This past summer I organized queer abstraction at the Des Moines Art Center — a landmark exhibition that featured the work of 15 contemporary artists which addressed sexuality and gender
“Already a brilliant fighter, there was hope that he might become a champion everyone could look up to . . . From where I watched and listened, it all seemed
World War I was the first time in history that it was possible for people to see and read about a major conflict essentially as it happened. Of course, still
For 10 years, the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) at the University of Missouri Kansas City has been an invaluable repository for historical, social, cultural and political material
Efforts to hammer out a public art selection process for the new Kansas City International Airport terminal advanced Jan. 14, when the Municipal Art Commission (MAC) voted to endorse a
David Dastmalchian grew up in Overland Park devouring superhero comic books and dreaming of being in the sort of fantasy, science-fiction and horror movies that enraptured him. “Would I get to be an actor? I hoped and I prayed,” Dastmalchian said in a recent phone interview from the set of “MacGyver,” the hit reboot of […]
This past summer I organized queer abstraction at the Des Moines Art Center — a landmark exhibition that featured the work of 15 contemporary artists which addressed sexuality and gender identity. queer abstraction was the first exhibition in the Art Center’s 70-year history to focus on queer subject matter, as well as the first major […]
“Already a brilliant fighter, there was hope that he might become a champion everyone could look up to . . . From where I watched and listened, it all seemed so worthwhile.” — Gordon Parks, “The Redemption of the Champion,” Life magazine, Sept. 9, 1966 When Gordon Parks met Muhammad Ali in May 1966 on […]
World War I was the first time in history that it was possible for people to see and read about a major conflict essentially as it happened. Of course, still photography of war existed in an applicable form as early as the Crimean War of the 1850s, but the equipment and processes made action photographs […]
For 10 years, the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) at the University of Missouri Kansas City has been an invaluable repository for historical, social, cultural and political material involving the region’s LGBTQ community. On Oct. 10, 2019, GLAMA commemorated its first 10 years with a special exhibit, “GLAMA at 10: A Decade of […]
Efforts to hammer out a public art selection process for the new Kansas City International Airport terminal advanced Jan. 14, when the Municipal Art Commission (MAC) voted to endorse a recommended consultant. MAC endorsed Community Arts International (CAI), a San Francisco-based nonprofit, as the public art consultant for the project. CAI was recommended in December […]
