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March 13, 2018

KCAI Alumni, Faculty and Students Receive National Recognition

Since the Kansas City Art Institute’s first art class in 1886, the college has continually celebrated the achievements of our talented students, faculty and alumni...
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March 12, 2018

2018-2019 Season: A World Stage for Performing Arts

Helzberg Hall has changed everything. When the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts opened in 2011, it didn’t take long for word to spread that Kansas City has one of the most acoustically superb performance venues in the United States. The 2018–2019 season of the Harriman-Jewell Series reflects Kansas City’s rising profile as an arts center. Next season, the Series will present more great orchestras and conductors than ever before.
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March 12, 2018

The Neon Signs of 18th & Vine

Most of us are familiar with the welcoming neon sign which towers above the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. There are a handful of..
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January 15, 2018

Spring Returns With Exciting Conservatory Performances, Including World-Renowned Sweet Honey in the Rock

After a cold winter break, the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance is back with more breathtaking performances throughout February, and there is truly something..
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January 15, 2018

New JCCC Fine Arts & Design Studios: Extraordinarily Reimagined for the 21st Century

In February, a celebratory groundbreaking will launch construction for the new Johnson County Community College Fine Arts & Design Studios. The fulfillment of a vision..
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January 12, 2018

DREAMS OF THE KINGS: A JADE SUIT FOR ETERNITY

If given the opportunity, would you live forever? It was certainly a desire of the ancient Chinese, who plotted their burial tombs as elaborate afterlife..
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January 12, 2018

Kauffman Center’s Pre-Performance Dining Experience Offers Innovative Cuisine to Guests, Just Steps Away From Their Seats

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts has extended the arts experience past the stage by offering an artisanal symphony of flavors that complement an evening..
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January 12, 2018

On Display at the Library

Texans being Texans and mightily secure in their belief that everything bigger and better emanates from the Lone Star State, it figures that folks there would chafe at Michael Grauer’s take on the history of the panhandle city of Amarillo. It owes less to Dallas or some other Texas locale, he says, than it does to a place in flyover country some 600 miles to the north and east — Kansas City.
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January 11, 2018

KCAI Illustration Department Encourages Innovation, Investigation and Discovery

Drive by Whittier Elementary School in Kansas City’s historic Northeast neighborhood around 8 a.m. any weekday and you’ll see a crowd of backpack carrying students..
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