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Grants

  • KAEA Project Grants
    • Applications accepted March 15 -May 15th
    • Project Grant Application Info & Application
    • Kansas Art Education Association is offering grants to members that may be used to purchase materials for your classroom for student-centered instruction.  We know many of our members are dealing with budgets just too small to cover the costs of needed supplies to improve instruction.  In order to support our members, we want to offer a way to assist with these issues. 

Thanks to your generous support, we’ve been able to move an entire cohort of students onto the wheels this semester. The energy in the studio has been transformative—there is nothing quite like the hum of a line of wheels and the focus of a student finding center for the first time.

We are so grateful for the KAEA’s commitment to keeping the arts alive and well-equipped in Kansas schools. Thank you for making this possible for my students!”

-Kacie Schmidt


“This past spring, I was awarded a mini grant through my school district, and a Project Grant through KAEA.  Utilizing the funds for these two grants, I was able to purchase 10 knitting loom kit class sets for myself and my co-teacher to be used at all 5 of the elementary schools that we teach at…Every 6th grade student in our district was able to make their own hat or ear warmer… It was a very successful project and the students enjoyed it.  This year’s fifth graders are excited to make one next year!”


-Shannon Wedel

  • KAEA Pre-Service Membership Endowment Grants
    • Applications accepted April 1st- 30th
    • Google Doc Application 
    • The Kansas Art Education Association will be granting a ONE-year membership to FOUR (4) college art education students.  
  • KAEA Professional Development Grant Application
    • Deadline: November 15
    • Google Doc Application
    • The Kansas Art Education Association is offering up to 5 Professional Development Grants worth $700 each to KAEA members. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for KAEA members to improve instruction or gain knowledge relating to visual arts education. Members cannot reapply for three years after receiving this award.
    • For further questions, please contact: Grants Chair- grants@kaea.com

Juliana Whisman used a KAEA Professional Development Grant to attend the Educator’s ArtLab at the Kansas City Art Institute!


Rolanda Root attended the SCAD Educator Forum in Savannah, Georgia with a KAEA PD Grant!



Members Mary St.John, Megan Wendleton, and Casi Jo Short attended the 2026 NAEA Convention with the help of KAEA Professional Development Grants!

  • KAEA Member Summer Professional Development Grant
  • KAEA Fall Conference Teacher Grant Application
    • Deadline: September 10
    • Submit to membership chair, Linda Nelson-Bova
    • The Kansas Art Education Association is offering up to 5 Fall Conference Grants worth $200 each to KAEA members. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for KAEA members to improve instruction or gain knowledge relating to visual arts education. Members cannot reapply for three years after receiving this award.
  • KAEA Student Fall Conference Grant Application
    • Deadline: September 20
    • The Kansas Art Education Association is offering Student Fall Conference Grants covering the cost of registration to KAEA student members. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for KAEA members to improve instruction or gain knowledge relating to visual arts education.