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January 19, 2022

BlkArthouse: A New Model for Supporting, Promoting and Selling the Work of Black Artists

In 2020, with a core collective of six Black artists, Tatiana Rice launched BlkArthouse as a platform for connecting collectors with Black art while promoting and supporting artists through sales, exhibitions and professional development.
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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.
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July 13, 2021

Honors: Whitney Manney

Whitney Manney is on fire, a remarkable whirling dervish of activity and production.
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January 19, 2021

Honors: Vivian Wilson Bluett

“I felt like I had a responsibility to the community to give a visual representation of our struggle,” said Vivian Wilson Bluett.
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May 18, 2020

Honors: Emiel Cleaver

Emiel Cleaver has used his video production skills to educate and enlighten by casting a light on Kansas City’s rich, yet complex, Black history.
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August 29, 2018

African American Artists Collective

In 2016, a group of Black artists calling themselves the African American Artists Collective began meeting in Kansas City with the goal of supporting KC’s African American and Black artists on the local, regional and national levels.
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May 1, 2017

Harold Smith: Art As a Platform for Activism

On a warm evening in late February, the premiere screening of “The Gospel According to Glenn North” played to a packed meeting room at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
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March 1, 2017

Kemper Scores a Coup with Rashid Johnson Exhibit

Rashid Johnson is one of the most sought-after artists of his generation. In 2013 “Flash Art” magazine christened him a “post-black flower child” whose work coaxes viewers to come to grips with “complex historical reckoning.”
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