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October 3, 2022

Yoonmi Nam: “Blizz,” H&R Block Artspace Project Wall

Yoonmi Nam is a truly international artist. Hailing from Seoul, South Korea, she has studied in Korea, the U.S., Canada and Japan and exhibited throughout the U.S. and Japan.
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September 28, 2022

Telling the Story of African American Music

A Topeka native, Dina Bennett became director of collections and curatorial affairs at the American Jazz Museum in 2018, bringing a distinguished record to the post.
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September 27, 2022

KU Asian Classical Music Initiative Sets Ambitious Agenda

A new organization out of the University of Kansas is supporting racial equity for Asians in classical music.
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September 26, 2022

Maria Vasquez Boyd: The Art of Filling Needs

Painter, writer, poet, musician and teacher, the Kansas City artist and activist is a community dynamo.
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September 21, 2022

‘West Bottoms’: ‘We have a good little movie’

KC filmmaker Greg Sheffer makes the most of the evocative local setting in his first original short film, now on the international film festival circuit.
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September 20, 2022

Honors: Jessica Andrews

Critics and colleagues are impressed by the UMKC Conservatory-trained actress, who played Juliet in this year's Heart of America Shakespeare Festival production of "Romeo and Juliet."
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September 19, 2022

Julius Karash on Business and the Arts: Public Art for KCI, the Largest Public Art Project in KC History, is on Track for Installation by the New Airport’s Opening in March 2023

The public art initiative for the new terminal and garage at Kansas City International Airport strikes a chord with artists such as Kathy Liao.
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September 14, 2022

World-Renowned Conductor Marin Alsop Leads the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo in a Groundbreaking Performance

This October, the Harriman-Jewell Series presents a groundbreaking performance with the United States debut of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo.
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September 13, 2022

A Robust Spectrum: Kansas City Underground Film Festival Starts Sept. 14

“Film is an integrating art and everything that happens in your life, or the stimuli you receive, influences your films,” says Arturo Dueñas Herrero, whose Pessoas, a bittersweet travelogue, plays at the Kansas City Underground Film Festival.
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