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June 3, 2020

New Collection Focus

This summer and fall, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art will install a new Collection Focus area on the second floor of JCCC’s newly renovated..
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June 3, 2020

Silver Splendor: Conserving the Silver Thrones of Dungarpur, India

I remember the first time I saw them. It was a grey November day in 2012. The Indian silver expert Wynyard Wilkinson accompanied me to..
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June 3, 2020

Why Would You Keep That? – 100 Years of Collecting Archives

Ephemera – “anything short-lived or transitory.” The heart of a museum is its collection. By collecting, cataloguing, conserving and storing objects, a museum preserves information..
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June 2, 2020

Conversation Starter: Library Exhibition Spotlights ‘Scourge’ of Eviction

When Anne Ducey, the Kansas City Public Library’s director of exhibits, got word a couple of years ago that a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the..
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May 27, 2020

Gallery Glance: “SAQA: Declaration of Sentiments” at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

“Declaration of Sentiments,” an exhibit of 28 quilts by members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, takes its title from the opening salvo in the..
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May 26, 2020

Arts News: One House, One Neighborhood at a Time

Felix Maull, a painter and graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, has been officially installed as the first artist-in-residence at The Art House (previously discussed by James Martin in January 2017).
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May 25, 2020

A Dazzling Presentation of the Tlingit Creation Story

“Please try to pay attention,” said the voice of the elder before switching back to his native Tlingit tongue.
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May 14, 2020

Arts News: Dikeman’s “Leaving and Waving” Photos Make Mack Award Shortlist

Kansas City fell in love with photographer Deanna Dikeman’s “Leaving and Waving” series of family portraits almost 30 years ago, when she began showing them in local galleries and competitions.
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May 13, 2020

Building a More Open, Inclusive and Diverse Arts Scene

Since he began collecting art in the early 1990s, Dwight Smith has established himself as one of the leading collectors in Kansas City, specializing in works by women artists and artists of color. Smith is a fixture at art openings and events.
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