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February 9, 2016

NCECA 2016 Conference, March 16-19

NCECA is National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.  Colloquially, it is known as “Clay Mecca.”   The annual conference travels around the country from..
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February 4, 2016

“Wendy Red Star: Parading Culture (Tokens, Gold, & Glory),” Haw Contemporary

Native American artist Wendy Red Star considers different cultures from a variety of angles—consumption and commodity, contradictions within community, insider/outsider identity— in her solo show at Haw Contemporary.
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February 3, 2016

Kelly Ludwig’s Outsider Obsession

"It’s hard to pinpoint the single moment when my appreciation for this art became a mild obsession,” writes Kelly Ludwig in her book Detour Art (Kansas City Star Books, 2007).
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February 2, 2016

Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Clint Ashlock, presents the British Invasion!

The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Clint Ashlock, presents the British Invasion! Friday, February 26th at 8pm in Helzberg Hall With apologies..
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February 2, 2016

NCECA Offers Conference Scholarships to Kansas City Students and Teachers

NCECA is excited to offer single-day pass scholarships to 100 students and 10 teachers from Kansas City area high schools. Students and teachers from schools..
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February 1, 2016

Nerman Museum Opens Gallery Dedicated to Art and Artists of Kansas

The Nerman Museum shop, a casualty of budget cuts in 2014, is reborn this spring as an exhibition space, thanks to a $700,000 gift from..
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January 29, 2016

“Dylan Mortimer: Cure,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

If one quality of a great artist is fearlessness—and it is—Dylan Mortimer has it in spades. He’s demonstrated it from the start of his career,..
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January 29, 2016

Company Confidence

Swan Lake was a flop when it premiered in 1877. Tchaikovsky’s score was considered too Wagnerian; too noisy. A critic named Tyler Grant referred to it as “utter hogwash” and thought the choreography was “unimaginative and altogether unmemorable.” After Tchaikovsky died in 1893, composer Riccardo Drigo revised the score.
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January 28, 2016

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, January 29 – 31

It’s the last weekend of January and time one again for some calendar picks from our editor, Alice Thorson. For more ideas this weekend, visit..
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