Kansas City Artists Coalition

About Us

The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC) is a nonprofit organization that promotes visual arts awareness in Kansas City and the surrounding region, and supports the professional growth of artists.

KCAC was created to change the lives of artists living in Kansas City, Missouri and the region. On March 5, 1975 a large group of artists gathered in the studio of local artists Philomene Bennett and Lou Marak to address “How the Artist Can Benefit from Centralization.” Overwhelmingly the group felt a self-initiated organization was the only alternative to isolation, elitism, apathy, and ignorance. The ultimate result of that meeting was the incorporation of the Kansas City Artist Coalition in August 1976. The Kansas City Artists Coalition is an artist-centered, artist-run alternative organization that presents a variety of exhibitions of contemporary artists’ work.

KCAC is committed to inclusivity and accessibility. KCAC seeks to achieve diversity and cultural equity in its leadership, partners, members, and programs. KCAC seeks to ensure equitable practices within board activity, staffing, training, and communications.

The Artists Coalition carries out its mission with proactive efforts to embrace differences of culture, ethnicity, race, religion, international origin, sexual orientation, physical abilities, socio-economic status, age, and gender.