Review

February 26 — March 4 in the Kansas City metro (*and Wichita)

Ian Davis, "Pact," acrylic on paper, 22 1/4" x 25 3/4", 2008, is part of "Faith in the Future," which opens February 26 at Kemper in the Crossroads. "In many of artist Ian Davis’s paintings, a multitude of men, all identically dressed, stand in ambiguous formations. These narratives place the groups in of figures in either interior spaces where drama is expected—a theater, a museum, or an auditorium—or exterior worlds of even more mysterious origin. The viewers of these scenarios are left to wonder, “Do we wait in anticipation or have we come upon something that has just transpired?” The exhibition Ian Davis: Faith in the Future, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition, draws together 17 paintings from public and private collections in the United States." Image: photo Jeffery Sturges, courtesy of the artist and Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, New York, via the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art ; quoted text courtesy of the museum

Fourth/Final Friday openings and events:

H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute
16 East 43rd Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-561-5563
Noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and by appointment

February 26, noon T.N.T. The Noon Thing Kim Jongku discuss his work in a conversation with H&R Block Artspace Director Raechell Smith and Spencer Curator of Asian Art Kris Imants Ercums. The Seoul-based artist's site-specific video installation Mobile Landscape opens February 25 at the Spencer Museum of Art's Electronic Media Gallery (at KU in Lawrence, Kansas) and is on view through June 25.
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Kemper in the Crossroads
33 West 19th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-753-5784
Friday, noon-8 p.m., Saturday, noon-6 p.m.

Ian Davis: Faith in the Future
Fourth/Final Friday opening reception: February 26, 6-9 p.m., with the artist; open to all
Artist's talk: February 27, 2 p.m. Join Davis and museum curator Barbara O'Brien for a conversation in the gallery (free and open to all).
Meet the curator at the Crossroads: March 26, 1-2 p.m.
February 26 — June 9
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Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas
913-469-3000
Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday, noon-5 p.m. (Usually closed on school holidays.)

Faraway Nearby • Addressing Suburbia
Featuring Chris Ballantyne, Sheila Pree Bright, Don Lambert, Paho Mann, Matthew Moore, Amy Stein, Greg Stimac, Brian Tolle and Michael Vahrenwald
Fourth/Final Friday opening: February 26, 6-8:30 p.m., with lecture at 7 p.m. by artists Sheila Pree Bright, Brian Tolle and Michael Vahrenwald in Hudson Auditorium
February 26 — May 16

Sheila Pree Bright, "Untitled 40," chromogenic print, 2009, is part of "Faraway Nearby: Addressing Suburbia," opening Februrary 26 at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. "In 2004, Atlanta-based artist Sheila Pree Bright began a series of photographs representing affluent African-American suburban homes around Atlanta. Her work became an examination of the complex relationship between race and class in today’s suburbs." Image: courtesy of the artist, via the museum; quoted text, courtesy of the museum

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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
Ben Hawkins
&
Steve Brisendine
A portion of the proceeds from art sold is donated to non-profits of the artists' choice; drop by for an evening of art and live music
Final Friday opening reception: February 26, 6-10 p.m., with live music by Briar Cox and Bema Tears
February 26 — March 20

Saturday:

Gas Light Gallery & Studio
12 East Peoria, Suite 200
Paola, Kansas
913-963-4201
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and opening nights

Secrets of the Soul
featuring Jessica McGan and Jennifer Rivera
Opening reception: February 27, 5-9 p.m.
February 27 — March 20

Sunday:

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.

February 28, 3 p.m. Holly Swangstu presents a second illustrated gallery talk about Springtime in Winter, on view through April 3.

Wichita's Final Friday:

Center Gallery
111 Ellis
Wichita, KS 67211
316-269-1250
Friday 12-6 p.m., Saturday 12-2 p.m.

Early Work - Late Work
Larry Schwarm
Final Friday opening: February 26
February 26 — March 19
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The Fiber Studio
418 South Commerce
Wichita, Kansas
316-303-1996

Bridge the Arts
Final Friday reception: Friday, February 26, 7-10 p.m.
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Gallery XII
412 East Douglas Street
Wichita, Kansas
316-267-5915
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wichita Revealed: An Artist's Perspective
prints from handmade books Doug Billings
&
Sharon Montgomery
Final Friday opening reception: February 26, 6-10 p.m.
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Riney Fine Arts Center, Friends University
2100 West University Street
Wichita, Kansas
316-295-5877

Jim Bray
Final Friday reception: February 26, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
February 26 — March 19
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Steckline Art Gallery
Newman University
3100 McCormick
Wichita, Kansas
316-942-4291
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and by appointment

A Decade of Glass
an exhibition of handblown art glass
Final Friday opening reception: February 26,  5-7 p.m.
February 26 — March 19
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Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount Street
Wichita, Kansas
316-978-3664
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Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; closed Mondays and major/university holidays

Black Films That Challenge/Black Films That Matter film series
Featuring films that owe a great debt to the pioneering subjects and movie-making of Gordon Parks. With introductions by contemporary filmmakers and a panel discussion sponsored by the Tallgrass Film Festival, the series probes film history and the role of African Americans in this art form.

February 25, 6 p.m. Nothing But a Man “Reputedly the favorite movie of Malcolm X, Nothing But a Man portrays a devil-may-care young man who falls for a grounded young woman and their on-again/off-again relationship. The film is set in the South of the 1960s, where an economic system continued to keep many enslaved both financially and emotionally. Although created more than four decades ago, Nothing But a Man speaks to issues of manhood today and captures the black male experience on film.” Presented at Wichita State University School of Art and Design, 210 McKnight Art Center West.

Select events next week:

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, and other gallery-sponsored events, free and open to all

42nd Annual Citation Awards Exhibition
A juried exhibition open to art majors and minors in the Department of Art & Design that distributes over 30 awards and scholarships of achievement funded by the Department of Art & Design, UCM Foundation, and Mid-Missouri Artists group. Scholarships and awards are determined by the department’s scholarship committee as well as an outside juror; this year's juror is painter Grant Miller
Awards reception: March 4, 3 - 5 p.m., in the gallery
Juror lecture: March 2, 1 p.m., in Art Center 214
February 26 — March 6

March 9, 6 p.m. The Deep Structure of the Arts: Revealing Their Biological Nature Ellen Dissanayake, affiliate professor in the School of Music at the University of Washington and author of Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began and Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes From and Why, and What Is Art For? will present a lecture in Morris Auditorium (Morris Science Building). "Describing two sources for the underlying aesthetic principles, Dissanayake explains how our prehistoric past and our lives as infants face the same existential problems that formed universal emotional needs and artistic proclivities, affecting who we are as individuals and as a species." Free and open to the public.
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Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
Usual events contact: 816-802-3423

Learn to Teach: Community Arts

Artists, learn how to teach and share what you know. This public lecture series is part of a course at KCAI (in which each student will design, plan, and teach a short workshop at the Southeast Community Center in Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri). The overall goal is to teach artists how to be excellent teachers in a community setting, though some lectures will focus on more general classroom basics). These Thursday sessions are open to the public, so all artists are encouraged to learn about sharing their talents with the community at large. More information about the course's instructors is posted the week of their lectures here on the KCAI site. All lectures are free and take place on Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. in the Epperson Auditorium of Vanderslice Hall on the KCAI campus (except for February 11th's lecture, which will be at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art). Funded by a KCAI Outstanding Project Award and an ArtsKC Fund Inspiration Grant.
March 4, 11:30 a.m. Working with adults and seniors and disabled communities
March 11, 11:30 a.m. The power of art in communities

Current Perspectives Lecture Series
In honor of the college’s 125th anniversary, most of the speakers selected for the spring 2010 series are alumni of KCAI. Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are free and will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursdays in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall, 4415 Warwick Boulevard.

March 4, 7 p.m. Dan S. Wang is an artist, printer and writer. His texts have been published in magazines, journals, and catalogues worldwide. His drawings, prints, sculptures and other projects have been exhibited in two solo exhibitions and in more than 25 group exhibitions. Along with seven others, he co-founded Mess Hall, an experimental cultural space in Chicago. Wang regularly collaborates with a range of art groups, activists and researchers in creating exhibitions, publications and events. He will be in Kansas City from March 3 through 5 in collaboration with the KCAI Printmaking and Interdisciplinary Arts departments and the Charlotte Street Foundation. He would like to work with artists in Kansas City to research and discuss local topics and issues, and materials from those will be explored through a collective art project during his visit. March 3, 9 a.m. at KCAI, there will be a public meeting for brainstorming and to establish a plan of action; March 4 will be a work day (and participants can choose to spend any part of that and may come and go depending on other obligations), with a meal gathering before the lecture; March 5, starting at noon at the Paragraph Gallery downtown, will be the exhibition and event. Artists are invited to participate and can find out more at Wang's blog.
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Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas
913-469-3000
Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday, noon-5 p.m. (Usually closed on school holidays.)

Indonesian Batik Collection
A touring exhibition of a collection of Indonesian batiks owned by the late Ann Dunham, mother of President Obama, on display in the atrium of the Regnier Center at JCCC.
Opening reception: March 7, 1-3 p.m.
Lecture: March 9, 3:30 p.m. Join Adjunct Professor Jo Randolph in a discussion about the batik process, in room 270 of the Regnier Center
March 7 — March 12
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Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount Street
Wichita, Kansas
316-978-3664
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Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; closed Mondays and major/university holidays

March 4, 6 p.m. Artist Talk by Kerry James Marshall Artist Kerry James Marshall, a nationally renowned painter, installation artist and filmmaker, reflects and continues the tradition of moral conscience of Gordon Parks and other leading African American visual artists. Marshall creates large-scale paintings that explore African American culture from the Civil Rights to today, drawing from and weaving a history of black experience into his narratives. This event, happening at WSU School of Art and Design, is free and open to the public.

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