Review

Visual arts calendar, March 9-14

Two Review Studios artists (who also are teachers at UMKC) are having openings this week; Davin Watne's The Long Winter is part of three exhibitions opening at the Gallery of Art & Design at the University of Central Missouri on Thursday, and Barry Anderson's SpaceRockSpasm starts Friday at Review Studios Exhibition Space. Friday night's other new exhibitions include at the Dolphin gallery by James Brinsfield and at R.G. Endres by Lynn Hodgeman; this weekend, a couple of Lawrence venues open new work, and Sunday, an exhibition of Moshe Fruman's recreated Biblical instruments go on display, and next Tuesday, Garry Noland and Cory Imig talk about their work at the downtown Kansas City Public Library.

Thursday, March 11 is also the final Learn to Teach public session offered through KCAI (and it's a usual day for the Current Perspectives lecture in the evening there). Images link to artists' sites; more images to be added soon.

Wednesday, March 9:

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

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

March 9, 7:30 p.m. ArtSounds ArtSounds is a series where composers, performers and visual artists join together to present a series of performances. Initiated by faculty from the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance and KCAI, ArtSounds explores cross-media expression through creative concert-making. ArtSounds is held in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall at KCAI.
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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 Barack Obama, on display in the atrium of the Regnier Center at JCCC. Read more from Maria Creyts on Review.
Opening reception: March 7, 1-3 p.m.
Lecture: March 9, 3:30 p.m. about the batik process by adjunct professor Jo Randolph in room 270 of the Regnier Center
March 7 — March 12

Thursday, March 10:

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

MINT.
3 spaces. 3 ideas. 3 exhibitions:
The Long Winter: Davin Watne
A new project contained in two phases; the first being a performance or "party" opening night, and phase two consisting of the its residue. Utilizing sculpture, sound, performance, painting, fashion, animation and drawing, the installation will encompass and present a multi-sensory experience for the viewer and challenge their cognitive understanding of visceral empiricism.
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“ain’t no grave gonna hold me down”
New work by Lisa Iglesias
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“undercrowded”
Curated by Christopher Lowrance, co-editor of MW Capacity
Opening reception: March 11, 5-7 p.m., with special performance by Davin Watne
Additional artists' lectures: March 11, noon, Lisa Iglesia; April 8, noon, Joey Borovicka
March 11 — April 10
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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.
Final Session: March 11, 11:30 a.m. The power of art in communities, with José Faus

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 11, 7 p.m. Stuart Horodner is the artistic director of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. He was the curator of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art in Oregon, director of the Bucknell University Art Gallery in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and owner/director of the Horodner Romley Gallery in New York from 1992 to 1997. He was also the founder and co-organizer of Affair at the Jupiter Hotel from 2004 to 2007. Horodner’s lecture is sponsored by the  2010 Visiting Critic and Curator Program sponsored by the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute.
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Salina Art Center
242 South Santa Fe
Salina, Kansas
785-827-1431
Gallery: Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

March 11, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Cocktail Conversations Relating to True Grit, work by Judith K. Brodsky, Peter Campus, Warrington Colescott, Larry Edwards, and Lee Friedlander, on display through April 18.

Second Friday, including KCK Artwalk:

6th Street Gallery at YWCA of Greater Kansas City
1017 North 6th Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-371-1105
Monday- Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Second Friday Artwalk and events

Beyond the Classroom
Kansas City Public Schools' annual student art exhibition, also showing at KCK Public Library Main Branch, Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities, and Town House Gallery
Opening receptions: Thursday, March 11, 4-5:30 p.m. and Second Friday Artwalk, March 12, 5-8 p.m.
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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.

Sky Way: James Brinsfield
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Cosmos: Jim Leedy
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Nate Fors - Judith Sanazaro - Aaron Storck
Second Friday opening reception: March 12, 5-10 p.m.
March 12 — May 8
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Imago Dei Arts Center
1015 Minnesota Avenue
(Historic Granada Theater)
Kansas City, Kansas
913-233-0266
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m-5 p.m.

Linda Parmer
Second Friday Artwalk artist reception: March 12, 5-8 p.m., with CD-launch party by Brian Nelson
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KCK Public Library
Main Branch
625 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, Kansas
913-627-2692
Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m., and Second Friday Artwalk

Beyond the Classroom
Kansas City Public Schools' annual student art exhibition, also showing at 6th Street Gallery at YWCA of Greater Kansas City, Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities, and Town House Gallery
Opening receptions: Thursday, March 11, 4-5:30 p.m. and Second Friday Artwalk, March 12, 5-8 p.m.
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Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities
Kaw Valley Arts Gallery
756 Armstrong
Kansas City, Kansas
913-371-0024
Second Friday Artwalk and Tuesday-Friday by appointment

Beyond the Classroom
Kansas City Public Schools' annual student art exhibition, also showing at 6th Street Gallery at YWCA of Greater Kansas City, KCK Public Library Main Branch, and Town House Gallery
Opening receptions: Thursday, March 11, 4-5:30 p.m. and Second Friday Artwalk, March 12, 5-8 p.m.
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Pressroom Studios
752 Armstrong Avenue
Kansas City, Kansas
Rental information: 913-371-5200

March 12, 5-8 p.m. Second Friday Artwalk Open Studios Visit the studios of Michael Brantley, Kim Eichler-Messmer, José Faus, Carol Kariotis, George Morris, Ada Shakir Mahmud, and Darrell Trubey
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Review Studios Exhibition Space
1708 Campbell Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-471-2343
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (entrance on Campbell); appointment recommended

SpaceRockSpasm
New work in audio and video by Barry Anderson
Second Friday opening reception: March 12, 6-9 p.m.
March 12 — April 16
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R.G. Endres Gallery
Prairie Village Municipal Offices
7700 Mission Road
Prairie Village, Kansas
913-381-6464
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Amalgam
Works by Lynne Hodgman
Artist reception: March 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
March 12 — March 31
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Town House Gallery
1021 North 7th Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-766-4444; call Jonnie McMillan for private showing: 913-514-0423

Beyond the Classroom
Kansas City Public Schools' annual student art exhibition, also showing at 6th Street Gallery at YWCA of Greater Kansas City, KCK Public Library Main Branch and Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities
Opening receptions: Thursday, March 11, 4-5:30 p.m. and Second Friday Artwalk, March 12, 5-8 p.m.

Saturday, March 13-Tuesday, March 16:

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

Let Liberty Be Nude
Works by Donnie Lee
Opening reception: March 14, 7-9 p.m.
March 14 — April 10
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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

Moshe Fruman: Ancient Instruments
Features 21 musical instruments created by Israeli Professor Moshe Frumin, based on depictions discovered in archeological discoveries from Israel.
Opening reception: March 14, 2-4 p.m., with gallery conversation at 3 p.m. by Karen York, curator of Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma
March 14 — May 2
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The Kansas City Public Library — Central
14 West 10th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-701-3400
Monday-Wednesday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore (limited hours)

Bound for Glory: America in Color
Farm Security Administration and Office of War Administration photographs, including work by John Bachon, Jack Delano and Marion Post Wolcott; more information from the library here.
March 13 — June 6

Pitty Patt(rn)
Garry Noland and Cory Imig; curated by Sean Kelley

Artists' talk: March 16, 6:30 p.m. Imig and Noland discuss how they use mundane events and things (like magazines and receipts) to reveal beauty and meaning. Admission is free and open to all. RSVP by calling 816-701-3407 or at this link. More information from the library here.
February 21 — March 28
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Kansas City Public Library — Plaza Branch
4801 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-701-3481
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 1-6 p.m.

2009-2010 Community Cinema Program, presented by UMKC Communications Program, in conjunction with TVS and the Plaza Library, Saturdays starting October 22, 2009
March 13, 2 p.m. Dirt! The Movie "It’s under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, find out how industrial farming, mining and urban development have led us toward cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. Dirt is a part of everything we eat, drink and breathe. Which is why we should stop treating it like, well … dirt."
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Lawrence Percolator
913 Rhode Island Street
(Under the green awnings in the alley behind Lawrence Arts Center)
Lawrence, Kansas
785-840-5508
Saturday-Sunday, noon-6 p.m. and by appointment

Percolator Peeps Show
Works created and collected by Percolator board members, past and present
Opening reception: March 13, 6-9 p.m.
March 13 — April 4
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Salina Art Center
242 South Santa Fe
Salina, Kansas
785-827-1431
Gallery: Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

March 14, 2-4 p.m. Second Sunday Led by art educator Anne Nettleton, these free dynamic hands-on workshops allow families and friends to explore different themes in art through the process of creating together. No reservations necessary.

March 13, noon Artist at Work: Santiago Cucullu Visiting Artist Santiago Cucullu participates in the Art Center’s Artist at Work program with an illustrated public presentation and a lively discussion of his professional experiences and strategies of navigating the contemporary art world while based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

7 Variations On You Can't Always Get What You Want
Santiago Cucullu with Martin Ayos
"Milwaukee-based artist Santiago Cucullu's large-scale installation transforms the Art Center's Education Wing through sprawling vinyl graphics, a series of illuminated commercial signs, and audio recordings. Based on the artist's collaboration with Buenos Aires writer and poet Martin Ayos, Cucullu's multi-faceted work charts the psychological and physical wanderings through an ambiguous cityscape. Santiago Cucullu is the first artist to participate in the Art Center's new series of site-specific temporary projects that re-define and challenge the architectural dynamics of the Education Wing."
Drop by to watch them work: March 10-13

Third Friday/Saturday selected preview:

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

Marcela Díaz: En Trama
Textile sculpture from Mérida, Yucátan
Opening night reception: March 20, 7-10 p.m.
Open house dates: April 16, 7-10 p.m. & April 17, noon-6 p.m.
March 20 — May 29
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Paragraph & 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.

YOU’RE SUCH A GOOD SPORT
Artwork and performances about sports and sports culture by Miki Baird,  Shelley Buffalo, Matt Dehaemers, Chris Doyle, Megan Gallant,  Robert Heishman, Pablo Helguera, Adriane Herman, Mike Hill, Megan Mantia, Pellom McDaniels,  Ray Noland, Phil Peterson, Brian Reeves, Brett Reif, and Linda Trunzo, and materials borrowed from the Kansas City Museum and the Negro League Baseball Museum. Engaging traffic on 12th Street, Kansas City artist Alexander Austin will be creating a mural on gallery windows of local and national sports figures. The exhibition represents both sport and art as deeply rooted into our definitions of ourselves, individually and culturally and invites viewers and participants to discover commonalities within the meanings of gamesmanship and art-making. Click here for more details.
Third Friday opening reception: March 19, 6-9 p.m., featuring a performance by Rah! Booty and an appearance by the Kansas City Roller Warriors
Gallery Tour: April 3, noon, with curator Michael Schonhoff and art historian Milton Katz
WHB 810 Sports Radio live broadcast: April 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the gallery
Urban Connections, 90.1 KKFI: April 17, 4 p.m., with Donna Wolfe and Michael Schonhoff, with artist Pellom McDaniels
March 19 — May 6

Urban Culture Project Space
21 East 12th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-5115
Thursday & Saturday, noon-5 p.m., opening Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

The Training Room
With performances related to YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD SPORT, such as "Calvin Ball," bicycle-made prints ("Printcycle"), interactive training sessions, and an overnight gallery camp-out. See the Charlotte Street Foundation press release for performace times and details (dates given below).
60wrd/min art critic project: April 15-17, with Chicago-based art critic/historian Lori Waxman, who travels the country to deliver rapid-fire, on-the-spot written art reviews to artists in need, on a first-come, first-served basis.
March 19, 20 & April 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30

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