Alice Thorson

Alice Thorson is the editor of KC Studio. She has written about the visual arts for numerous publications locally and nationally.

Gallery Glance: “SAQA: Declaration of Sentiments” at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

“Declaration of Sentiments,” an exhibit of 28 quilts by members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, takes its title from the opening salvo in the fight for women’s rights. “The Declaration of Sentiments” was a feisty, impassioned document drafted at the first women’s rights convention in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York. “The history of […]

May 27, 2020
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Arts News: Dikeman’s “Leaving and Waving” Photos Make Mack Award Shortlist

Kansas City fell in love with photographer Deanna Dikeman’s “Leaving and Waving” series of family portraits almost 30 years ago, when she began showing them in local galleries and competitions.

May 14, 2020
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Editor’s Letter, May/June 2020

In this time of personal fear and professional peril, Kansas City’s artists and arts organizations have rallied to the challenge. The good news is that you can’t lock down creativity: Artists continue to paint, musicians continue to play, writers continue pen in hand and actors continue to practice their craft. In the wake of a […]

May 7, 2020
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Arts News: Hartman Presents His Last ‘Beyond Bounds’

Walk into any Kansas City area art collection, modest or major, and chances are you’ll find an artwork created from a vinyl LP, a silk scarf, a wood box or specific mediums in colors including ruby red, electric blue and brilliant yellow. Gold leaf and sterling silver also figure in the mix. All of these specially themed objects have a single source.

March 19, 2020
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Artist Pages | Matthew Day Jackson: ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’

Many museums around the region have closed in response to the COVID-19/coronavirus threat. The Spencer Museum of Art’s galleries are closed through May 15. View this exhibition online here. The proverbial canary in the coal mine gets a haunting and inventive new look in New York artist Matthew Day Jackson’s exhibit, “Audubon in the Anthropocene,” […]

February 28, 2020
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Gallery Glance: “Staging Shimomura” at the Spencer Museum of Art

Many museums around the region have closed in response to the COVID-19/ coronavirus threat. The Spencer Museum of Art’s galleries are closed through March 31. One of the most memorable art performances of the past 30 years was Roger Shimomura’s “The Last Sansei Story,” presented at Johnson County Community College in October 1993. The three-act […]

February 27, 2020
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