Arts News: UMKC Conservatory Launches Music Program at Lansing Correctional Facility
Musicambia, a non-profit that works with universities and prisons all over the country to bring music into correctional facilities, launched its first program in Sing Sing in New York in 2017 serving 32 inmates.
She shone in Kansas City Actors Theatre’s reading of “The Women.” She’s done music videos for Making Movies, Grizzly Bear and Not a Planet, as well as corporate videos, including one during the pandemic for UMB’s education department.
Arts News: KC Artist Ay Young Receives UN Recognition
Kansas City singer/entertainer AY Young is known for putting a fun twist on his commitment to energy sustainability in appearances at Chiefs’ tailgating festivities and performances at other local gatherings.
“What I wouldn’t give to be on a stage right now!” says actress Krista Eyler, who recently completed “The Sparkletones,” a new musical inspired by her mother’s 1960s singing group (of the same name), created with partner Barb Nichols.
Our print story in the Sep/Oct 2020 issue about KC artists’ responses to the pandemic represents just a fraction of what’s been going on in studios, neighborhoods and online.
