Author: Alexia Lang
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Communication. Collaboration. Reconciliation.
Painting changes things. This simple premise led artists Nicholas Ward and Amber Hansen down a six-year path through four states that ended in the creation of their film, Called To Walls. Shown in February at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kan., and in April at Kansas City FilmFest, Called To Walls is a feature-length film that could be described as one part road trip movie and one part art documentary.
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Artists’ File Initiative Documents Accomplishments of Kansas City Artists
A treasure trove of the work, culture and history of Kansas City’s creative community is being carefully documented—one artist at a time. Marilyn Carbonell, head of Library Services at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, first developed a passion for capturing and preserving the work that artists do when she was in college.