KC STUDIO

May 12, 2015

KCAI Visual Storytelling Classes

Illustration students at KCAI work with traditional as well as advanced digital media to develop the conceptual, technical and aesthetic skills necessary for success in..

May 11, 2015

Collector’s Corner: Larry Meeker

Larry Meeker has worn many hats in his life. Now he’s wearing bolo ties. Meeker, newly named chairman of the Kansas Democratic Party, is a..

May 8, 2015

Kansas City Dance Season Closes with Enticing Performances

The 2014-2015 Kansas City dance season is winding down, but the coming months continue to offer an array of high-caliber dance performances. This past season featured many plot-based balletic works, but the finale performances concentrate primarily on non-narrative pieces, highlighting movement, choreographic invention and performance ingenuity.

May 7, 2015

International Piano Stars Come to Kansas City

Behzod Abduraimov will perform at the Folly;  Vadym Kholodenko will join the Symphony’s finale concert in June. (Vadym Kholodenko pictured above) Within a month of..

May 6, 2015

Last Glance: Harold Smith

If you’ve ever experienced the vibrant and energetic paintings and mixed-media works of Harold Smith there can be little doubt that the spirit and aesthetic of jazz inspires and infuses his efforts.

May 5, 2015

KCAI Fiber Classes: Papermaking, Shibori & Basic Sewing

KCAI offers many great new classes, such as Fiber classes in papermaking, shibori and basic sewing. For artists, paper is a space with infinite possibilities..

May 1, 2015

Xaviera Simmons  and the Art of Endurance

Embedded with commentary and reflections on history, art and life, Xaviera Simmons’ Number 16 (2013), is a mesmerizing and demanding video work, on view at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. The 60-minute split-screen piece presents side-by-side performances, one by the Brooklyn-based artist, who creates an abstract expressionist painting; the other by a female vocalist, who sings her heart out.

April 30, 2015

The Rhythm Starts Here: Modernity’s KC Roots

From the mid-1930s through the mid-1940s, the roots of American modernity in popular music and painting were set in the hot-house urban culture of Kansas City.