CONGRATULATIONS!!

2025 ARTIST INC

Led by a team of experienced, working artists, this hands-on program helps creatives from all disciplines address specific needs and challenges of the industry. We will be announcing this year’s artists at the beginning of August, so please stay tuned!!

What you’ll get:

  • A research-based curriculum led by local artist facilitators

  • Practical tools to grow your art career

  • Strategies for planning, budgeting, and marketing

  • A supportive network of fellow artists

  • Hands-on guidance from industry professionals

The 2025 Artist INC Topeka program is presented with generous local support from FHLBank Topeka and the Kansas Arts Commission. The program is hosted by ArtsConnect and has been developed by the Mid-America Arts Alliance. Without all of this support, the program would not be possible.

ABOUT ARTIST INC

Artist INC is a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA)

Since 2009, Artist INC has filled a demand for professional development for artists. In 2012, at the invitation of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Artist INC became one of a select group of programs across the country as part of its "Marketplace Empowerment for Artists" program. While the community of practice for artist professional development has grown through Tremaine's initiative, Artist INC remains the only stand-alone program in the Midwest region dedicated exclusively to artist entrepreneur training. In 2013, Artist INC became a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, acquiring the program fully in 2017. This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Windgate Charitable Foundation, Inc., and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Acknowledgement also is extended to the UMKC Innovation Center, a Founding Member of Artist INC. For more information, go to artistinc.art.

ARTIST INC TOPEKA PAST PARTICIPANTS

2024 ARTIST COHORT

Carol Bradbury | Ashley Cain | Amber Dickinson | Heather Duris | Bridget Elmer | Duane L. Herrman | Karl Hess | Julian Jenkins | Nick Krug | Christina Lewis | Jolie Lippitt | Carly Malsom | Clair McKay | Samantha Morrison | Alice-Ann Oliver | Susan Poer | Brandon Quy | Beth Ridenour | Kayla Sandusky | Kimberley Scott | Carlos Velez | Anamarie Wilkins | Yolanda Wilson | Albert Woods, Sr. | Sally Woodson

2023 ARTIST COHORT

Pradeep Bangalore | Hollie Blakeney | Jason Dailey | Jean Denney | Lyman Edwards | Matthew Filby | Jonah Graf | Ash Grubb | Jodee Jensen | Cindy Kersenbrock | Troy Komahcheet | Aisha Lee Imani | Theresa Martin | Tiena Nazzaro | Laura Odell | Jose Saucedo | Kristen Shook | Zandra Sneed-Dawkins | Irene Tsuneta | Lesa Weller | Tyson Williams

2022 ARTIST COHORT

Jordan E. Brooks | Miranda Easton | Kody Stadler | Holly Taylor | Deb Bruner | Harvey Flowers | Jake Jackson | Lisa LaRue-Baker | Phyll Klima | Allison Koerner-Smith | Alisha Saucedo | Preston Walker | Amy Allen | Samantha Banks | Kate Hastings | Allison Shore

2021 ARTIST COHORT

Carmen Anello | Benjamin Arnfield | Byron Ashley | Audrey Bosley | Anthony Braun | Kim D. Brook | Robert Tapley Bustamante | Katie Heffren | Rodney L. Hoover | Erika Kjorlie Geery | Angela Lexow | Liza MacKinnon | Xavier Martinez | Kyra Miller | Devin M. Morrison | Paul Rudy | Dané Shobe | Nathan Short | Ptr Sponseller | Susan K. Theroff | Jeremy Wangler | Becki Waugh | Brian Wiedle | Ryan Wills

About Artist INC

Artist INC connects artists of all disciplines to the tools, resources, and opportunities necessary to develop their entrepreneurial skills and to strengthen their artistic practice. ArtsConnect hosts the program at our gallery in the NOTO Arts & Entertainment District, coordinating the administration of the program in partnership with staff at the Mid-America Arts Alliance. The program provides cutting-edge training seminars that address the specific daily business needs and challenges artists of all disciplines face.

Facilitated learning is the Artist INC methodology. Artists learn and grow together through mentoring, small group application activities, large group discussions and multi-media lectures. Artist INC Fellows learn business skills relevant to their art practice and apply those skills cooperatively with the peers.

More information is available on the Artist INC website and in the Artist 10x10, a beautiful interactive digital celebration of the first 10 years of this program.