Author: Nan Chisholm

&
Categories
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.
Read More
A
Categories
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).
Read More
A
Categories
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.
Read More
&
Categories
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.
Read More
&
Categories
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.
Read More
A
Categories
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.
Read More
A
Categories
May 10, 2019

Arts News: Thomas Hart Benton Lithographs Inspire a New Book of Stories

Most of us have experienced the distinct pleasure of scrutinizing a work of art in person or studying a printed version in a book.
Read More
G
Categories
April 10, 2019

Garden of Eden

When congested airports, excess baggage and long lines at security all get to be too much, perhaps it’s time to consider a “staycation,” an excursion..
Read More
A
Categories
March 28, 2019

Arts News: Glorious Glass

Featuring glass art from more than a dozen artists working in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska and Iowa, the third annual Heartland Glass exhibition opens..
Read More