B Categories Articles Performing March 14, 2023 Black Gospel Music in Kansas City Kansas City has a storied and rich Black gospel music history.
T Categories Articles Performing September 28, 2022 Telling the Story of African American Music A Topeka native, Dina Bennett became director of collections and curatorial affairs at the American Jazz Museum in 2018, bringing a distinguished record to the post.
C Categories Articles Visual July 7, 2022 Church Hats as an Emblem of Cultural Pride Ceramic artist Jada Patterson pays homage to the strength and style of Black women.
J Categories Articles Cinematic Visual June 29, 2022 Julius Karash on Business and the Arts: ‘Bel Air’ TV Show Created by Native Kansas Citian Opens New Vistas for Kansas City Artists The creatives behind the remake of a ’90s sitcom have proven once again that Kansas City artists can play with coastal counterparts on the same field.
K Categories Articles Cinematic Literary Performing Visual May 10, 2021 Kansas City Black Artists Directory I’ve been to First Fridays in the Crossroads area, and the lack of work by Black artists is striking and obvious.
A Categories Articles Visual July 17, 2019 Artist Pages: The Art of Black Hair Braiding I believe that creativity is the child of want. The emotion-rich blood of humanity’s deep need to simply belong flows through creativity’s veins.
A Categories Articles Visual May 17, 2019 Artist to Watch: Joseph T. Newton After a lifetime of making art, Joseph T. Newton has had an especially busy schedule of showing his work in recent months.