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December 10, 2025

‘Trying to Catch Lightning in a Jar’

A book of honest and heartrending letters from prison by Patty Prewitt, whose sentence was recently commuted after nearly 40 years in prison
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December 9, 2025

Artist Pages | Michael Toombs: A plea for spiritual restoration

Kansas City artist Michael Toombs evokes an ominous and searing conflation of existential crisis, spiritual reckoning and celestial transformation in his breakthrough series of new paintings, titled “RTTIN.”
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December 8, 2025

Open wide, ye doubters

In the following interview, we asked William Trowbridge to share his path to poetry.
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December 5, 2025

‘And to Think We Started as a Book Club…’

Noted cartoonist and former KC Studio contributor Tom Toro releases a new book.
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December 5, 2025

Sponsored: Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art Announces Call for Entries for Upcoming Exhibitions

Submit artwork to the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art’s 52nd Annual Membership Exhibition and Undergraduate Juried Exhibition in 2026.
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December 4, 2025

Still they rise

Against the odds, Black women painters in Kansas City are forging a historic path and creating artistic communities through love, resilience and courage.
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December 3, 2025

A climate of intimidation

In KC, government-funded performing arts organizations are committed to, but reluctant to discuss DEI.
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December 1, 2025

Arts News: Kemper Museum unveils new strategic plan

It hardly seems possible, but eight years have passed since Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art closed its Kemper at the Crossroads location.
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November 24, 2025

Artist to Watch: Jackson Daughety

The award-winning Kansas City artist probes discrepancies between fantasy and reality in a culture driven by power and money.
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