Archive for May, 2009
Cool Quilts for a Warm Day: Bean Gilsdorf at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art
Bean Gilsdorf Like Magic 4-7 p.m. (Special Surface Design Association conference hours) Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art 2004 Baltimore Kansas City, MO 816.221.2626 Regular hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday Runs through: June 27 Artist’s site: http://www.beangilsdorf.com Gallery site: http://www.sherryleedy.com One of the rules of ARTKC365 is that an artist has to have significant ties to the [...]
Under the Tree of Knowledge: Ke-Sook Lee at Paragraph Gallery
Ke-Sook Lee Happy Tree Friends II (Group Show) Noon-5 p.m. Paragraph Gallery 23 E. 12th Kansas City, MO 816.221.5115 Hours Noon-5 p.m., Thursdays and Saturdays Runs through: June 4 Artist’s site: http://www.ke-sooklee.com Gallery Site: http://www.charlottestreet.org Even those of us who style ourselves open-minded and culturally sensitive can’t help but see things through the prisms of [...]
FIFTH FRIDAY CALENDAR DIGEST
Surface Design Association conference exhibitions and more The Surface Design Association (founded in 1977 after an initial conference at the University of Kansas the previous year) has about 4,000 members all over the world and once again is bringing its semi-annual conference to Kansas City, Missouri. Some exhibitions are already open, and many are hosting [...]
Brushing Hope: Emily Tomlins at OneVillage a Community Church
Emily Tomlins Beneath the Surface 6-10 p.m. OneVillage a Community Church 5700 Nall Roeland Park, KS 913.400.2060 Hours after Final Friday: By appointment. Runs through: June 21 Gallery site: http://www.onevillagekc.com One of the more famous quotes by Georgia O’Keeffe runs: I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any [...]
OFF THE GRID: SURFACE DESIGN TIME IN KC
The Surface Design Association (founded in 1977 after an initial conference at the University of Kansas the previous year) has about 4,000 members all over the world and once again is bringing its semi-annual conference to Kansas City, Missouri. Some exhibitions are already open, and many are hosting special hours on Friday, May 29 and [...]
Scenes from a Dream Theater: Andrea Flamini at Review Studios Exhibition Space
Andrea Flamini Blind Files 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Review Studios Exhibition Space 1708 Campbell Kansas City, MO 816.994.7134 Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday Runs through: June 12 Artist’s site: http://www.flamini.com Gallery site: http://www.ereview.org Walking out of the Review Studios Exhibition Space after seeing — and hearing — Andrea Flamini’s Blind Files is a [...]
Every Picture tells Herstory: Sonya Andrews at Eljay's River Market Coffeehouse
Sonya Andrews Illustrated Memories 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Eljay’s River Market Coffeehouse 412B Delaware Kansas City, MO 816.472.5552 Hours: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Runs through: May 30 Gallery site: http://www.eljays.com If Sonya Andrews’ new works remind you of illustrations from childhood storybooks … that’s because they are. Sort of. The five acrylic [...]
Stitched Stories of Strength: Eugenia Ortiz at Cedar Roe Library
Eugenia Ortiz 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Cedar Roe Library 5120 Cedar Roeland Park, KS 913.384.8590 Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday Runs through: May 30 Art in the Stacks site: http://www.jocolibrary.org/templates/JCL_InfoPage.aspx?id=2740 Much has been written in this space about the city of Roeland Park’s commitment to original art, [...]
Eulogy in Bronze: Tom Corbin at Penn Valley Park
Tom Corbin Kansas City Firefighters Memorial Fountain (project design by Larkin Aquatics) Penn Valley Park 31st at Broadway Kansas City, MO Permanent installation. Artist’s site: http://www.corbinbronze.com Designer’s site: http://www.larkinaquatics.com Park site: http://www.kcmo.org/parks.nsf/web/pennvalleypark?opendocument It’s Memorial Day, and I realize that cookouts, trips to the lake and other outdoor activities are likely — weather permitting — to take precedence over [...]
The Rides of Someone Else's Life: Dusty Colyer at Mercy Seat Gallery
Dusty Colyer The Photography of Dusty Colyer Noon-8 p.m. Mercy Seat Gallery 210 E. 16th St. Kansas City, MO 816.421.4833 Hours: Noon-8 p.m. daily Runs through: June 4 Gallery site: http://www.mercyseattattoo.com As has been mentioned before, one of the cool things about covering the full range of Kansas City’s art scene is the huge variety [...]
INDA:5 – KCAI at Rockhurst University
“To mark the fifth anniversary of the interdisciplinary arts program at the Kansas City Art Institute, Julia Cole, sculptor and chair of the interdisciplinary arts program, and Anne Pearce, director of the Greenlease Gallery and Rockhurst art faculty member, will co-curate a show of current and past student works, spanning the life of the program. [...]
Roots Unbound : B.J. Vogt at Paragraph Gallery
B.J. Vogt Root (Part of Happy Tree Friends II Group Show) Noon-5 p.m. Paragraph Gallery 23 E. 12th Kansas City, MO 816.221.5115 Hours Noon-5 p.m., Thursdays and Saturdays Runs through: June 4 Artist’s site: http://bjvogt.blogspot.com Gallery Site: http://www.charlottestreet.org Tell someone to draw a tree, and chances are you’ll get only a partial picture. People tend [...]
FOURTH FRIDAY CALENDAR DIGEST
Memorial Day weekend brings new SDA conference exhibitions and more A birthday party for a theater, professional graffiti demonstrations, the final Happy Tree Friends “diaLog” series, another opportunity to see Teri Frame’s and Michael Schonhoff’s performances live, plus a number of Surface Design Association Conference exhibition openings, in Kansas City, Missouri, and Lawrence, Kansas, are [...]
To Paint Faith on Her Canvases: Victoria Rum at Black Dog Coffeehouse
Victoria Rum 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Black Dog Coffeehouse 12815 W. 87th St. Pkwy. Lenexa, KS 913.495.5515 Hours: 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday Runs through: May 31 Artist’s site: http://www.victoriasecretartshow.com Gallery site: http://www.bdcoffeehouse.com First things first: You’ll have to picture Cosmic Atmosphere, the painting shown [...]
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