african american artists

November 30, 2022

Lewis Morrow: Masterful Portraits of Black Life

In the Kansas City playwright's trilogy of the intense family dramas, Blackness is something active.

November 1, 2022

Kansas City Artist Harold Smith is Racking Up the Recognition, Including a Prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

There are good years and there are banner years. Harold Smith is having a banner year. And 2022 isn’t over yet.

August 8, 2022

The Art of Courage

In the face of unspeakable adversity, local artist Trey Loomis is slowly weaving himself into Kansas City's art narrative.

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.

June 24, 2022

“So Fresh,” Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center

With his new TV drama “Bel-Air,” filmmaker and Kansas City native Morgan Cooper offers a serious reimagining of the 90s sitcom, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”

November 9, 2021

Honors: Rodney Thompson

The Kansas City filmmaker continues his commitment "to tell our own stories" with a new film supported by an Artistic Innovations Grant from Mid-America Arts Alliance.

August 30, 2021

At KC Melting Pot Theatre, Women Directors Run the Show

...And you'll find women at the fore throughout Kansas City's 2021-22 theater season.

August 30, 2021

A Much-Needed Gift to the Community

My first thoughts as I walked into the “Testimony” exhibit space at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art were those of familiarity, warmth and joy.

July 13, 2021

Honors: Whitney Manney

Whitney Manney is on fire, a remarkable whirling dervish of activity and production.

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