AtA is designed to encourage and empower architects and their clients to incorporate art and artists of excellence from the Kansas City area into their projects. New architectural projects may achieve Gold, Silver or Bronze levels of Art Achievement by dedicating a percentage of the construction budget to collecting artworks, commissioning temporary or permanent artworks, and/or including artists on design teams. AtA provides a range of tools to support this practice, including a database of eligible artists selected annually.

AtA is a partnership between American Institute of Architects-Kansas City and the Charlotte Street Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to artists in Kansas City.

American Institute of Architects-Kansas City (AIA-KC) is being awarded Bronze level "Art Achievement" by Art through Architecture (AtA) for "Recirculate," a new site-specific art installation by Kansas City based artist Marcie Miller Gross. Commissioned for AIA-KC's new offices on the ground floor of 1801 McGee, a historic building in the East Crossroads District of Kansas City, Mo, Recirculate debuts with a public reception on Friday, June 4, 6:30-9:30 pm. more...
Missouri Bank Crossroads branch currently features Art through Architecture "Artboards" by Michael Sinclair and Allan Winkler, on view March through June, 2010. Visit "Projects" for more info.
In its first year, Art through Architecture has supported nearly $100,000 in new commissions of artwork by Kansas City area artists! And more artists were recently added to the artist pool - visit the searchable "Artists" section above.