In late 2004, at the instigation and under the leadership of the Charlotte Street Foundation, the Visual Arts Consortium met to begin a process of quantifying and qualifying the state of the visual art culture in Kansas City. Starting from the supposition that Kansas City is just an “ok” place for artists and arts professionals to live and work, a group of 40 leaders in the arts community - artists and arts professionals - began to focus on the future: to imagine Kansas City as a thriving magnet for artists and arts professionals and to imagine how to go about transforming Kansas City into this kind of center.

The mission of the Visual Arts Consortium is to make Kansas City a thriving magnet for artists and arts professionals by working to foster and improve the personal and professional lives of artists and arts professionals living in the Greater Kansas City area.

Please open the PDF to view the plan and our 26 Big Ideas to benefit artists and the arts community.