Kansas Artist Opportunities
Kansas Artist Opportunities Form
The Red Barn Studio Museum is compiling a list of artists and crafter who are interested in opportunities to demonstrate their craft, exhibit their work, set up vendor booths, or collaborate with businesses, galleries, event planners, and other arts-focused organizations. This list will be shared with organizations and individuals looking to work with Kansas artists.
Raymer Society Artist-in-Residence
The Artist-in-Residence program at the Red Barn Studio is open to visual artists, craftsmen, musicians, writers, and performers.
Instruct a Workshop at Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center
Share your creativity and skills by leading a workshop at Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center. Whether you’re a painter, sculptor, printmaker, or work in another medium, we welcome artists to inspire and engage our community. Set your own schedule, choose your topic, and connect with students of all ages.
Midsummer's Arts and Crafts Vendors
We invite you to apply for a booth on our front lawn during Lindsborg’s annual Midsummer’s Festival on June 20, 2026. While this festival is a smaller event than Lindsborg’s biennial Hyllningsfest, we are hoping to build the arts presence at the festival into something larger. If you are interested in participating in a growing festival, this may be the opportunity for you!
Svensk Hyllningsfest Arts & Crafts Vendor
Be part of the fun at Svensk Hyllningsfest on October 17 & 18 in Lindsborg, KS! As arts & crafts vendor you will set up outdoors in a prime festival spot near the food court. It’s a great chance to share your work with thousands of festival-goers!
105 Live on Kansas Public Radio: Music Submissions
Kansas musicians—KPR wants to play your music! 105 Live is a new contemporary music show airing Saturday evenings at 5 p.m. starting October 5, 2024. It features music from all 105 counties in Kansas, including in-studio sessions, interviews, and artist debuts. Send in your new releases, old favorites, or full albums to be considered for airplay and live recording sessions!
Theatre Salina
Artists are invited to present their works in the alcoves of the beautiful lobby space at Theatre Salina. Each exhibit lasts through the duration of the mainstage productions, allowing them to host seven exhibits a year. The Theatre Salina lobby is a home for all creators, regardless of medium. Artists interested in exhibiting at Theatre Salina should email art@salinatheatre.com.
Volland Artist Residency
Located in the Flint Hills, The Volland Foundation hosts residencies across the spring, summer, and fall seasons. The distractions of daily life often drift away at Volland, leaving meaningful time for work, personal discovery and engagement with nature. Volland seeks applicants in all stages of their career (emerging, mid-level, professional) and all areas of the globe: local, national and international. The Foundation welcomes people from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
Tallgrass Artist Residency
The Tallgrass Artist Residency is a program of the Kansas Arts Commission centered in the small community of Matfield Green, Kansas near the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. They work with local organizations to house artists and host events in addition to collaborating with other partners throughout the Flint Hills region. The residency seeks to create connection and conversation across the Great Plains through engagement with the prairie ecosystem.
Mother's Milk Artist Residency
Mother’s Milk, located in a renovated dairy farm near Newton, is a 2, 4, or 6 week interdisciplinary residency, designed to support visual artists, composers/ sound artists, creative writers, dancers/choreographers and other creatives who are pursuing innovative work in their field.
M.T. Liggett Artist Residency
Located at the M.T. Liggett Art Environment in Mullinville, the Liggett artist residency encouraged applications from all creative workers, regardless of the applicant’s background, focus, or specialty. This program is open to artists and creatives of all disciplines, including but not limited to: visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, media arts, musical arts, and multidisciplinary arts.
Baker Arts Center Residency
Baker Arts Center offers immersive residency opportunities for artists, musicians, and culinary creatives seeking time, space, and community connection in rural Southwest Kansas. Our residencies provide housing, stipends, and public engagement opportunities designed to support creative work while fostering meaningful exchange with our community. Whether you work in the visual arts, music, or food, each residency is tailored to your discipline while sharing a common goal: creating, learning, and connecting together.
“ I encourage other artists to apply for this privilege in Lindsborg, Kansas, which is an appropriate city for the residency with its artistic and cultural richness.”
Barbara Waterman-Peters
Studio Artist | Topeka, Ks