Our 2022 holiday gift guide focuses on local artist-made gifts and specialties, from handmade brooms to gourmet chocolate and a wide selection of affordable objects guaranteed to delight anyone on your list.
Kansas City and the world lost a multi-talented, big-hearted and much-loved artist and leader Sept. 19 when Hugh Merrill passed away unexpectedly but peacefully, according to his wife, Staci Pratt.
The main purpose of her art, said Laura DeAngelis, was to reveal “the workings of our inner worlds and in turn, the visible reflection of that which is invisible.”
Il Sung Na: Enchanting Tales of Animals and Aspirations
Vivid childhood memories are a creative wellspring for award-winning children’s book author Il Sung Na, who arrived in Kansas City five years ago to teach illustration at the Kansas City Art Institute.
