FIFTH FRIDAY ARTS DIGEST
Spencer Musser, "Boy with Dog," oil on canvas, 2008, is featured October 30 from 6 to 10 p.m. for Final Friday at OneVillage, a monthly night of art and music for a cause, curated by Steve Brisendine. With an MFA in theatre design, Musser opens his studio in the Columbus Park neighborhood for most Third Fridays there, and his work was recently part of the multi-media ArtSounds production of "Little Tokoyo" at the Kansas City Art Institute. Image: courtesy of the artist
Of course Halloween is in the air, and First Friday is on the horizon — but first, Final Friday opens new exhibitions in St. Louis and celebrates new and continuing ones in Wichita; closer to Review's home, Final Friday brings a shadow puppet play and opening at telephonebooth; an exhibition of paintings by two artists with very different histories at OneVillage; and a few other surprises — including one-time events in Lawrence, Kansas.
Final (Fifth) Friday / weekend KC Metro:
The Kansas City Museum
3218 Gladstone Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-483-8300
Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday, noon-4:30 p.m.
October 31, 5-8 p.m. Halloween in Historic Northeast The Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall teams up with the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association to satisfy the taste buds of spooky ghosts and goblins on Halloween. This annual event features decorated yards and free candy and family fun — safe trick-or-treating activities all along Gladstone Boulevard.
First Sunday Family Fun Day
First Sunday Family Fun Day features special, family-centered activities that kids and their families can enjoy for free! Bring kids ages 3-12, accompanied by an adult, and the whole group gets in free. Each month has a new theme that promotes creativity and visual literacy, while visitors have fun and learn about Kansas City and the legacy of R.A. Long.
November 1, noon-4 p.m. City Beautiful: Designing Your Own Park In 1890, landscape architect George Kessler designed Kansas City's unique parks-and-boulevard system, the north anchor of which can be seen from the Museum — Kessler Park (North Terrace Park / Cliff Drive) — and Gladstone Boulevard passes directly in front of Corinthian Hall to meet Benton Boulevard. Explore the “City Beautiful” movement in Kansas City by designing your own park and "growing a city" from settlement to metropolitan city, play games while learning, and watch a parks-themed film in the StoryTarium.
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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
Tuan Huynh's acrylic paintings are also featured at Final Friday at OneVillage. Image: courtesy of the gallery
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; more information about tonight's artists can be found on ArtKC365: Musser and Huynh
October 30 — November 20
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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.
Print Presentation from Universal Limited Art Editions
Bill Goldston, master printmaker from ULAE, 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., following a presentation October 29.
October 29 — 31
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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
Shadow images from "Danza Macabra" by Mikal Shapiro, which is being performed with a number of other artists and musicians three times October 30 and kicks off the artist's solo exhibition at telephonebooth. Image: courtesy of the artist
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.
Chicago-born Porcellino has been writing, drawing and publishing mini-comics for more than 25 years."His celebrated self-published series 'King-Cat Comics,' begun in 1989, has inspired a generation of cartoonists. 'Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man,' a collection of King-Cat stories aboutPorcellino’s experiences as a pest control worker, won an Ignatz Award in 2005." "Map of My Heart" celebrates the 20th anniversary of the comics zine, "King-Cat Comics." Image and quoted text: courtesy of the gallery
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.
Final Friday in Wichita, select listings:
For a full map and details, please see the Downtown Wichita's flyer.
Bruce Ward Photos
239 South Pattie
Wichita, Kansas
316-250-4479
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Final Friday events
The Bridges of Parke County — That Would Make a Great Painting!
An Exhibition of Photographs of the Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana, by Jeff Cowell and the Paintings that Were Inspired by Them by Phyllis Abraham, Joanna Ramondetta, and Charlayne Talley
Final Friday reception and Halloween party: October 30, 7-10 p.m.
October 30
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CityArts
334 North Mead
Wichita, Kansas
316-462-2787 Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (Final Friday, until 10 p.m.), Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Day of the Dead
group show
Final Friday reception: October 30, 6-10 p.m.
October 28 — 31
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Fisch Haus Studios
514 South Commerce
Wichita, Kansas
316-263-6770
Last Friday of every month, September to May, 7-10 p.m. and by appointment
Tales of Brave Ulysses
Kevin Mullins
Final Friday closing reception: October 30, 7-10 p.m.
September 24 — November 13
Read a review of Tales of Brave Ulysses by Rachel Epp Buller
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Project
1712 East Douglas Avenue
2nd Floor
Wichita, Kansas
Final Fridays and by appointment; for information: 316-265-7137
Dana Fritz, "Night Harvest-Tomatoes," archival pigment print, 17" x 22", 2009, is featured for Final Friday at Project in Wichita, Kansas, October 30 from 7 to 10 p.m. The group exhibition, "Omnivore's Delight," celebrates Americans' "renewed interest in local food, low-impact living, community gardening and good cooking." Exhibiting artists, many of whom created new work for the show, use food as both the topic and medium. Image and quoted text: courtesy of the gallery
Omnivore's Delight: an exhibition celebrating food, friendship and community,
with work by Stan Baden, Kristin Beal-DeGrandmont, Rachel Epp Buller, Patrick Duegaw, Dana Fritz, Larry Gawel, Kevin Mullins, Michael Odom, Elizabeth Stevenson, and Cindy Zimmerman
October 30, 7-10 p.m.
Next week in the KC metro:
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
November 5, 7 p.m. Claudia Hart "has been active as an artist, curator and critic since 1988. She creates virtual paintings that take the form of 3-D imagery integrated into photography, animated loops and multi-channel animation installations. After graduating cum laude from New York University with a B.A. in art history in 1978, Hart studied architecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and received an M.S. in 1984. She then practiced as an art and architecture critic. In 1988, Hart began to exhibit with the Pat Hearn Gallery, moving from critical to artistic practice. After receiving a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1989, she shifted her practice to Europe where she spent 10 years. Hart returned to New York in 1998 to publish two illustrated books, originally catalogs for her exhibitions. She wrote, illustrated and designed “A Child’s Machiavelli” and “Dr. Faustie’s Guide to Real Estate Development.” Hart is currently a visiting artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is represented by bitforms gallery in New York, where she had her first solo exhibition in May."
KCK Arts Network Meeting The monthly, first Thursday, meeting of KCK artists and arts organizations and a sponsor of KCK Second Fridays Artwalks. Please join them to help plan new directions for Kansas City, Kansas, arts. For questions and location information — which varies monthly — please contact Lori Triplett at Imago Dei, 913-233-0266.
November 5, 10:30 a.m.-noon
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