“A Raisin in the Sun” is regarded as a major American play that not only reflects the era in which it was created — the 1950s — but continues to resonate for its insight into humanity in general and race in particular.
Most museums have learned in recent decades that to survive and prosper they have to respond to the times. Change, grow or die. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art certainly has been on that path since the late 1990s, when its leaders chose to build a major expansion.
Susan Schmelzer on Arts Policy: Let’s Enhance Our Public Art Program
Like them or loathe them, it doesn’t much matter anymore. R.M. Fischer’s “Sky Stations,” soaring above Bartle Hall Convention Center after more than 20 years in place, are an inextricable part of Kansas City’s identity.
Arts News: Adventurer Shares His Stories at Kauffman Center
From the rainforests of Peru to the Serengeti in Africa to Yellowstone National Park, wildlife documentarian Charlie Hamilton James feels right at home in nature...
Kansas City’s premier art photographer will take a turn in the limelight with the Feb. 3 opening of“E.G. Schempf – Pedestal View” at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art.
Julius Karash on Business & the Arts: Hotel Savoy Renovation Bodes Well for KC Arts Scene
The Hotel Savoy, a venerable but dormant downtown landmark, is preparing to join the ranks of Kansas City’s percolating contemporary arts scene. Work was expected..
Arts News: Grand Arts Book Commemorates 20-Years History
Throughout its 20-year history, Grand Arts contemporary art space could always be counted on to provide something different, not only to the Kansas City art..
