09/01/2026
Lucky Star Handmade is thrilled—and deeply grateful—to be one of only 15 organizations selected to receive a Heartland Craft Guilds: Capacity Support Grant from the Mid-America Arts Alliance!
This grant provides unrestricted operating support to organizations that serve artists, makers, culture bearers, and heritage keepers. It recognizes the important role these organizations play in preserving traditional and cultural craft practices, sharing community knowledge, and keeping hands-on making alive. Throughout the coming year, we will participate in individual and group coaching, workshops, peer networking, and technical assistance designed to strengthen our leadership, operations, and long-term sustainability.
Mid-America Arts Alliance serves artists and cultural organizations throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. We are honored to be one of just three Arkansas organizations selected—and proud to see Lucky Star Handmade and Yellville represented among such an inspiring group.
We are incredibly thankful to Mid-America Arts Alliance and the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, whose support made this program possible. We are also grateful to our artists, volunteers, board members, supporters, and community. You have helped build Lucky Star Handmade into a place where creativity is encouraged, traditional skills are valued, artists are supported, and people come together.
This grant will help us continue building—not just for the coming year, but for the future. We are excited, grateful, and ready to learn!
Learn more about the grant and all 15 recipients:
https://www.maaa.org/news/heartland-craft-guilds-grants-15-organizations-craft-traditions-mid-america/
