Emily Spradling

February 6, 2023

“Kathy Liao: Mind the Gap,” Studios Inc

What exists in the space between where you are and where you'd like to be?

January 23, 2023

Artist to Watch: Thomas Sciacca

(photo by Jim Barcus) The Kansas City artist captures the magic of the big tent in his “Sideshow Serenade” circus posters Take a step back..

January 4, 2023

West Bottoms Gallery Highlights Latin American Artists

Over the past two decades, the once industrial and then desolate landscape of the West Bottoms has been revived by the arts community.

December 22, 2022

“The Law for Falling Bodies: A Queer Print Media Exhibit,” Charlotte Street Gallery

Gravity is a force that affects all bodies — tethering and tying us to this mortal plane of existence. In Galileo’s law of falling bodies, all objects fall at exactly the same rate with variances arising only from air resistance.

October 17, 2022

“Jason Needham: The Majestic Mundane,” Weinberger Fine Art

Pollock-Krasner Foundation grantee Jason Needham creates a visual representation of nature in Kansas City through his Weinberger Fine Art show, “The Majestic Mundane.”

October 3, 2022

Yoonmi Nam: “Blizz,” H&R Block Artspace Project Wall

Yoonmi Nam is a truly international artist. Hailing from Seoul, South Korea, she has studied in Korea, the U.S., Canada and Japan and exhibited throughout the U.S. and Japan.

June 28, 2022

Kansas City Filmmaker Shines a Light on Women’s History

Today, the Longfellow Neighborhood, a rectangular block of land from 25th to 31st Streets between Gillham and Troost, is desirable Kansas City real estate.

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.

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?

Author: Emily Spradling