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Seasons’ Greetings
“Flowers to Frost,” on view in the Chinese paintings gallery at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, is the kind of poetic, revelatory exhibit we have come to expect from Ling-en Lu, the museum’s associate curator of Chinese art. Filled with beguiling paintings, prints, textiles, and works in other media from China, Korea and Japan, the show explores the importance of the seasons in East Asian art and culture.
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Art News: Two KCAI Alums Launch Design Firm in New York
Artist-entrepreneurs are an essential part of Kansas City’s cultural and commercial landscape. They are also a leading export. Take Made in Americana, a design firm started by Kansas City Art Institute alums, Joey Grimm and Jordan Johnson, who create and market custom furniture and lighting from their studio in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.
