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January 24, 2022

Where Price, Imagination and Art Converge

Wrenches are turning, shop cloths are buffing, and feelings of well-earned pride are profound at a meeting last fall of the Olathe Leadership Lowrider Bike Club at the Olathe Advanced Technical Center.
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January 20, 2022

Cultural Producer Grants Unveiled in Kansas City

As the broader Kansas City cultural landscape reemerges from the depths of a pandemic, the Charlotte Street Foundation has inaugurated a new funding stream to benefit some of the community’s smallest creative organizations.
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January 19, 2022

BlkArthouse: A New Model for Supporting, Promoting and Selling the Work of Black Artists

In 2020, with a core collective of six Black artists, Tatiana Rice launched BlkArthouse as a platform for connecting collectors with Black art while promoting and supporting artists through sales, exhibitions and professional development.
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January 18, 2022

Concert to Come: Collaboration as Imaginative Impetus

In their second collaboration, Bach Aria Soloists and Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company are combining Baroque music and modern dance — with a twist.
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January 17, 2022

Dirk Soulis: Art on the Block

From prints by Thomas Hart Benton to antique butter churns and notable Kansas City collections, auctioneer Dirk Soulis has sold a wide range of valuable objects since establishing his eponymous auction business in Lonejack, Missouri, in 1997.
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January 13, 2022

Arts News: Underground Railroad Sites in Kansas and Missouri Gain Heightened Visibility

On Sept. 30, 2021, Congress recognized a vital part of that struggle, the storied Underground Railroad, and the role it played in the struggle along the Kansas/Missouri border.
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January 12, 2022

Report from Broadway

Broadway suffered an unprecedented blow in 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in the aftermath of a year and a half in the dark, Broadway is poised for a comeback.
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January 12, 2022

Arts News: Sandbox Percussion Group at UMKC is Grammy Nominee

The quartet Sandbox Percussion, currently serving as percussion faculty and ensemble-in-residence at the UMKC Conservatory, are nominated for a Grammy Award for their album, “Seven Pillars,” with composer Andy Akiho.
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January 11, 2022

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.
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