KC STUDIO

May 1, 2018

Concert to Come: Kansas City Contemporary Music Festival

The Kansas City Contemporary Music Festival, now in its second year, brings together some of the region’s premier new music practitioners for a post-genre celebration during May’s First Fridays. The festival runs from 5 to 9 p.m. in the third-floor event space of the Bauer, the rehabbed warehouse warrened with artists’ studios and gallery spaces, a central hub for an evening of gallery stalking and art gazing.

May 1, 2018

American Indian Art Joins Crossroads First Fridays

One of the best-kept secrets you can discover on First Fridays is housed in a company headquarters at 310 W. 19th Terrace. In fall 2017, Travois, a Kansas City-based consulting firm focused on promoting housing and economic development in Native American communities, launched an intertribal, international exhibition series dedicated to indigenous artists. It encompasses drawing, painting, textiles, architecture, jewelry, sculpture and photography, curated by experts in the field.

Articles

May 1, 2018

For KC Arts, A Decade to Remember

As “KC Studio” marks its 10th anniversary with the May/June 2018 issue, we look back on an extraordinary decade for the arts in Kansas City...

April 30, 2018

From the Founders

As KC Studio’s founders, we are proud to be celebrating the magazine’s 10th Anniversary!

April 30, 2018

Championing Kansas City’s Black Arts Scene

Collectively speaking, several organizations are championing Kansas City’s Black arts scene. The brainchild of renowned quilter Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin, the African American Artists Collective has..

April 30, 2018

Artist Pages: Black Art in Kansas City

This is, quite possibly, the most critical time for Black art since the 1960s.

April 30, 2018

A Plea for the Planet

Celebrating nature’s alluring power while simultaneously warning of the perils that threaten our natural world, “Big Botany: Conversations with the Plant World,” is a sweeping botanical tapestry of works by 50 artists spanning six centuries. Five years in the planning, the exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence reflects a lifetime passion of curator Stephen Goddard.

April 30, 2018

Musical Theater Heritage Brings “Cats” Up to Scratch in New Production

You can detect a tone of defiant pride when Tim Scott tells you he has never seen “Cats.” “Not once,” he said. “And I think that’s why I’m perfectly suited to direct it.” That Scott somehow made it this far in life without actually sitting through Andrew Lloyd Webber’s show (that at one time held the record for the longest-running musical in both London and New York), might strike you as odd.

April 26, 2018

Visit The 49th Annual Symphony Designers’ Showhouse and Support Youth Programs

This year will mark By The Blade’s 7th consecutive year as the landscape designer for the Symphony Designers’ Showhouse. Open to the public for tours..