The Salina Arts & Humanities Foundation has approved over $30,000 in Horizons Grants for one local artist and five non-profit organizations. The Foundation also authorized an additional $7,000 for Enrichment Grant applications in 2026.
Horizons Grants support initiatives that demonstrate a commitment to artistic excellence and community involvement by engaging audience members as active participants. Applicants are also encouraged to develop strategic partnerships to strengthen the reach of their local activities.
Organizational Project grants funded for 2026 are:
Salina Art Center, $6,000 for Tell Me What You Think of Me
Salina Art Center seeks funding for a new exhibition, “Tell Me What You Think of Me,” by Ann Resnick and curated by Dr. Ksenya Gurschtein, which will explore how we perceive and evaluate one another through a combination of art, psychology, and community participation. The funds will support artist honorariums, travel, lodging, marketing, and programming costs.
The Land Institute, $6,000 for Prairie Festival 2026
The Horizons grant will support community-centered arts programming for Prairie Festival 2026, The Land Institute’s 50th-anniversary gathering in Salina. Funding will help activate artist-led installations and gathering spaces through a call for proposal process curated by Prairie Festival Fellow and artist Kelly Yarbrough, fostering engagement between attendees, artists, and the Kansas landscape. In collaboration with regional partners, this project will expand opportunities for local residents and visitors to experience place-based art and dialogue about humanity’s relationship with the land.
Salina Symphony, $6,000 for Rach & Rhapsody
The Salina Symphony will present a concert titled “Rach & Rhapsody” in November of 2026 at the Stiefel Theatre. The program will feature Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Michael Schachter’s “Being and Becoming: Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra,” both featuring guest artist Nachito Herrera. The Symphony will collaborate with McPherson College to broaden the project’s reach and strengthen its impact across the region. Herrera will serve as Guest Clinician for the McPherson College Jazz Festival and will perform a free Friday evening recital at McPherson College in partnership with the Lingenfelter Artist Series.
Salina Innovation Foundation, $3,000 for The Temple’s Historic Elevator Reimagined Sculpture Project
The Temple’s Historic Elevator Reimagined Sculpture Project will commission local artist Bob Peck to transform the Temple’s original 1927 elevator car into a permanent, interactive educational sculpture. The work will invite hands-on engagement—pressing buttons, turning the wheel, and discovering stories about the building’s history and its transformation. By preserving and reimagining this distinctive artifact rather than retiring it, the project advances its mission to honor the Temple’s legacy while engaging the community in its future. Grant funds will support artist commissioning, design and fabrication, and installation.
Salina Media Connection, $6,000 for Legacy on the Hill, The Marymount College Story
The project will tell the story of Marymount College, the campus, its students, its programs, their impact, and the College's legacy. Tom Fleming and Greg Stephens are the executive producers through Salina Media Connection, formerly Access Television of Salina, in collaboration with Method Productions. They plan to take photos of the buildings, interview alumni, research and use media artifacts, and include drone photography in the final production. When completed, we will screen the documentary at the Salina Art Center Cinema, show it at selected retirement/assisted living centers, and present it at the Sisters of St. Joseph Mother House in Concordia.
Lana Jordan Developing Artist grants funded for 2026 are:
Morgan Allred, $3,000 for Froze in Poetic Prose: an Anthological Production
Froze in Poetic Prose; an Anthological Production will be a short film that captures the spirit, struggles, and hopes of this era through the voices of Kansas poets. The project will bring together a local cinematographer, four Kansas poets, and Morgan as a poet and narrator, weaving everyone’s work into a visual anthology. This film will serve as both a cultural timepiece and an innovative exploration of poetry on screen, using cinematic storytelling to preserve and amplify Kansas voices for future generations.
Enrichment Grants available for application – February 1 through November 15:
The Salina Arts & Humanities Foundation approved funding for Enrichment Grants for artists and organizations in Saline County, Kansas, in 2026. Salina Arts & Humanities staff review Enrichment Grant applications on a rolling basis from February 1 through November 15 each year. For 2026, artist applicants may apply for up to $1,000 to support the presentation of work, study, training, artistic promotion, purchase of equipment, or travel. Non-profit organizations are eligible to apply for up to $500. Enrichment Grant guidelines and applications are available online, https://www.salinaarts.com/horizons-grants-program/.
The agency will again accept Organizational Project and Developing Artists Grant applications in November 2026. All grant guidelines and applications are available at salinaarts.com.
Horizons Grants are made possible by private contributions from more than 50 individuals, foundations, and businesses in partnership with the Salina Arts & Humanities Foundation. The Foundation has provided more than one million dollars in support of more than 550 Horizons Grants since 1986. Salina Arts & Humanities staff provide grant oversight and administration for Saline County artists and organizations.