Charlotte Street

Our Vision:
Charlotte Street envisions Kansas City as a dynamic home for artists of various career stages and disciplines to thrive, while serving as natural catalysts for an exciting, innovative, and culturally rich city.

Our Mission:
Charlotte Street identifies the needs and fuels the evolution of an ever-changing multidisciplinary arts ecosystem, acting as its primary provocateur. We cultivate the contemporary, the exceptional, and the unexpected in the practice of artists working in and engaging with the Kansas City art community.

What We Do:
Provide annual cash awards, project based grants, special commissions and specific travel opportunities to visual and generative performing artists

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Provide free studios and performance and exhibition spaces to theater, dance, music, film/video and visual artists for the creation and presentation of new work

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Facilitate venues and opportunities for public exposure to these exhibitions and performances, and facilitate artistic collaboration and exchange

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Plan and collaborate on behalf of Kansas City artists and the arts community with philanthropic, business and civic leaders

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Engage national philanthropic and cultural leaders with Kansas City artists and the arts community