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NOVEMBER FIRST FRIDAY CALENDAR DIGEST

It’s First Friday in the Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City, which means there are dozens of galleries open with new and recent work. Images of many of the exhibitions are posted separately, where you can link to artists’ and galleries’ sites for even more information. Meanwhile, click the image here and see all that’s coming tonight, this weekend and beyond!

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IMAGES FIRST FRIDAY PREVIEW NOVEMBER

See what you want to go see; images from exhibitions opening or open First Friday November 6. Click the image at left to see more.

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A DESIRE TO FLY

Paul Flinders creates emotive works that connect with the viewer on a visceral rather than on a logical level. Standing before them, a viewer might have the sensation of warmth emanating from muted colors and soft light. The works might elicit some distant memory of joy, pain, or love, despite their unreality, which is sometimes cartoonish or evokes the extraterrestrial or primordial. Even some of his direct social critiques make an emotional connection through scenes that are sometimes bizarre or otherworldly, sometimes romantic or absurd.