Nan Chisholm

January 12, 2021

‘Silk and Steel’: How French Women Kept their Sense of Style in Wartime

Offering a look at daily life through the changing styles of wartime, “Silk and Steel: French Fashion, Women and WWI” explores what French women contributed to the war effort and how it affected their lives and fashion.

October 19, 2020

“Memory Ponds by Gerry Trilling,” Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art

Gerry Trilling has provided us all with a new visual repertoire to replace those outdated crochet images in “Memory Ponds,” her new exhibition of approximately 160 works, each titled with a number, at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art.

September 23, 2020

Goethe Pop Up Kansas City Presents “THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE” Billboard and Exhibition

On September 10, 2020, a billboard proclaiming “THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE” was unveiled in the Crossroads Arts District at Broadway Boulevard and Pershing Road.

August 12, 2020

“Elias Sime: Tightrope,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Elias Sime has a lot to say in word, deed and the art that he makes. The artist, born in 1968, is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

May 26, 2020

Arts News: One House, One Neighborhood at a Time

Felix Maull, a painter and graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, has been officially installed as the first artist-in-residence at The Art House (previously discussed by James Martin in January 2017).

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February 26, 2020

Arts News: Troost Transformation Continues with Fire Station Restoration

In October 2019, Fire Station No. 31, at 4518 Troost, was reintroduced to the neighborhood as an event space for wedding receptions and family or corporate celebrations.

February 24, 2020

“Summer Wheat: Blood, Sweat, and Tears,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

I can’t remember ever having left an exhibition of paintings and subsequently thinking much about how they were created.

September 26, 2019

“Lest We Forget,” World War I Museum and Memorial courtyard

Warshawski is one of 70 Holocaust survivors represented in “Lest We Forget,” an exhibition of photographic portraits by Luigi Toscano, which opened Sept. 20 and runs through October 6.

September 6, 2019

Arts News: Charlotte Street Announces Capsule Performance Space Events

Charlotte Street Foundation never rests. The organization has begun construction on its new headquarters at 3333 Wyoming St. in the Roanoke neighborhood and announced the 32 artists for its 2019-20 Studio Residency Program in the Town Pavilion building downtown.

Author: Nan Chisholm