Review

Plenty to see and experience tonight and this weekend

Kansas City, Missouri's Crossroads art district offers the usual and welcomed plethora of new and continuing exhibitions. Click "read more" and plan your evening, Saturday, and Sunday. Listings are updated continually in our online visual arts calendar.

1810 Gallery
1810 Cherry Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-842-6996

Dan Compton: Photography
Clint Metcalf: Paintings
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 7-9 p.m.
October 3 - October 31

#8 Art Gallery
1600 Locust Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-916-8121

First Friday art moving sale: October 3, 6-10 p.m. (or by appointment)

BlueBike Art Space
2029 Wyandotte, Suite 101
Kansas City, Missouri
816-531-3222

Teresa Magel
Open for First Friday: October 3, 5:30-9 p.m.

Arts Incubator, Cocoon Gallery
115 West 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-2292

Celebrating INK
In conjunction with the September 2008 launch of the new INKubator Press: Prints by Doug Baker, Laura Berman, Will Burnip, Michelle Dreher, Hammerpress Studio, Anthony High, Tom Huck, Gesine Janzen, Michael Krueger, Mike Lyon, Hugh Merrill, Jessica Owings, Miguel Riviera, Roger Shimomura, Robert Stackhouse, Larry Thomas
Open First Friday: October 3, 6-9 p.m.

The Base Gallery
2012 Baltimore Avenue
(inside Leedy-Voulkos Art Center)
Kansas City, Missouri
816-405-3562

José Faus: CONTEXTO
September 5 - October 31
Open First Friday: October 3, 6-9 p.m.

Belger Arts Center
2100 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-3250

Inspiration: African-American Quilts from the Collection of Maude Wahlman
Interpretation: Silver Screen Quilts: Sun Smith-Foret
First Friday closing artists talk: October 3, 6:15 p.m.
Dr. Maude Wahlman, her daughter and curator Christina Wahlman, and Sun Smith-Foret will each give a 15- to 20- minute talk about their involvement in this project.
Closing October 3

Blue Gallery
118 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-527-0823

Rich Bowman: Infinite Sky
Open for First Friday: October 3, 6-9 p.m.
September 26 - November 3

Byron Cohen Gallery
2020 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-5665

The Boathouse: Works by Yigal Ozeri
First Friday opening reception: September 5, 5-9 p.m.
Open for First Friday: October 3, 7-9 p.m.
September 5 - November 1

Corridor Art Space
Office of Gould Evans Associates
4041 Mill Street (Westport's Manor Square)
Kansas City, Missouri

Works in Wood by Jerry Miller
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 5 - 7:30 p.m.
October 3 - November 26

Dot Gallery
1517 Oak Street
Kansas City, Missouri

Collections: Joseph Maino
Laura Erickson
Open First Friday: October 3, 5:30-10:30 p.m.

Eva Reynolds Fine Arts, INC
4851 West 134th Street
Leawood, Kansas
913-681-8002

Grand Opening: Friday, October 3, 5-8 p.m.

Genevieve Flynn Studio
1717 Oak Street, 2nd Floor
Kansas City, Missouri
816-333-6719

Susan Kissinger
Lisa Failoni
Adrienne Campbell
Open First Friday: October 3, 6-9 p.m., with music by DJ Deep Hope
Hilliard Gallery
404 East 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-561-2956

Life Forces: Yukari Lee
First Friday opening reception:  October 3, 6-10 p.m.
October 3 - 27

Grand Arts
1819 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-6887

William Pope.L: "Animal Nationalism" — Trinket and Small Cup
Small Cup screening at Grand Arts continuously during gallery hours, with performances at 4:30 p.m.
September 5 - October 18

Images Gallery
1520 Walnut Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-2006

Keith Ashcraft
John Gillu
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 6-9 p.m.

Kansas City Artists Coalition
201 Wyandotte Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-5222

Mallin Gallery:
War Diaries: Works by Steve Mumford
Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery:
Claire Rau: Booby Traps
Underground Gallery:
Opposition
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 5-8 p.m.
October 3 - November 14

KCAI Crossroads Gallery
1908 Main
Kansas City, Missouri
800-522-5224

Synesthesia Loves Company: Stephen Proski and Katie Carter
First Friday opening: October 3, 6-9 p.m.
Open October 3, 10 & 17

Krzyz Studio
1800 Locust Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-472-4999

Devin Thorla: Falling into Motion
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 7-9 p.m.
October 3 - October 31

la Esquina
1000 West 25th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-5115

Spoonbender Orchestra + Gamelan Genta Kasturi
Directed by Jeffrey Rukaman
Spoonbender Orchestra: October 3, 4, 9 & 10, 7:30 p.m.; $10

The Late Show
1600 Cherry Street
816-474-1300

Asheer Akram, Jorge Calvo, Travis Pratt, Stanton Fernald
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 6-10 p.m.
October 3 - 26

Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
2012 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-1919

Main Gallery: Renegades of Funk: A Look into Kansas City's Lowbrow
(Héctor Casanova, Lori Rae Erickson, Gear, Adrian Halpern, Jessica Manco, Noah Moore, Matthias Soda Potter, Sha9agin)
(This collaboration was awarded a 2008 ArtsKC Inspiration Grant.)
First Friday second opening and reception, with live painting: October 3, 6-9 p.m.
Artists talk October 4, 1 p.m.
September 5 - October 25

Elizabeth Stevenson: The Girl Who Lives in a Sign, Chapters 1-11
First Friday opening and receptions: October 3 & November 7
October 3 - November 22

Opie Gallery: Jeran Avery: Epic Adventure in Limited Edition!
First Friday second opening and reception: October 3, 6-9 p.m.
September 5 - October 11

The Locust Factory
504 East 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-516-5981

Paul Mallory: Ceramics
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 6-9 p.m.
October 3 - October 31

Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery
915 West 17th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-2349

Day of the Dead / 9th Annual Día de Los Muertos
First Friday openings: October 3 & November 7, 6-10 p.m.
Day of the Dead Festival: October 4, 2 -10 p.m.
October 3 - November 15

Mercy Seat Studio
210 East 16th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-4833

Jaime Lakatos: Mutagenesis
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 7-10 p.m., with live music performances in Mercy Seat Alley by The Sixteens & Hopeless Destroyers
October 3 - November 5

Mildred's Coffeehouse
1821 Wyandotte Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-471-1155

Jackie Denning: Kansas-Cityscape
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 6-9 p.m.
October 3 - November 3

The Mojo Gallery
2009 Baltimore Avenue, Studio B
Kansas City, Missouri
816-283-3444

Josephine DeFrancis: Visions of Becoming
Open First Friday: October 3, noon-9:30 p.m.
September 3 - October 25

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas
913-469-3000

Barton P. Cohen and Mary D. Cohen Gallery, McCaffree Gallery:
Kansas Artist Craftsmen Association 2008
October 3 - November 9

Pela de Gallos Gallery
1000 West 25th Street, Suite C
Kansas City, Missouri
(temporary gallery space)

Dead Set on Destruction: recent work by Jay Norton & Mark Hennessy
First Friday opening: October 3, 6 p.m.-midnight,
First Friday opening: October 3, 6 p.m.-midnight,
with CD release + performance by 1950DA at 9:30 p.m.
October 3 - October 31

Pi Art Gallery
419 East 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-210-6534

Landscape of the Figure: new work by Carlyle Raine
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 6-9 p.m.
October 3 - October 25

Plenum Space
504 E. 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri

E. Spencer Schubert: avoidance.
First Friday opening: October 3, 6-11 p.m. (other hours by appointment only)
October 3 - October 24

The Pitch Artspace
1701 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
(enter parking lot door)

Open First Friday (reception): October 3, 6-10 p.m., with music and live painting
KC Hustle
(Brian Bullets, Nathan Fox, Mad, Scribe, Sike Style, Zach Trover

Red-Light
323 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-1484

Death & Desire: Paintings by Joe Hoskins
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 6-9 p.m.
October 3 - October 25

Red Star Studios
821 West 17th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-7316

Bede Clarke: New Work
October 2 - November 1
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 6-9 p.m.

Review Studios Exhibition Space
1708 Campbell Street
(enter on 17th Street except during business hours)
Kansas City, Missouri
816-471-2343

Colby K Smith: The Jesus Show
First Friday hours: October 3, 6-10 p.m.
Open Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m.
September 12 - October 25

Sabrina Staires Studio/Landon Gallery
329 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-4471

Julia Denensha: Gypsies of Slovakia
First Friday hours: October 3, 6-10 p.m.
September 5 - November 4

Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art
2004 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-2626

Lightsome Recall
(Jun Kaneko, Jennifer Onofrio Fornes, Koo Sung Soo, Tom Nakashima, Tuan Lee, Tony Gaddis, Gabriel Figueroa)
Carnival: Gerit Grimm
Open First Friday: October 3, 6-10 p.m.
September 5 - October 25

studio b
2016 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-994-8995

Paul Geenty
Yuri Zupancic
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 5-11 p.m.
October 3 - October 31

Third Eye Gallery
2024 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-931-7160

New Drawings and Paintings by Paul Flinders
First Friday opening reception: October 3, 5-9 p.m.
October 3 - October 24

Unit 5 Gallery
1920 Wyandotte Avenue, #5
Kansas City, Missouri
816-841-5500

Humors: Drawings by Anne Austin Pearce
Open First Friday: October 3, 6-9 p.m.
September 5 - October 25

Upstart Crow Framing Gallery
2016 Baltimore Avenue
816-842-1646

David Matthews
Open First Friday: October 3, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Saturday, October 4

6 Gallery
716 1/2 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-856-6480

Language/Activism/Dissent
Opening reception: October 4, 7-9 p.m., with music by the Free Radicals
Gallery talk: October 18, 4 p.m.
October 4 - November 23

Paragraph & Urban Culture Project Space
21-23 East 12th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-5115

Cinema City: An Installation by Russ Nordman and Jody Boyer
Third Friday reception: September 19, 6-9 p.m.
Artists in residence open studios: September 6, 20; October 4
August 2 - October 4

H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-561-5563

New, Three: Kansas City Art Institute Faculty
(Brian Collier, Kim Eichler-Messmer, Julie Farstad, Jessie Fisher, Jamie Gray, Diana Heise, Tracy Krumm, Tom Lewis, Daniel Reneau, Miguel Rivera, Steven Roberts, Liz Van Verth, James Woodfill)
Closing October 4

Lawrence Arts Center
940 New Hampshire Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-843-2787

Munnys That Bring Happiness: A collective art exhibition showcasing collectible figures customized by local artists
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 4, 7-9 p.m.
September 30 - October 11

Airline History Museum
201 NW Lou Holland Drive
Hangar #9
Kansas City, Missouri

KC MODERN Presents
The United States of Charles Phoenix
A Comedy about Mid-Century Americana
Single performance: October 4, 8 p.m.
Tickets $20, available at KC MODERN and at the door one hour before showtime; includes museum admission

Sunday, October 5

The Bourgeois Pig
6 East 9th Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-843-1001

Futures: new work by Drew James
Opening reception: Sunday, October 5, 7-9 p.m.
October 5 - October 31

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-751-1278

Landscapes: Real and Imagined
Closing October 5

Human/Nature: Recent European Landscape Photography
Closing October 5

Thornhill Gallery
Avila University
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, Missouri
816-501-2443

Fly Now: Aviation Posters from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Closing October 5

Tomasic & Rehorn
419 North 6th Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-371-5750

Organic Iron Concepts by George Rousis
Closing reception: October 5, 4-7 p.m.

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