Dr. Adrianna Marshall: A Passionate Advocate for Arts Education in Public Schools

September 21, 2021

Dr. Adrianna Marshall: A Passionate Advocate for Arts Education in Public Schools

Kansas City native, Adrianna Marshall, Ph.D., has been on the job as the K-12 Coordinator of Fine Arts and Physical Education at Kansas City Public Schools for a year.

September 1, 2021

Honors: Tyree Johnson

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing Kansas City native Tyree Johnson play the drums, then you know the 2021 ArtsKC Inspiration Grant winner always delivers the goods.

August 9, 2021

“Testimony: The Misrepresentation of Black Men and Boys,” A Conversation Series

“Testimony: The Misrepresentation of Black Men and Boys,” is a ten-month conversation series.

May 25, 2021

Gallery of the Moment: A Sistine Chapel of Black Joy

In a society that is obsessed with the destruction of Black lives, creating images of Black joy is a militant act of creative resistance.

May 10, 2021

Kansas City Black Artists Directory

I’ve been to First Fridays in the Crossroads area, and the lack of work by Black artists is striking and obvious.

May 3, 2021

What Black Artists Want: A Manifesto

Black artists want the same things any other artist wants. Opportunities to develop our art, to exhibit our art, to be compensated for our art, to be judged as an artist by the quality of our art, and to be able to create our art under a minimum of financial and emotional stress.

March 29, 2021

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art Acquires “Kobe Urn” by KCAI Alum Roberto Lugo

Roberto Lugo, a 2012 BFA graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, has seen his Kansas City connection come full circle with the acquisition of “Kobe Urn” by the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.

March 3, 2021

Artist to Watch: Clarissa Knighten

Like Billie Holiday’s “Lady in Satin,” the riveting handmade jewelry pieces of local designer Clarissa Knighten resonate with strength and beauty forged under sustained intensity and pressure.

January 19, 2021

Honors: Vivian Wilson Bluett

“I felt like I had a responsibility to the community to give a visual representation of our struggle,” said Vivian Wilson Bluett.

Author: Harold Smith