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Discover Kansas Arts (DKA) is
a statewide grassroots organization that promotes and connects Kansas’
artists, arts organizations and arts businesses through marketing,
networking, tourism, advertising and education. Your membership provides
you a voice that encourages public investment in art whether through
purchases, appreciation, preservation or education.
As
a member you receive quarterly e-newsletters, frequent e-notes, and the
benefits of statewide advertising. On the DKA website, you will be
listed with a brief description of your art or business with a link to
your website; or, you may purchase a "member page". You may also
promote exhibits, performances, workshops, classes, etc. on the DKA
Events Calendar.
DKA is
structured with a Board of Directors and an Executive Director.
Meetings are held quarterly rotating through the SW, NE, SE, NW and
Central areas of the state.
Prior
to 2006, Discover Kansas Arts was called Tourism Arts Alliance of
Kansas (TAAK). It was formed in 1999 by the Kansas Department of
Commerce and Housing, Division of Travel/Tourism as one of several
niche-marketing groups configured to promote travel and tourism in
Kansas – an area DKA continues to advocate.
Operating funds for Discover Kansas Arts are from memberships which are $25 per year, member web pages and donations.
During its inception,
Discover Kansas Arts received Kansas Arts Commission assistance with
Grassroots and Technical Assistance grants; and an Attraction
Development grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing,
Division of Travel/Tourism for developing an arts tourism website which
resulted in the current website, www.DiscoverKansasArts.org.
Discover Kansas Arts welcomes artists of all
media, art businesses and art organizations, as well as art supporters,
to join us.
To download DKA's summer meeting minutes, click minutes.
To download a poster (.pdf) for the DKA fall meeting, click poster.
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