Visual – KC STUDIO

September 14, 2018

Nelson-Atkins Docents: Inspiring Kansas City for 85 Years

When The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened its doors in 1933, volunteers were present to educate the public about the new collections. Eighty-five years later,..

September 13, 2018

Kansas City Artist Michael Toombs Spearheads New Brown v. Board of Education Mural in Topeka

Housed in the former Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site commemorates the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in the nation’s public-school system. Now, a dynamic new mural across the street from the school brings a new generation’s perspective on the decision, which found that school segregation violated the 14th Amendment guaranteeing equal protection of the laws.

September 12, 2018

Diggers and Doughboys: The Art of Allies 100 Years On

Australian and American troops fought side-by-side for the first time in July 1918 during World War I. Since then, the Diggers (Australians) and Doughboys (Americans)..

September 11, 2018

“Welcome to the Neighborhood,” La Esquina Gallery

Is it a sign of the times that so many of the artworks in “Welcome to the Neighborhood” involve protagonists who are, in one form..

September 10, 2018

Artist Pages | Deanna Dikeman: “Sprinklers, Birdbaths and Puddles”

Deanna Dikeman has always found the real to be more fascinating than the ideal. Over her 30-year career in photography, she has focused her lens on the ordinary and familiar.

September 7, 2018

“Tangled Roots,” InterUrban Arthouse

Roots of the past and expectations for the future interweave with our complex present in “Tangled Roots,” a multimedia group show at InterUrban Arthouse.

September 4, 2018

Two Shows Honor Innovative Sculptor Wendell Castle (1932-2018)

Fall brings two exhibitions of Wendell Castle, internationally renowned pioneer of furniture as sculpture, who passed away in January.

August 31, 2018

Gallery Glance – “ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ (Long Men): the native streams and rivers of the land” by Joseph Erb (Cherokee) at Travois

Contemporary American Indian art has become a regular part of Crossroads First Fridays thanks to Travois, a Crossroads-based consulting firm specializing in housing and economic..

August 30, 2018

“Faces After Suicide: Lindsey Doolittle,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

Seize the Awkward. That’s the message on one of the postcards included in Lindsey Doolittle’s “Faces of Suicide” exhibit at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center. It..

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