KC STUDIO

November 9, 2015

Art News: Curtain Rises on Renovated Spencer Theatre

Since UMKC’s Spencer Theatre opened in 1979, technology has transformed lighting and sound from stagecraft to highly specialized technical arts.

November 6, 2015

Editor’s Calendar Picks, November 6 – 8

Looking for something to do this weekend? Our editor, Alice Thorson, has assembled her top 6 picks from the KC Studio Arts Calendar for First..

November 4, 2015

“2015 Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Awards,” H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute

Since 1997, the Charlotte Street Foundation has provided vital support for artists in the greater Kansas City area. The foundation’s stated mission is “to challenge,..

November 4, 2015

Black Repertory Theater Company Will Open in KC in 2016

In mid-2016, Damron Russel Armstrong, a celebrated local actor, will open the Black Repertory Theater Company. The idea has drawn support from Kansas City theater..

November 4, 2015

A Listener’s Guide to “Rusalka”

This fall, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City will tell a story. In that story, a mermaid falls in love with a human prince. She..

November 4, 2015

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.

November 3, 2015

Da Vinci: The Exhibition, Where the Imagination Takes Flight

Imagine sitting down with Leonardo da Vinci, engaging him in conversation, perhaps even wandering into his genius. That is exactly what you will do at..

November 2, 2015

A Picture is Worth…

Kansas City Public Library exhibit spotlights work of world’s top photojournalists. We live in a distinctly visual age, inundated by images caught easily on smart..

October 30, 2015

The Man Behind the Man Who Had a Dream

Michael Benjamin Washington's Blueprints to Freedom celebrates the contribution of Bayard Rustin, architect of the March on Washington.