Articles – KC STUDIO

May 2, 2016

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.

May 2, 2016

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.

April 29, 2016

Shir Ami: Celebrating Lost Songs of the Jewish People

When cellist Jason Calloway was a child, he read a story in the newspaper about David Arben, then the concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Arben..

April 29, 2016

Editor’s Letter, May/June 2016

In this primary election season, we are reminded more than ever that stereotypes are the bane of a just society. And so it is no..

April 15, 2016

Beacon Memorial Honors Shooting Victims at Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom

In April 2014, a gunman perpetrating a hate crime killed Teresa LaManno at Village Shalom and Dr. William Corporon and his teenage grandson Reat Underwood..

April 13, 2016

Communication. Collaboration. Reconciliation.

Painting changes things. This simple premise led artists Nicholas Ward and Amber Hansen down a six-year path through four states that ended in the creation of their film, Called To Walls. Shown in February at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kan., and in April at Kansas City FilmFest, Called To Walls is a feature-length film that could be described as one part road trip movie and one part art documentary.

April 8, 2016

New and Improvised Music Foundation: Helping Musicians Cut Through Funding Red Tape

Staying low and lean, a new arts organization aims to cut through the fog of non-profit arts funding. The New and Improvised Music Foundation of..

April 6, 2016

Artist Pages | Mary Wessel: “Water”

Mary Wessel knows how to wrest magic from photography.

April 4, 2016

Artist to Watch: Charlie Mylie

“Yes it’s true! Pop Up Charlie can draw anything for you!” is the slogan of Kansas City artist Charlie Mylie. Donning a gold wizard’s hat..

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