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November 24, 2025

Artist to Watch: Jackson Daughety

The award-winning Kansas City artist probes discrepancies between fantasy and reality in a culture driven by power and money.

November 21, 2025

Arts News: New billboard project connects KC artists with community nonprofits

Kansas City Art Institute student Lynn Hopkins (’25 Illustration) produced the inaugural artwork for a billboard series dubbed WELLUSTRATIONS.

October 23, 2025

Arts News: Streetcar arrival energizes plan for the Arterie pathway connecting KC’s cultural district

With a planned launch Nov. 2, The Arterie is a newly established winding pathway through an envisioned “cultural district” in Kansas City.

July 16, 2025

Honors: Noelle Choy

The 2025 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award winner embodies freedom in strange, colorful and chaotic sculptures, installations and performance art.

July 9, 2025

In Memoriam: Ke-Sook Lee (1941-2025)

A petite dynamo, devoted to honoring women's dreams and struggles in delicate artworks rooted in the domestic realm

July 7, 2025

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | Public art project has a chance of giving real life to a prime downtown site

The Barney Allis Plaza, a park above a city parking garage, has been a downtown dead zone for decades.

March 10, 2025

In Memoriam: Gerry Trilling (1945-2024)

As artist of fearless experimentation and expressiveness, rooted in textiles and a deep sense of family.

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March 3, 2025

See Hear: Steve Paul On Rambling Around the Arts | The Nelson-Atkins envisions a bold new step into the future

The best architecture makes us feel alive. The way designers shape materials and the space around people can produce a buoyant sensory engagement before we even think about it.

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November 26, 2024

2024 Holiday Events

This holiday season is filled with great concerts, performances and exhibits by local, national and international artists.

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