“Alter Egos” art exhibit a fundraiser for Pilgrim Center
Charles Porter is a cardiologist who takes photos in his spare time. He and other professionals will display their art as part of a fundraiser for the Hyde Park Pilgrim Center.
Charles Porter is a cardiologist who is also a photographer, and ...
New Bloch Executive Hall opens at UMKC
Henry Bloch at the podium during the celebration of the Bloch Executive Hall for Entrepreneurship.
To learn innovation and management, it seems best to do it in high style.
That was some of the thinking behind the Tuesday opening of the Henry ...
Arts commission filling in details on report
Table from the task force report on the arts.
Consultants are getting feedback and reviewing their vast draft plan for expanding arts and culture in the city.
The director of the Kansas City Arts Commission reported Monday that he hopes the ...
Nelson-Atkins exhibit showcases Islamic art
Photo credit: Emily Smith
A new exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art aims to introduce Kansas City audiences to contemporary art from or inspired by the Islamic lands, according to Director Julián Zugazagoitia.
“This exhibition highlights ...
Artists needed to save city fountains
If you have artistic skills, you can help in the effort to restore Kansas City Fountains, including several in Midtown.
The non-profit City of Fountains Foundation is asking artists to submit their original works (no photography or digital ...
Westport Center for Arts explores immigrant issues at Fringe Festival
As the 2013 Fringe Festival gets going, the Westport Center for the Arts has an interesting offering.
“Anonymous: Immigrant Voices” will examine the experiences of contemporary immigrants and the reasons they came here.
Here’s more ...
Arts report suggests letting artists homestead in vacant homes
Mike Burke, chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on the Arts, was joined by co-chairs Pat Jordan and Sean Kelley to release the draft plan for helping Kansas City become the greatest creative city in the Midwest. One idea the audience especially ...
Fringe festival takes over Midtown venues this week
The 2013 KC Fringe Festival – including 121 artists and 363 performances – begins this week.
In its 9th year this year, the KC Fringe Festival runs from July 18th to July 28th. This 11-day festival includes live theater, dance, burlesque, ...
Nelson-Atkins exhibit asks: what makes a great photographic portrait?
Pieter Hugo, South African (b. 1976). Annebelle Schreuders (1), 2012. Inkjet print. Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, 178.2012.1.
In these days of cell phones and Instagram, it might seem like taking photographic portraits is a dying art.
But ...
Task force on the arts to reveal draft plan
Kansas City residents have been working together to create a plan for the arts, and the draft is ready for public discussion.
The Mayor’s Task Force on the Arts is holding two town hall meetings to hear a presentation of the Kansas City Draft ...
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