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March 2, 2016

Remembering Landon Rowland

Since his death on December 28, 2015, much has been written about Landon Rowland’s meteoric career and tireless work for the benefit of our city. But there is another story to be told, of a man for whom the arts and letters were a life force. All that Landon meant to the arts in Kansas City stemmed from that.

March 1, 2016

Collector’s Corner: Marc and Elizabeth Wilson

For Marc and Elizabeth Wilson, the world is a great visual playground of “forms and shapes” awaiting discovery and investigation. Marc Wilson is former director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, which he led for 28 years following a decade as a curator of the museum’s Oriental art collection.

March 1, 2016

Pot or Not?

The ceramics field today is exploding with possibilities, as new directions supplant the focus on the ceramic vessel that dominated the late 20th century. Trends that stand out include a resurgence of figurative ceramics, both drawn and sculpted, an expansion of functional objects, and—maybe most surprising—the adoption of the clay material by artists with no training in ceramics.

March 1, 2016

Magic to Come at the Rabbit Hole

The Rabbit Hole is coming to Kansas City. And with it, an innovative new way of experiencing children’s literature that will educate, entertain and inspire, the likes of which has never been seen anywhere else in the country.

March 1, 2016

Gallery of Kansas City Ceramics

The 50th anniversary conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts marks a moment to shine for Kansas City ceramic artists, who..

March 1, 2016

Making the World a Better Place

Voices in unity have a profound force. The members of the Heartland Men’s Chorus (HMC) have raised theirs for 30 years, serving as a positive force for a community that suffers, still, from prejudice, abuse and loss. They are, and are proud to be, Kansas City’s Gay Men’s Chorus.

March 1, 2016

Editor’s Letter, March/April 2016

My introduction to ceramics came from a master, who was also a colleague of mine at the Chicago-based New Art Examiner. In the late 1980s,..

February 18, 2016

Exhibit Explores Portrayals of Class

“Despite the presence of a relatively broad affluent and literate middle class, power was concentrated in the hands of a small, and very rich, elite..

February 3, 2016

Kelly Ludwig’s Outsider Obsession

"It’s hard to pinpoint the single moment when my appreciation for this art became a mild obsession,” writes Kelly Ludwig in her book Detour Art (Kansas City Star Books, 2007).

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