Visual – KC STUDIO

February 27, 2018

“Christopher Leitch: chance diaries: dream things,” KCAI Crossroads Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice

The Trickster has always lurked in Christopher Leitch’s artwork, and s/he really gallivants around in Leitch’s current installation “chance diaries: dream things.” As in all..

February 12, 2018

“Extraordinary” and “Monumental” Painting to be Centerpiece of Debut Exhibition in National WWI Museum and Memorial’s New Wylie Gallery

Reaching a British dressing station southwest of the French city of Arras in the summer of 1918, famed American artist John Singer Sargent found his..

February 7, 2018

“Robert Quackenbush: Fragments,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

Kansas City artist Robert Quackenbush chisels multi-faceted stories of the earth and humanity in his “Fragments” show of recent paintings and mixed-media collages at the..

January 31, 2018

“Carlos Setien: 2016-2018 Large Scale Missouri River Landscape Paintings,” 5899 Raytown Rd

For thousands of years, the power, peace, and movement of the epic Missouri River has inspired artists. In his recent series inspired by the river,..

January 24, 2018

The Job: Rachael Blackburn Cozad

Except for the few collectors among us, most people know little about the work of fine art appraisers and the prominence in the profession of Kansas City’s Rachael Blackburn Cozad. Cozad, the daughter of two artists, the holder of bachelor’s and master’s degrees in art history has been prominent in Kansas City art circles since her arrival in 2001 to begin an 11-year tenure as executive director of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.

January 15, 2018

Christopher Leitch — “chance diaries: dream things” at KCAI Crossroads Gallery

Kansas City artist Christopher Leitch is well known for his illustrated dream journals filled with funny, scary, bittersweet and personally revealing words and pictures. (KC Studio featured a selection of them in our July/August 2016 Artist Pages.) Coming up: Leitch will unveil a new twist on the dream journals concept in the exhibit, “chance diaries: dream things,” beginning Jan. 23 at the KCAI Crossroads Gallery.

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..

January 12, 2018

Reborn Photography Group Focuses on Local Talent

The Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography, still in the process of attaining not-for-profit status, is currently one of the most promising new art organizations in the city.

January 9, 2018

Lead Bank: A Leader in Supporting KC Arts and Artists

Step into the lobby of Lead Bank in the Crossroads Arts District and your eye will no doubt focus on “Woven Shades of Blue with..

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