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May 15, 2025

“Resplandores: The Ancestral Muxe Duality” by Hugo Ximello-Salido, Consulate of Mexico in Kansas City

Resplandor, when translated to English, is radiance or brilliance — something shining through with splendor and beauty.
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April 23, 2025

“Materialize: Visualizing Climate Change,” Belger Crane Yard Gallery

“Materialize: Visualizing Climate Change” at Belger Crane Yard Studios brings together the work of six contemporary artists who explore shifting ecologies.
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January 14, 2025

Opening the door to greater visibility, understanding and respect

Kansas-based Native filmmaker Rebekka Schlicting sheds a light on Native stories.
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January 13, 2025

Arts News: Traveling ‘Body Freedom for Every(body)’ exhibit stops at 21c Museum Hotel Kansas City

In our world today, political attacks and power grabs are being lobbed at alarming rates toward the bodies of women, trans and nonbinary individuals.
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December 5, 2024

‘For the Holidays Find Your Way Home’

Choral Spectrum LGBTQ+ choir brings holiday cheer for all.
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December 3, 2024

Artist Pages | Kim Alexis Newton: Telling stories through dazzling quilts

Quilter and businesswoman Kim Alexis Newton is no stranger to telling stories.
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November 13, 2024

Arts News: Queer Kansas City mosaic on permanent display at UMKC’s Miller Nichols Library

KCAI graduate Jack Olander Brooks’ 4 x 6-foot mosaic representing historical queer Kansas City moments from 1855 through the early 2010s is on permanent display..
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October 9, 2024

“Hadley Clark: ‘I Made This for You and Me’,” UMKC Gallery of Art

In her first solo exhibition of sculptural garments, “I Made This for You and Me” at UMKC Gallery of Art, Hadley Clark utilizes remnants and repurposed materials to reframe garments as domestic items.
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August 13, 2024

“Expressions of Strength: Diverse Creations by African American Women Artists,” The Box Gallery

“Expressions of Strength: Diverse Creations by African American Women Artists” displays interpretations of strength from 15 artists, each a member of the African American Artist Collective.
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