Author: Emily Spradling

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May 25, 2022

Unique Cubanisms Project Brings Global Cuban Artist to Kansas City

In 2014, Cuban artist Michel Mirabal received a call from then President Barack Obama.
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May 2, 2022

Stories That Show Women as They Are

Who was the real Big Bad Wolf, with teeth gleaming, poised to sink into pale young flesh? Why did Sleeping Beauty drift into that deep, anesthetized slumber? Was the ever-gentle Cinderella who graced our childhood TV screens the same one who had birds peck out the eyes of her stepsisters on her wedding day?
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November 15, 2021

KiYanna Uchawi: Drag as Performance as Social Commentary

For KiYanna Uchawi, “Drag is not just about going on TV. It’s more than that — it’s about making an impact on the community.”
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September 15, 2021

“Benjamin Rosenthal: and the band played on, and on on,” Studios, Inc

Benjamin Rosenthal’s solo exhibition at Studios Inc, “and the band played on, and on on,” is conceptualized around the HIV/AIDS film of the same title.
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July 6, 2021

Arts News: KC Artist Raises Awareness of Transgender Issues in New Film

The “T” in LGBTQIA+ has been the sharp focus of attack in recent years.
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March 1, 2021

Kansas City Artist Explores Gender Fluidity of Mexico’s Muxe Culture in New Documentary

The legend of the Muxe says that the saint flying around the earth dropping seeds of gender was supposed to distribute men, women and Muxes equally.
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