Review

Third Friday starts on Thursday, with exhibitions opening at UMKC and UCM and a closing reception in Lawrence at Signs of Life. January 15, Holly Swangstu presents a room-sized installation at the Albrecht-Kemper in St. Joseph, which is opening two other exhibitions Friday evening, and downtown, the Charlotte Street Foundation's Urban Culture Project presents both an installation by Samantha Persons and a group exhibition by its resident studio artists. Saturday, the Dolphin opens a new show of work by represented artists, Cara & Cabezas Contemporary opens its doors, and Sunday, Larry Thomas's exhibition opens at the Epsten Gallery and Clare Doveton and Travis Presnell respond to writer Richard Rathwell in a show at the Bourgeois Pig in Lawrence.

More images and links to artists' sites here.

Thursday exhibitions and openings:

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 featuring lectures, receptions, films, fashion shows, and other gallery-sponsored events

January 14, noon Playful Things artist lecture by Sharon Shapiro
February 18, noon Playful Things artist lecture by Magda Gluszek

Playful Things. examining the role of female identity in contemporary art
Featuring the work of Magda Gluszek, Sarah Knobel, Sharon Shapiro and Christina Vantzou
Opening reception: January 14, 5-7 p.m., with hors d'oeuvres and live music by UCM Department of Music; free and open to all; full-color exhibition catalog available
January 14 — February 19

WUNDERKAMMER: specimen views of my postmodern life
new work by Terry Ownby
Opening reception: January 14, 5- 7 p.m. (with hors d'oeuvres and live music, as above)
January 14 — February 5
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Signs of Life Gallery
722 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-830-8030

White Show
organized by b.a.l.m.
Closing reception: January 14, 7-8:30 p.m., with juror Samuel W. Kho and some of the artists participating in Open Eyes, a roundtable discussion on art. Kho will talk about how exhibitions connecting us to food and its preparation can help us view art better. The exhibition travels next to Hausmann Millworks in San Antonio, Texas (February 19-March 31)
Through January 16
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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.

Unorganized Territory: Drawing and Sculpture by Garry Noland
Opening reception: January 14, 5-8 p.m., with artist's talk at 6 p.m.
January 14 — February 13

Third Friday openings and events:

Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art
2818 Frederick Avenue
St. Joseph, Missouri
816-233-7003
Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m.

Holly Swangstu: Springtime in Winter
&
Flora and Fauna
Opening reception: January 15, 4-7 p.m.
January 15 — April 3

Annual Membership Exhibition
Opening reception: January 15, 4-7 p.m. (as above)
January 15 — February 21
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ARTichokes Gallery
10557 Mission Road
Leawood, Kansas
913-322-9481
Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and Sunday and Monday by appointment

January 15, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. All day open studio, with music 6:30-9 p.m. by Katie Buchanan
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Frame Gallery
1415 Westport Road
Kansas City, Missouri
816-756-3341
Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, noon-5 p.m., and by appointment on Monday

On Drawing
work by Michael Smith
Third Friday opening: January 15, 6-10 p.m.
January 15 —
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Paragraph Gallery & Urban Culture Project Space
21-23 East 12th Street Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-5115
Thursday & Saturday, noon-5 p.m., opening Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

Commodity, Commotion, Communication
An installation by Samantha Persons
Third Friday opening: January 15, 6-9 p.m., with artist's remarks at 6 p.m.
Public program and tea party-conversation: January 27, 7 p.m., an open dialogue with Sammy Persons, Kurt Flecksing, Lynley Farris, and Robert Heishman; read full release here.
January 15 — February 6

Cumulus
An Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program Focus Exhibition
Third Friday opening: January 15, 2010, 6-9 p.m., with live performances, collaborative activities and evolving installations; read full release here.
Third Friday reception with additional projects: February 19, 2010, 6-9 p.m.
January 15 — March 4

This weekend:

The Bourgeois Pig
6 East 9th Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-843-1001
Open 7 a.m.-2 a.m. daily
Wine and coffee shop; hosts artwork. Contact for art exhibitions: Molly Murphy at 785-979-2625

Quicker and Deader
works by Clare Doveton and Travis Presnell, in response to a text written by author Richard Rathwell (a collaboration of illustrators, writers and editors revisit Rathwell's autobiographical text through words and visual art)
Opening reception: January 17, 7-9 p.m.
January 17 — February 14
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Cara and Cabezas Contemporary
218 Delaware, Suite 208
Kansas City, Missouri
816-332-6239
Receptions, open house dates, and by appointment
Kansas City Limited Editions prints

The Voice That Reaches You II
work by Ernesto Bautista, Boris Ciudad Real, Jose Faus, Roxana Marroquin, and Alexia Miranda
Open house: January 16, 6 p.m., with readings by the Latino Writers Collective (including some of the artists in the exhibition) and coffee from Mamá Art Cafe
Through January 31
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Dolphin Gallery
1600 Liberty Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-842-5877
Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

Surroundings
Jon Scott Anderson, John Ferry, Lisa Grossman, Philip Heying, Bill Jacobson, Richard Mattsson, Wilbur Niewald, and Jane Voorhees
Second Saturday opening reception: January 16, 5-10 p.m.
January 16 — March 6
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The Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art
Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom
10th anniversary season, 2010
5500 West 123rd Street (at Nall)
Leawood, Kansas
913-266-8413 Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, 1–4 p.m.; closed December 25 and January 1

Larry Thomas: Ploys & Decoys
large-scale mixed-media paintings and portfolio prints
Exhibition opening reception: January 17, 2-4 p.m., with an informal conversation with the artist at 3 p.m. in the gallery
January 17 — February 28

KCJMCA Project Cases of Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom:
Mindy Goodman: Evidence of the Hand in Time
Through February 14

Monday-Thursday:

Images Art Gallery
7320 West 80th Street
Overland Park, Kansas
913-648-0364
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Fourth Annual Student Art Show
featuring Dennis Littleworth, George Hanson and Valda Robison, along with winners of the student art show
Opening reception, meet the artists: January 21, 6-9 p.m.
January 19 – February 28
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Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
Usual events contact: 816-802-3423

January 18, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. KCAI Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day Join in this free program, open to all, held in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall on campus. The program begins with a short documentary film about the Civil Rights movement in the United States, then Charles Coulter, former op-ed editor for The Kansas City Star, who has taught African American history at KCAI and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will deliver one of King’s speeches. The program also will include an inspirational dance by Tori Sinclair, assistant director of advising and registration at KCAI. Guests are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch or they can purchase lunch at Café Nerman (located upstairs in Vanderslice Hall), and there will be a cake in honor of Dr. King. Participants will receive a free lapel button honoring him, too.

Closing soon / last chances:

The Bourgeois Pig
6 East 9th Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-843-1001
Wine and coffee shop; hosts artwork. Contact for art exhibitions: Molly Murphy at 785-979-2625

Polar Eyes by JC Cirese
Through January 16
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City Market Coffee House
City Market complex, northwest corner
Third and Main streets
Kansas City, Missouri
816-718-3005

Francie Moretina
photography
Through January 18
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Corridor Art Space
Office of Gould Evans Associates
4041 Mill Street (Westport Road and Pennsylvania)
Kansas City, Missouri
Art is visible when Manor Square (which also houses the Tivoli Theatre) is open, daily 8 a.m.-10 p.m. To request a private showing, please contact Julie Hendrix at 816-931-6655.

Delicate Manufacturing
Deana Winter
Through January 19
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Images Art Gallery
7320 West 80th Street
Overland Park, Kansas
913-648-0364
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Bess Duston
&
Barbara Stoll
&
Children's Peace Project murals from People to People International: Murals by children from 10+ countries, opening presentation of traveling exhibition
Through January 15
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Kansas City Artists Coalition
201 Wyandotte Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-5222
Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed December 20, 2009-January 1, 2010

Mallin Gallery:
Thomas Swanson: Some of All Knowledge
paper, assemblage
&
Charno Gallery:
Piotr Chizinski: Livingroom Scale Project
photography
&
Underground:
Jessica Owings: Proximity
printmaking
Through January 18
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-751-1278
Wednesday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday & Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Project Space in Bloch Building:
Without Place–Without Time–Without Body
Wolfgang Laib
Through January 17

Next Friday:

Thornhill Art Gallery
by Dallavis Center, Avila University
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, Missouri
816-501-2443
Open Tuesday-Friday, noon-3 p.m. and by appointment

Faculty Show
Opening Reception: January 22, 5-8 p.m.
January 22 — February 19

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