Awards? On Wednesday, August 12 from 6-7 PM we'll be hosting an info session specifically for the Generative Performing Artist Awards at Charlotte Street! Charlotte Street launched its Generative Performing Artist Awards in 2008 as a parallel program to the Visual Artist Awards. With the 2027 Awards, Charlotte Street continues to act as a catalyst for discovering and supporting contemporary performing art, and has now distributed $330,000 to 37 performing artists creating original new work in the fields of dance, theater, music, performance, spoken word, and hybrid/interdisciplinary performance based forms. These awards aim to recognize and meaningfully support artists producing exceptional performance based work that is original, innovative, and progressive. Through the Awards program, Charlotte Street seeks to contribute to the vitality of Kansas City’s art community and to enhance Kansas City’s desirability as a place for artists to work and live. — Can't make it to the info session? A digital recording will be made available on Charlotte Street's website and YouTube channel after the event. — Applications for the 2027 Visual Artist Awards and the Generative Performing Artist Awards are open now on Submittable (<a href="https://bit.ly/charlottestreet-apply" title="https://bit.ly/charlottestreet-apply" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">bit.ly/charlottestreet-apply</a>). Deadline for applications is Friday, September 4, 2026 at 11:59 (Central Time Zone). In order to be considered, artists must reside within 80 miles of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and have lived in this area for at least one year and must not be a full time student.

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