KC STUDIO

December 31, 2015

Dual Personality

As a student in the early 1970s at the Kansas City Art Institute, Jerry Eisterhold found himself pondering wine in addition to graphic design. It was a brief phase, yet one that foretold the future. “I thought it would be a cool thing to be a wine aficionado,” Eisterhold remembers.

December 29, 2015

How Pop Culture Paves the Way to the Classics

One writer’s path to Swan Lake… It was 1981. I got a Walkman and three new cassette tapes for Christmas: Working Class Dog, Super Trouper,..

December 21, 2015

How to Increase Arts Participation in Our Community

Have you ever found yourself in limbo on Friday evening thinking, “There’s this amazing arts community in KC, but how do I plug in quickly..

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December 17, 2015

Kansas City Cultural Institutions in the News

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art earned first place in a recent Yelp ranking of the best museums in the U.S, beating out such august contenders..

December 15, 2015

“Venus Rising” Contains More Than a Female Body

One of the gems of the Nelson-Atkins’ American painting collection is Raphaelle Peale’s Venus Rising from the Sea—A Deception. Often acknowledged as the artist’s most important work, it was a natural choice for inclusion in the exhibit, “Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life,” now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

December 11, 2015

Supporting the Arts – Where There is a Will, There is a Way

Roger and Janet Fisher of Kansas City recently found unexpected inspiration in their beloved Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art where they’ve been members and volunteers for..

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December 10, 2015

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, December 11-13

What are your plans for the weekend? Our editor, Alice Thorson, has a few suggestions. See Doc Serverinsen play with the Kansas City Symphony, or..

December 9, 2015

A Nutcracker Reminiscence

While Kansas City Ballet’s new production is renowned New York designer Holly Hynes’ first full-scale Nutcracker costume design, it isn’t really her first experience creating..

December 8, 2015

“Eric Sall: Full Phase,” Haw Contemporary

Eric Sall is on fire. The collection of 15 paintings from 2014–15 on view at Haw Contemporary is perhaps his best work so far. His..