KC STUDIO

May 9, 2022

Coping with the Pandemic

Any serious collector will tell you: Keep the collection going. But that clarion call has become more of a sanity-saving song during the two-year COVID-19 pandemic.

May 9, 2022

Brad Austin: ‘A Million Stories in His Head’

The great Kansas City stories keep coming from documentary filmmaker Brad Austin, if only because he cares so much about finding the next hometown tale.

May 5, 2022

Gallery Glance | Kim Lindaberry: Ukrainian Aid Project

The current war in Ukraine is inspiring a variety of responses from artists worldwide.

May 5, 2022

Julius Karash on Business and the Arts: Historic Bakery Building Gives Rise to New Artist Studios on Troost Avenue

Kansas City’s supply of artist studios leavened a bit more with the recent addition of the Wonder Studios, an offering of the Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC).

May 4, 2022

Shining a Light on Diversity in Classical Music

Pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege brings to life the works of women whose history had long been relegated to the footnotes of classical music.

May 4, 2022

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | Eight Decades Later, the Haag Hall Frescoes Have Many Stories to Tell

Luis Quintanilla was a Spanish artist in exile when he landed in Kansas City for the school year of 1940-41.

May 3, 2022

At Spinning Tree Theatre, Young Talent Abounds in “Icarus Flew” and “21 Chump Street: The Musical”

A double-feature showcase of young talent—a world premiere by a Kansas City playwright, and a Kansas City premiere from a world-famous artist—offer a glimpse of Spinning Tree's new mission in motion.

Partners

May 3, 2022

Summer Destinations: Shows to See at KC Museums

Brooklyn-based Shinique Smith unveils a new multidisciplinary body of work for her solo exhibition and debuts a new time-based work that evolved out of her 2018 performance at Open Spaces KC.

May 2, 2022

Stories That Show Women as They Are

Who was the real Big Bad Wolf, with teeth gleaming, poised to sink into pale young flesh? Why did Sleeping Beauty drift into that deep, anesthetized slumber? Was the ever-gentle Cinderella who graced our childhood TV screens the same one who had birds peck out the eyes of her stepsisters on her wedding day?