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August 31, 2017

Artist Pages: Kansas City Sculpture

In conjunction with the International Sculpture Center’s 27th International Sculpture Conference, Oct. 25 – 28 in Kansas City, KC Studio asked a dozen area curators, critics and collectors to each nominate an artist for inclusion in our Kansas City Sculpture Artist Pages.

August 31, 2017

A Promising Lineup

Assessing a theater season before it starts is tricky business because the best you can do is draw conclusions based on what looks good on paper. There’s also the question of just where theater companies are in the planning process. Most theaters have their 2017-2018 seasons in place, but at press time the Living Room, which is dedicated to producing work by local artists, had two shows in place for the fall but nothing to announce for the spring.

August 31, 2017

The Kansas City Symphony’s 2017/18 Season Honors a Giant of American Music

Orchestras and organizations across the nation are honoring an important milestone during the 2017/2018 season. From Aug. 25, 2017 to Aug. 25, 2018, they are celebrating the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein, born in 1918, and recognizing his influence on American music as conductor, composer, educator and advocate. The Kansas City Symphony has planned an extensive celebration.

August 31, 2017

Ari Fish: Communal Transformation

“I like bad-ass women,” Ari Fish said in a recent interview, “and I want to celebrate them. They just keep on going on, no matter what.” It may be more politic to say, “women who lean in” than bad-ass, but despite her blue-eyed blonde, angelic appearance, Fish does not dissemble. Bad-ass, for this woman artist, is strictly positive. It means someone like herself: doing what you have to do and doing what you want to do with no fear and no apologies.

August 30, 2017

“Larry Thomas: HEAP,” Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Deception and detection, the personal and universal, the systematic and chaotic, are just some of the dualities that flow throughout Larry Thomas’ installation of 280..

August 29, 2017

2017-18 Conservatory Artist Series

The 2017 – 18 academic year brings the exciting Conservatory Artist Series to the UMKC Campus, Folly Theater, and the Kauffman Center for the Performing..

August 28, 2017

Groundbreaking Picasso Exhibition Opens This Fall

When I first arrived in Kansas City in 2010 to be the new Menefee D. and Mary Louise Blackwell Director & CEO at the Nelson-Atkins..

August 28, 2017

“Banal Magic: Latin American Artists Transmute the Ordinary,” Four Chapter Gallery

“Banal Magic: Latin American Artists Transmute the Ordinary” is first and foremost an exhibition about the environment. In an explicit homage to the Latin American..

August 28, 2017

Creating Opportunities for All to Experience the Performing Arts

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is passionate about providing opportunities for youth and underserved community members to experience high-quality performing arts through the..