Articles – KC STUDIO

September 5, 2019

Honors: David Wayne Reed

David Wayne Reed might best be described as a genre-busting conceptual artist whose work defies easy classification. Playwright, actor, filmmaker, storyteller — he wears these hats and others. But in the beginning, he was a man of the stage — a founding member of Late Night Theatre who performed, directed and contributed scripts to the gender-bending, genre-hybridizing theater company.

September 3, 2019

Small Vibrant Windows on an American Dream Defined by Gold

Gold. Forever a symbol of wealth and human desire, it’s also a source of folly and madness. It has been a catalyst of enormous historical force. It can spell cataclysm and doom. And, beginning in September, it’s the subtext of a haunting exhibit of historical photographs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

September 3, 2019

Artist Pages: 25 Kemper Watchers Pick 25 Favorites

Oct. 2 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1994 opening of Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and a quarter century of exhibitions and acquisitions that..

September 2, 2019

Attracting Millennials

Increasing Millennial and Generation Z audiences is a huge topic of conversation, not only within the city’s arts groups but nationally, as well.

August 31, 2019

Fall Lookahead: Food

For a one-two culture punch, The Restaurant at 1900 offers performance space as well as fine dining with the luxurious convenience of having both in the same building. Built in 1967 for Lee Jeans and with a distinctive modernist design, this intimate restaurant marries Steve Karbank’s passion for music with the desire to share a great meal following a performance.

August 30, 2019

Fall Season Lookahead: Visual Arts

At once cosmopolitan and distinctively local, traditional and revolutionary, charming and transgressive, Kansas City’s fine arts scene is a supernova amidst the Midwestern Milky Way.

August 29, 2019

Fall Season Lookahead: Jazz

Jazz recordings have their merits, but the music is arguably best appreciated in live performance. And atmosphere — influenced by the size and nature of the venue — plays a significant role in that experience. There’s no shortage of places to hear jazz in the Kansas City area, but the following venues are particularly worth seeking out.

August 28, 2019

After Nearly 30 Years, KC’s Floating Sculpture Needs a Fix

Hallmark’s Iconic “Triple Crown,” by Kenneth Snelson, Will be Renovated and Reinstalled This Fall One of Kansas City’s most prominent pieces of outdoor art —..