Review

Join Universal Limited Art Editions Master Printmaker Bill Goldston, who is in town for a special lecture and consulting series at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art October 29 through 31. Goldston will discuss new and recent prints by a variety of artists like Kiki Smith, Richard Tutte and Jasper Johns, for example. This print: Jasper Johns, "Fragments of a Letter," intaglio, 45 1/8" x 30 3/8", 2009. Published by ULAE. Image: courtesy of the gallery

Openings and events today:

Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
Usual events contact: 816-802-3423

Current Perspectives Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Held in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall on the KCAI campus; free

October 29, 7 p.m. Chris Martin is an abstract painter who was born in 1954 in Washington, D.C. He lives and works in Brooklyn, N.Y. He received his B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in 1992 and attended Yale University from 1972 to 1975. He has exhibited work in solo shows in New York, Boston and Los Angeles, including gecent group shows: Abstract America at the Saatchi Gallery in London, Painting as Fact — Fact as Fiction at de Pury & Luxembourg in Zurich, Switzerland, and The Painted World at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, New York. Martin received two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in 1990 and 1993, and he also has received awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Pollack-Krasner Foundation and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He is represented by Mitchell-Innes & Nash.
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Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art
2004 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-2626
Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., First Fridays, 7-9 p.m.

Private Print Presentation from Universal Limited Art Editions
Gallery talk and print presentation: October 29, 7-9 p.m. Please join us in welcoming Bill Goldston, master printmaker from ULAE, as he introduces new and recent prints from artists Enrique Chagoya, Carol Dunham, Jasper Johns, Kiki Smith, Robert Rauchenberg, Richard Tutte and others. He will be at the gallery for individual print consultation October 30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and October 31, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
October 29 — 31
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UMKC Gallery of Art
The Department of Art and Art History
203 Fine Arts Building, University of Missouri – Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, Missouri
816-235-1501
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Stephanie Coulter: Dis-ease
MA Thesis in Photography, click for more information
Thursday opening reception: October 29, 5-7 p.m. *(correction)
October 29 — November 21

Final (Fifth) Friday (Wichita, KS, to come):

Lawrence Arts Center
940 New Hampshire Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-843-2787
Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

New Works by Jan Gaumnitz
Reception: October 30, 7-9 p.m.
October 30 — December 18
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OneVillage a Community Church
5700 Nall Avenue
Overland Park, Kansas
Opening night and by appointment; please contact Andy Houltberg, 913-952-3974 or or Steve Brisendine, 646-708-6442

An Evening of Art and Music for a Cause
Tuan Huynh
&
Spencer Musser
A portion of the proceeds from art sold is donated to non-profits of the artists' choice
Final Friday opening reception: October 30, 8-10 p.m., with live music by A New Family and For the Birds
October 30 — November 20
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telephonebooth
3319 Troost Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-582-9812 (call ahead)
Saturday, noon-5 p.m., openings, and by appointment

Receipts and Souvenirs (for the living)
A collection of drawings, photographs and video by Mikal Shapiro
Opening event and performances: October 30, 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Danza Macabra, shadow play in its 7th production, based on the classical Camille St. Saens piece, and celebrating death and the dead (with this year’s work being inspired by Shapiro’s travels during El Día de Los Muertos in Jalisco, Mexico). This year’s collaborators include artists and musicisna: Joe Apaestagui, Pedro Calderon, Joe Gameson, Jane Gotch, Alison Greene, Devin McCollum, Derek Moore, Tug Newitt, Shane Ogren, Adolfo Ramirez, Beth Sarver, Marc Saviano, Nate Sutton, Tim Theis, Mary Ware, Greta Wilckins, Allan Winkler. "A shadow play extolling the virtues of being dead. Outdoors with hot concessions and fire pits. Dress warmly."
October 30 — December
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Wonder Fair: Art Gallery & How!
803 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday- Sunday, noon-6 p.m.

King Cat and Drawn & Quarterly Present:
John Porcellino on the Road
Event includes slide show, book signing and conversation celebrating 20 years of King Cat Comics and the release of Porcellino’s new collection Map of My Heart, with musical guest Patrick Porter.
October 30, 6-9 p.m.