Visual – KC STUDIO

November 1, 2018

At KC’s Galleries: A Proliferation of Issue Art

From Gun Violence to Discrimination, Artists Weight In The centerpiece of Archie Scott Gobber’s summer one-person show at Haw Contemporary Crossroads generated a firestorm of..

October 31, 2018

WWI Museum & Memorial Commemorates Armistice with Installation of Poppy Sculptures

World War II looms so large in the collective American memory that the global conflict that preceded it is often overlooked. But the role U.S...

October 30, 2018

Gallery Glance: “Tom Jones: Remnants” at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

Although he is based in Wisconsin, Ho-Chunk nation artist Tom Jones is well-known to Kansas City gallery goers from his regular showings at Sherry Leedy..

October 25, 2018

“Cultural Legacy: What’s Going On,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

At the galleries, the fall season’s most important exhibition may very well be “Cultural Legacy: What’s Going On,” curated by artist Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin at..

October 9, 2018

Angela Dufresne: Making a Scene, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Angela Dufresne is an unabashed painter. Undaunted by the aesthetic ebbs and flows of her medium she instead has immersed herself in its rich and..

September 27, 2018

“Sid Garrison: Backstory,” Kiosk Gallery

Sid Garrison normally avoids generic labels for his images. But when one recent viewer described them as “Colored-Pencil Paintings,” Garrison accepted the description. Even though..

September 17, 2018

Arts New: Architect Marlon Blackwell to Speak at Annual Mary Atkins Lecture

In 1995 the Mary Atkins Lecture Series was established to honor and foster the legacy of Mary McAfee Atkins, whose bequest, combined with that of William Rockhill Nelson, provided funding for the building of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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.

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