AVENUE OF THE ARTS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
Opening reception and performances tonight, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Making a return appearance at Avenue of the Arts, Peregrine Honig's "Moo Cow" is on the southeast corner of Central and 13th and one of 11 permanent, temporary — and new this year — performance works in this year's 10th anniversary Avenue of the Arts, along Central from Ninth to 16th streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Photos: T. Abeln
Avenue of the Arts
Central Avenue, from 9th to 16th streets
Kansas City, Missouri
Administered in 2009 by the Avenue of the Arts Foundation (360º Architecture and DST Systems Inc.), in partnership with the City of Kansas City, Mo. Municipal Art Commission
2009 Avenue of the Arts
10th annual temporary public art exhibitionsculptural, installation, and sound art by this year’s artists: Laura DeAngelis, Lori Raye Erickson & Lisa Marie Evans, Reilly Hoffman, Matthew Farley, Alexandra Robinson, Mark Southerland (performance May 21 and additional dates); with works from two 2008 artists (held over): Matthew Burke, Colin Leipelt; and special guest returning artists: Peregrine Honig, Larry Thomas
Opening reception and 10th anniversary: May 21, 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the Folly Theater, with food, drink, music, and more
May — September 2009
"Evolvement" by Lori Raye Erickson and Lisa Marie Evans, like "Moo Cow," is designed for pedestrian interaction. The three large-scale zoetropes spin and allow viewers to see an animation through the slots.
Works in the 2009 Avenue of the Arts include: the permanent Rodin Rodannandann by Donald Lipski (2000) on the Poindexter Garage on Ninth Street at the terminus of Central Avenue; Nightshade by Alexandra Robinson, at various points on Central Avenue on the ground (between Ninth and 11th and 12th and 14th); NEOPHON, ZELATRON by Colin Leipelt, near the Lyric Theatre at 11th; Oops! by Larry Thomas on the fire escape / east wall of the Folly Theater; Wee Snuff the New Nomads with Mark Southerland, who will perform near the Folly Theater at 12th on opening night and other times to be announced; Conjoined by Laura DeAngelis; Evolvement by Lori Raye Erickson and Lisa Marie Evans; The Making of Pets by Matthew Farley (all on the west side of Barney Allis Plaza, between 12th and 13th); Moo Cow by Peregrine Honig at 13th and Central; Hoops and Birds by Matthew Burke on the east-facing side of Bartle Hall between 13th and 14th; and transfiguration of St. Bartholomew by Reilly Hoffman on the hill at 16th Street, south of the Bartle Hall Ballroom and Water Plaza (by Jun Kaneko and a One Percent for Art project).
Lori Raye Erickson and Lisa Marie Evans, "Evolvement" detail view of pink zoetrope.
The Folly Theater is visible in the background through the image slots on the zoetropes making up "Evolvement" by Lori Raye Erickson and Lisa Marie Evans.
"Opps!" This portrait of Folly Theater Executive Director Doug Tatum by Larry Thomas is on the east side of the building and honors the Folly's ongoing support of Avenue of the Arts, as well as the theater's vaudeville heritage. Thomas' ghostly photoprints were part of his "Hide and Seek" installation in Avenue of the Arts 2007.
Some Avenue of the Arts installations are subtle: Alexandra Robinson's "Nightshade" work is located throughout the corridor on the ground and mark the often-overlooked movement of shadows in the urban environment. The pieces are best viewed around dusk, when the light-sensitive material glows.
Seeming to spill out like a fountain-fall from the top of Barney Allis Plaza, Matthew Farley's "The Making of Pets" continues the artist's work with water bottles. His "Frozen Assets" was a winter feature at the Chi Omega Fountain on the campus of the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, where he is a student.
"The Making of Pets" as viewed from the east, inside of the city's parking garage (facing Bartle Hall). Part of Matthew Farley's intention is to draw attention to the energy used to produce bottled water and the waste the PET-plastic bottles create as a result.
Avenue of the Arts is a public-private partnership between the City of Kansas City's Municipal Arts Commission, 360 Architecture and DST Systems (through the Avenue of the Arts Foundation), but another city program, One Percent for Art, brought these screens to Bartle Hall loading dock across from the Folly Theater. "Winds of Aphrodite" by Suikang Zhao was completed in 2008. This spot is one place where Mark Southerland's Wee Snuff the New Nomads will be performing tonight.
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