Archive for August, 2009
Voyage of Small Discoveries: Simon Kossoff at {:m Momentum Gallery
Simon Kossoff Running on Empty {:m Momentum Gallery 2014 Main Street Kansas City, MO 816.560.1450 Hours: First Fridays, 6-9 p.m., Monday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and by appointment Runs through: Today Artist’s site: http://www.simonkossoff.blogspot.com Gallery site: http://khesse.chartwellkc.net/getagent/Pages.php?Page=565593 Not to sound the urgency alarm or anything, because Mondays exact a toll as it is … but if [...]
She Dreams in Colors: Antonette Nicotera at Kansas City Kansas Main Library
Antonette Nicotera Dream Escapes 1-5 p.m. Kansas City Kansas Public Library (Main Branch) 625 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, KS 913.551.3280 Hours: 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday Runs through: Sept. 16 Artist’s site: http://www.antonettenicotera.com Gallery site: http://www.kckpl.org/FINEARTS/exhibits.htm You can’t stop Antonette Nicotera. You can’t even hope to contain her. And [...]
Opening Conception: Charlie Paynter at Pi Art Gallery
Charlie Paynter Opening a New Life 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Pi Art Gallery 419 East 18th Kansas City, MO 816.210.6534 Special Weekend Showing Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. Runs through: Aug. 30 Gallery site: http://www.piartgallery.com Some people putter around the garden after they retire. Some take up golf. Some quietly slip into [...]
FOURTH /FINAL FRIDAY VISUAL ARTS
New school-based gallery openings, a one-time outsider weekend show, and more Openings and visual arts events, August 27 — September 3:
Begin the Beguile: JP Morrison at The Base Gallery
JP Morrison Beguiled: The Folklore of Women 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Base Gallery 2012 Baltimore (Downstairs) Kansas City, MO 816.398.8109 Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Runs through: Sept. 28 Artist’s site: http://www.jpmorrison.net Gallery site: http://www.thebasegallery.com In many areas of life and daily living, ambiguity is something to be avoided. It matters whether the light is red [...]
Bending Toward the Center: Steve Richardson at Overland Park Convention Center
Steve Richardson Converge Viewable 24 hours. Overland Park Convention Center 6000 College Blvd. Overland Park, KS 913.339.3000 Permanent Installation. Gallery site: http://www.opkansas.org/_Res/Things_to_Do/Arts_and_Music/index.cfm You might have to break out your umbrellas to check out today’s featured artist. Then again, maybe not. It’s Kansas, after all. But whether it’s shining in the sun, glistening in the rain, or [...]
Segments of the Imagination: Ansel O'Doniel at Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
Ansel O’Doniel Metameric 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens 8909 W. 179th St. Overland Park, KS 913.685.3604 Hours: 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m., April 10-Sept. 30, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 1-April 9, open daily except Christmas Runs through: Oct. 1 Gallery site: http://www.opkansas.org/_Vis/Arboretum/index.cfm It’s fitting, perhaps, that Ansel O’Doniel created Metameric while still a [...]
Warped Ware: Liz Scavuzzo at Centered Earth Gallery
Liz Scavuzzo OopZ … 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Centered Earth Gallery (KC Clay Guild) 200 W. 74th Street Kansas City, MO 816.363.1373 Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday Runs through: Aug. 29, with closing reception from 6-9 p.m. Gallery site: http://www.kcclayguild.org Naming a ceramics show OopZ … does create certain [...]
The Power of Stillness: Todd Bray at Black Dog Coffeehouse
Todd Bray 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: Aug. 31 Artist’s site: http://www.myfinephoto.com Gallery site: http://www.bdcoffeehouse.com The English playwright William Congreve once wrote (inspiring one of the most [...]
Characters Well-Cast: Mary Lynn Swafford at Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
Mary Lynn Swafford 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens 8909 W. 179th St. Overland Park, KS 913.685.3604 Hours: 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m., April 10-Sept. 30, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 1-April 9, open daily except Christmas Runs through: Oct. 1 Gallery site: http://www.opkansas.org/_Vis/Arboretum/index.cfm It’s supposed to be a gorgeous day, perfect for hopping in [...]
Black Coffee at the Block Party: Jackie Denning at Muddy's Coffee Shop
Jackie Denning 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Muddy’s Coffee Shop 318 E. 51st Kansas City, MO 816.756.3121 Hours: 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Runs through: Aug. 31 Artist’s site: http://www.jackiedenningart.com Gallery site: http://www.muddyskc.com It’s paradoxical, but true, that the things which seem the simplest are often the hardest to pull off well. Triple-caramel double-mocha wet [...]
Theatrical Exhibition: Kendall Maycumber at Belini Gallery
Kendall Maycumber 6-9 p.m. Belini Gallery 1033 E. 5th St. Kansas City, MO Hours: 6-9 p.m. Third Fridays and by appointment. Runs through: Permanent exhibit. Artist’s site: http://www.artslant.com/ny/artists/show/61556-kendall-maycumber The old Belini Theater no longer shows moving pictures. But if you show up there this evening — say, between six and nine — you just might [...]
THIRD FRIDAY ARTS
Study time It’s a back-to-school kind-of week, with a presentation of visual arts events that might seem slim compared to usual Fridays in Kansas City, but it is a good chance to dig in a little deeper (and there are plenty of galleries open on Saturday afternoons with current shows closing in just a week. [...]
THURSDAY CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
Tonight, before Third Friday tomorrow: Gallery of Art & Design University of Central Missouri 217 Clark Street, Art Center Building Warrensburg, Missouri 660-543-4498 Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. on Thursdays), Saturday, noon-4 p.m., and by appointment A&D Thursdays: extended gallery hours starting in fall semester 2009 and featuring lectures, receptions, films, fashion shows, [...]
After All, People are Animals Too: Barbara Mohn at b gallery
Barbara Mohn Strange Creatures we Are By appointment b gallery Studio b 2016 Main St. Kansas City, MO 816.994.8995 Hours: First Fridays, 6-10 p.m., First Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and by appointment Runs through: Aug. 31 If there’s such a thing as level-headed whimsy, this is it. Barbara Mohn’s show at b gallery, Strange Creatures [...]
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