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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.
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Artist to Watch: Leo Gayden
In recent months we have basked in the triumph of Misty Copeland, 33, the Kansas City native who in 2015 became the first African-American woman promoted to principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. In April of last year Copeland was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by TIME magazine.
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Summer of Shakespeare in KC
In 1623, a couple of guys got together and self-published some work by a dead friend of theirs named William Shakespeare. Four hundred years later, this piece of “vanity publishing” is considered to be the crown jewel of our Western canon. Shakespeare’s First Folio, as it is now known, is one of the most influential and treasured books in history.
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Gary Staab: The Second Coolest Job in the World
He calls himself a “paleosculptor.” Gary Staab brings the wow factor to natural history and science museums, recreating ancient fossils and skeletal remains in mesmerizing detail and at mammoth scale. Staab spends his days (and sometimes nights) engrossed in his work in his Kearney, Mo. barn-studio.