Neil Thrun

November 1, 2017

“Soviet Realities,” Telephonebooth Gallery

“Soviet Realities” at the Telephonebooth Gallery features American and Russian artworks involved in anti-authoritarian politics and critiques of the Russian government.

October 31, 2017

TowerEast: A Hotbed of Community Creativity

What isn’t an “Art District” these days? The neighborhood around 31st and Cherry, which many know as Martini Corner, has just rebranded itself TowerEast — named for the iconic, red KCPT radio tower — and the district’s art credentials are growing. In recent years, an ever-increasing number of makerspaces, artist studios, print shops and other businesses have settled in the area.

September 13, 2017

Aspiring Inventors Gather at KCAI for Make48 Inventathon

From September 28-30, the Kansas City Art Institute will play host to the fifth Make48 Inventathon, reprising their role last year as host to the fourth Inventathon, when 17 teams crowded into the David T. Beals III Studios for Art and Technology, the school’s new high-tech digital fabrication shop. They were there to compete for a chance to star in a reality TV show and get their inventions to market.

August 28, 2017

“Banal Magic: Latin American Artists Transmute the Ordinary,” Four Chapter Gallery

“Banal Magic: Latin American Artists Transmute the Ordinary” is first and foremost an exhibition about the environment. In an explicit homage to the Latin American..

July 12, 2017

“Justin Beachler: Babalon Working,” Bunker Center for the Arts

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law,” wrote the magician Aleister Crowley in his 1904 grimoire, “The Book of the Law.”..

June 20, 2017

“The Collected Works of S. Brian Morgan,” Westport Presbyterian Church

Now on view at Westport Presbyterian Church, “The Collected Works of S. Brian Morgan” catalogues a decade’s worth of artistic production in the forms of..

June 14, 2017

“Davin Watne: Picture the Wall,” Haw Contemporary

Davin Watne has built a wall. Unlike the stone or concrete of the Great Wall of China or Trump’s proposed wall on the southern border,..

May 23, 2017

“PAINTALLICA: Worst Show Yet,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

“Worst Show Yet” is a junkyard orgy of collaborative art. Paintallica, an artist collective made up of more than 20 painters and sculptors, have transformed..

May 8, 2017

Arts News: Charlotte Street Foundation Honors Six KC Artists

The Charlotte Street Foundation recently announced this year’s recipients of what are possibly this city’s biggest awards for the visual and performing arts. The winners..

Author: Neil Thrun