Author: Julius Karash
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KCI Airport Art Project Moves Ahead Led by Public Art Consultant Community Arts International
Representatives of the recently chosen public art consultant for the KCI single terminal project introduced themselves and asked for input at a Feb. 3 meeting of the city’s Municipal Art Commission. “We are in the process of reaching out,” said Elsa Cameron, president and chief curator of Community Arts International (CAI), a San Francisco-based nonprofit.
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As an Older Generation Passes, Who Will Carry on Their Legacy of Art Philanthropy?
Marc Wilson, the former director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, recalls a pivotal conversation that occurred at a meeting of museum supporters in the 1990s. “We were completely out of space, and were setting out to build the Bloch Building,” Wilson said. “Morton Sosland turned to Don Hall Sr. and said, ‘It’s our turn, for our generation.”
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Julius A. Karash on Business and the Arts: KCAI Sponsored Studio Provides Business with Art Services and Students with Real-World Experience
When UMB Financial Corp. wanted streetscape art to illustrate space it was providing for the School of Economics, a nonprofit that teaches children about business,..