Julius Karash

Julius A. Karash is a freelance writer, editor and public relations person. He formerly was a business reporter for the Kansas City Star and executive editor of KC Business magazine. He devours business and economic news, and is keenly interested in the relationship between arts and economic development in the Kansas City area.

KCI Design and Public Art Controversies Stir Up Turbulence

After years of debate, Kansas City International Airport is being transformed into a single-terminal facility. But like the roar of a jet engine, controversy continues to reverberate from the $1.5 billion project slated for completion in 2023. The ruckus concerns the role of Kansas City’s Municipal Art Commission (MAC) in matters of public art.

October 1, 2019
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Call For Entry: Helping Artists and Art Venues Find Each Other

Last February, artist Mike Lyon agreed to co-curate “Look Me in the Eye: Portraits of Kansas City,” which is scheduled to run Sept. 15 through Nov. 29 at Village Shalom’s Epsten Gallery in Leawood. Lyon and co-curator Elisabeth Kirsch, an art historian and longtime art critic who contributes to “KC Studio,” know lots of artists […]

September 18, 2019
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Julius A Karash on Business and the Arts | Arts Alive: Revving Up the City’s Art Vibe

On a Thursday night in April, when many Kansas Citians were staring at electronic screens, the Belger Arts Center was aglow with in-person enthusiasm. The Belger hosted about 115 people who came at the invitation of Arts Alive KC, an organization that has revved up our town’s art vibe during the past two decades. The […]

July 16, 2019
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Art Money Program Spreads Out Payments for Buyers and Minimizes Hassles for Galleries

The Jim Leedy artwork hanging in the Hotel Indigo is titled “Eternity,” but how it got there signifies cutting-edge innovations in the business of art. The painting was acquired in October by Emily Abbott, director of creative design for Abbott Properties, which developed the hotel. Located in the Crossroads neighborhood, the Hotel Indigo showcases creations […]

April 30, 2019
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Julius A. Karash on Business and the Arts: Charlotte Street Foundation Begins New Chapter

Charlotte Street Foundation, a staunch supporter of Kansas City artists for more than 20 years, has taken the stage in a new home. In October the foundation moved its offices from West 25th Street to a two-building complex at 3333 Wyoming St. The foundation purchased the two buildings in January. The new digs give the […]

March 13, 2019
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JCCC Expands Arts Corridor With Opening of New Fine Arts & Design Studios Building

After years of squeezing arts education into cramped quarters, Johnson County Community College (JCCC) is now holding classes in its new Fine Arts & Design Studios (FADS) building that opened in January. “I’m ecstatic,” said Mark Cowardin, chair of JCCC’s fine arts, photography and film department, as he was moving into his new office. “In […]

March 6, 2019
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