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June 8, 2023

“Distinctly Human, portraits by Kwanza Humphrey,” The Gallery at HJ’s Community Center

“Distinctly Human, portraits by Kwanza Humphrey” captures the strong voice of quiet moments through tenderly powerful paintings and drawings.
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January 19, 2023

Art School KC presents an evening of art, poetry, music and food.

salon of the indigenous gods is a visual art exhibition featuring painting and mixed media visual art, music, and spoken word poetry celebrating the culture of Indigenous peoples.
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January 16, 2023

Honors: Bianca Fields

The Kansas City painter enjoyed a 'jam-packed busy 2022,' with work in Kemper Museum's 'Women to Watch 2024' exhibition and showings in Miami, Los Angeles and London.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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