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Julius Karash on Business and Arts: Introducing KC’s Next Wave of Arts Supporters
Damian Lair looks back with joy on school field trips to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art when he was a child living in Piqua, a small Kansas town about two hours southwest of Kansas City. “Through these visits, the Nelson planted a seed early in my life, a love of art and the museum,” Lair recalls.
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Susan Schmelzer on Arts Policy: Scoring the House
During this interminable campaign season, one longs to hear specific commitments on what candidates will do once elected. Congress works for us — that’s the way it’s supposed to be — but the job interview process falls down through raucous debates and vaudevillian-like rallies.
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At KU, Art Meets Science in the Battle Against a Deadly Disease
The power of art can be boundless, but even the most ambitious artist might balk at the idea that artwork can literally save lives. Fortunately for people in Latin America, Kansas City artist Jarret Mellenbruch not only believes in the power of his art but also in the force of experimental collaboration.