Arts Funding

Vanessa Cooksey has taken the reins of the Regional Arts Commission at a tumultuous time. She faces the arts funder's dramatic drop in tax revenue and an increased demand for racial equity in the arts.

Leaders of St. Louis-based art institutions say they’re optimistic that the Biden administration will safeguard arts funding and help artists and organizations that have lost revenue during the coronavirus pandemic.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis has removed the Touhill Performing Arts Center's director as part of a wave of budget cuts. The university also trimmed 14 jobs from the theater because it has lost revenue during the coronavirus pandemic. UMSL also has had a loss in state funding.

More than 100 St. Louis-area arts organizations already struggling with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic are about to lose a chunk of their…

Arts groups in rural Missouri and Illinois will get a boost from $25,000 in new funding from the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis' Bayer Fund Rural…

The Regional Arts Commission will award $3.8 million in grants to 125 arts organizations in St. Louis, the organization announced Wednesday.But a shift in…

A longtime gallery owner is debuting an exhibition Jan. 13 that he hopes will draw people from all over the country to see African-American art in St.…

When folk artists die, their craft can be lost. To make sure their work is preserved, Lisa Higgins, director of the Missouri Folk Arts Program at the…

The Arts and Education Council has launched a new crowd-sourcing platform called stARTup-StL aimed at uniting its existing donor base, new donors and arts…

A local family has given the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis a sizeable 50th anniversary gift: $1 million.The endowment from the Augustin family will…