Kansas Touring Artist Roster

Applications for Kansas Touring Roster Visiting Artists grants are accepted on a rolling basis, but they must be submitted no fewer than 60 days prior to the planned event. To apply for Visiting Artist grants for artists from the Touring Roster use the Kansas Commerce Grant Portal. Email [email protected] with any questions.

Organizations → Apply for matching funds to hire a roster artist

Artists → Applications for the Kansas Artist Rosters are now open

See below → for a current list of Kansas Touring Artists

Note: Artist fees are set by the artist or artist’s management, who also negotiates the booking. Artists must have a history of touring and maintain a reasonable fee range. Roster artists are required to perform outside their community regularly.

Visiting Artist Grants
Communities and organizations can apply for KAC funding to engage and deepen the impact of arts programming on local and under-served audiences through exposure to and interaction with professional visiting artists.

Grant Amount
The total project cost must be at least twice the amount of the grant request. The maximum grant amount is $8,500.

There is a 1:1 match requirement for this program. See the Arts Integration Program Guidelines for details.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible projects must:

• Feature a visiting artist from outside the host community (at least 60 miles) in at least one exhibition or performance that is open to the public
• Include at least one complementary activity that builds greater appreciation for the featured artist or art form (i.e. lectures, demonstrations, workshops, etc.)
• Engage underserved audiences who lack access to the arts due to geography, economic conditions, ethnic background, disability or age

Application Period
Applications for Visiting Artist Grants are accepted all year, but they must be received at least 60 days prior to the planned event.