KC STUDIO

April 2, 2020

“1009 Arts: /wilt/,” Vulpes Bastille

It was a bittersweet occasion when on March 6, the 1009 Arts organization unveiled the performance piece “/wilt/” at the Vulpes Bastille Gallery in the East Crossroads.

Articles

April 1, 2020

KC Maintains Some Arts Funding but Eliminates Office of Culture and Creative Services

After weeks of uncertainty, the Kansas City Council on March 26 approved a budget that maintains the city’s commitment to fund arts programs. At the..

April 1, 2020

For Now, the Small Screen Reigns Supreme

With a stay-at-home order for Kansas City and, as of midnight Sunday, all of Kansas, there’s a new chamber music that is proving essential: concerts only available through social media.

March 30, 2020

KC Performing Arts See Uncertain Future Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

As the theater community reels from a community-wide shutdown ordered by public officials on both sides of the state line, artistic leaders are faced with..

March 26, 2020

Spartan Press: Purveyor of Poetry

Launched in 1998 by Prospero’s Books, Spartan Press has published more than 200 books, ranging from poetry and essay collections to memoirs, short fiction and coffee-table art books.

March 24, 2020

Arts News: Kansas City Women’s Chorus Combines Music and Social Justice

Cancellation notice: The Kansas City Women’s Chorus concert, “Reach Out, Reach Up,” April 17 and 18, is one of many performances throughout the city that..

March 19, 2020

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 17, 2020

Britten, Bernstein and a Special Goodbye to Bobby Watson

Spring is finally here, and the students and faculty of the UMKC Conservatory are celebrating with exciting performances throughout this semester. We have had celebration..

March 17, 2020

Robert Blackburn & Modern American Printmaking

“There was no other place like it. It was a place where all kinds of people came, worked with and accepted each other,” recalled the..