KC STUDIO

January 9, 2019

Arts News: Chinese Masterwork in Nelson-Atkins Collection Inspired Noted Designer’s Spring Line

Dame Vivienne Westwood, the noted British designer, is probably best known for introducing punk to the world of fashion in the late 1970s. But in..

January 8, 2019

Battling Stereotypes in a Divided America

If you’re from rural America it can be easy to lose yourself in the city. But when rural Kansas-raised filmmaker Emily Railsback came to Kansas City, she found something. Earlier this year, Railsback released “Our Blood is Wine,” a documentary about ancient wine-making in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

January 7, 2019

Arts News: Musical Opinion Straight from the Source

“Performing Music History: Musicians Speak First-Hand about Music History and Performance” is an instructive assemblage of musical opinion straight from the source. Compiled from decades..

January 7, 2019

Arts News: New Alliance Promotes KC Theater

Kansas City is a healthy arts town where professional and community theaters thrive. And while formal co-productions between theater companies have gone on for years,..

January 4, 2019

Arts News: A ‘Safe Space’ for Artists of Color

In the wake of the 2016 election, many were shaken and uncertain of what to do next.

January 4, 2019

Wanted in Missouri: An Incentives Program to Compete With Other States on Film and TV Production

Kansas City was on the radar when the producers of “Sharp Objects” looked for a place to film. The HBO miniseries is set in Missouri..

January 3, 2019

Kansas City Repertory Theatre Announces Regional Premiere of “Indecent” by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Paula Vogel

Kansas City Repertory Theatre continues its 2018/19 season with the emotionally-intimate Broadway sensation, INDECENT, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. Running January 18 through February..

January 3, 2019

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts

Winter arrived early this season, barely halfway through autumn. So some of us have already settled into our hibernating tendencies. Reading around the fireplace. Bingeing..

January 2, 2019

Room for All

A batch of kittens found their way into the Lawrence Arts Center this fall, and Ben Ahlvers wasn’t sure what to think about it. Ahlvers is exhibitions program director at Lawrence Arts Center. The kittens were an added feature to “Affectionate Indifference,” a recent group show of artists celebrating our feline companions.