Review

July 30 — August 5, 2010

For those of you in the Kansas City metro area, Lawrence is the place to be tonight, unless you are going to KC Fringe Festival events — a tough call! Click here to read more about the films showing during Fringe (by the Kansas City Independent Filmmaker's Coalition).

Final Friday, July 30, Lawrence, Kansas:

Dot Dot Dot Art Space
1910 Haskell Avenue
Lawrence, Kansas
785-766-2932 or 918-261-9451
Hours: Thursday & Friday 2-8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Dem Young Arts
A Fresh Produce exhibition: Matt Avila, Sam Foster, Kyle Longabach, Jordan Moshiri, Josh Snoddy, Alexandra Sova, and Ryan Storck
Final Friday opening event: July 30, 7-10 p.m.
July 30 —
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Invisible Hand Gallery
801 1/2 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-813-1803

Greater Kansas
Pastoral oil paintings and pencil drawings by Molly Murphy; 30% of all sales will be donated to the Lawrence Arts Center
Final Friday closing reception: July 30, 7-9 p.m.
July 3 — 30 — Click here to read an ArtsKC365 feature.
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Wonder Fair: Art Gallery, Shoppe & Studio
803 1/2 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday-Sunday, noon-7 p.m., and by appointment
785-393-8525

Do You Need A Friend To Go With?
Christopher Botswick
Final Friday opening reception: July 30, 7-10 p.m.
July 30 — August 22

Saturday, July 31:

Sav~Art Gallery
4504 State Line Road
Kansas City, Kansas
913-236-9400
Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and by appointment

Michael Wolfe
Saturday Soirée: July 31, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit with the artist.

Sunday, August 1:

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

Love and Grief
Photographic exploration of the Lawrence homeless by Julianne Kueffer
Opening reception: August 1, 7-9 p.m. Please bring a canned/non-perishable (non-glass) food item to the opening for donation to a local food bank.
August 1 — 28
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Union Station Kansas City
30 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, Missouri
816-460-2020
Building open 6 a.m. — midnight daily

Art/Work: Creativity from the Cube
4th annual exhibition, in the Grand Hall, daily 7 a.m.-8 p.m. The Art/Work: Creativity from the Cube corporate art festival is organized by ArtsKC (Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City) to celebrate the artistic talents of people working for Kansas City's metro-area businesses. From January through May, participating companies (26 this year) hold arts competitions and select winners from visual, literary, and musical categories; these in-house winners move on to a metro-wide exhibition at Union Station (visual and literary) or an on-stage musical performance at Copaken Stage; awards are given for Best in Show and People's Choice during the public program August 6, 7 p.m. at Copaken Stage. People's Choice awards are determined by votes: you can enter yours online here, July 31 through August 5.
Visual arts reception: August 1, 2-4 p.m., open to all
July 31 — August 9

Selection of ongoing exhibitions, open now and closing soon:

2631 Gallery
2631 Holmes Road
Kansas City, Missouri
816-777-6838
Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., First Fridays, and by appointment

Immovable Axioms
Héctor Casanova, Mark Galloway, Adrian Halpern, Shane Ogren, and Luke Rocha, curated by Adrian Halpern
&
Second floor:
Prism Fights and Bubble Letters
New work by Kris Kanaly
Through July 31
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American Jazz Museum, Changing Gallery
1616 East 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-8463
Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, noon-6 p.m.

Atlantic Diaspora: The Musical and Social Influences of the Africans in Mexico and the United States
Through September 30
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Beggar's Table Church & Gallery
2009 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
913-558-9039
Gallery: Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., openings, Saturday by appointment

Ethereal Waters: An Underwater Series
M.A. Alford
Through August 31
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Belger Arts Center
2100 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-3250
Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4.p.m., (non-holiday First Fridays until 9 p.m.), Saturdays, noon-4 p.m., and by appointment

Beneath the Surface - Excavating the Belger Collection
10th Anniversary Exhibition, featuring multiple works from seven artists who comprise the foundation of the Belger Collection: Terry Allen, William Christenberry, Jasper Johns, Robert Stackhouse, Renee Stout, William T. Wiley, and Terry Winters
Through August 6 — Click here to read a review.
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Blue Gallery
118 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-527-0823
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and First Fridays until 9 p.m.

Xx Chromosome
Jane Almirall, Alison Atwood, Shannon Gaines Bowman, Sandi Devenny, Jessica Owings, Tuesday Schmidt, Kelly Seda, Jen Walker, and Melinda Wallace
Through July 31
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Buttonwood Artspace
3013 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-285-9000
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and opening events

Defining the Abstract
Featuring the work of Jim Adams, Karen Albert, Nancy Basinski, Christi Roberts Bony, Susana Bruhn, Rose Burgweger, Michael Carman, Carolyn Dvorak, Jane Flanders, Jeannie Foster, Crystal Nederman, Rhoda Powers, Kaern Rees, Mike Rose, Sandra Gail Teichmann-Hillesheim Art, Robin VanHoozer, and LuWayne Younghans
Through July 30 — Click here to read a review.
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Byron C. Cohen Gallery
2020 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-5665
Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., First Fridays 7-9 p.m., and by appointment.

Group Exhibition
With oil paintings by Liu Hong, mixed-media by Grant Miller, and A Movable Salon by Mary Ann Strandell
Through July 31 — Click here to read a review.
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Cara and Cabezas Contemporary
218 Delaware, Suite 208
Kansas City, Missouri
816-332-6239
Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., receptions, open house dates, and by appointment
Kansas City Limited Editions prints

Ritual: Works on Paper by Miguel Rivera and Soad A. Kader
Through July 31 — Click here to read a review.
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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.

Ky Anderson
New work
&
Also on exhibition, work by Darcy Badiali, Robert Josiah Bingaman, Peregrine Honig,
Dan Reneau, Christina Vantzou, and Andrzej  Zieliński.
Through September 4
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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 during academic semester

2010 Kansas City Flatfile
Through September 25
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Hilliard Gallery
1820 McGee Street
(new location)
Kansas City, Missouri
816-561-2956
Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., First Fridays, 6-9 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

The State of Contemporary Realism
Through July 31
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INKubator Press
Arts Incubator of Kansas City
115 West 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-471-2629
Membership access 24/7, First Friday demonstrations, 6-9 p.m., Print Mondays open studio; other workshops

Nicholas Naughton
Woodcuts and mixed-media prints from Los Trabajadores series
Through July 31
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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.

Mallin and Charno galleries:
28th Annual River Market Regional Exhibition
Works by 31 artists from six states (53 works); award winners include Joe Bussell, Eric Nichols, Marydorsey Wanless, and Jean Wender
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Underground Gallery:
Building Arrangements
Photography by Ken Konche
Through August 7
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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

Curtis Mann: Altered States
Through August 22
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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
4420 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-753-5784
Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m-4 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

David Bates: The Katrina Paintings
Through August 8 — Click here to read a review.
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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art — Kemper East
200 East 44th Street
(to the northeast of the main museum, north of KCAI campus)
Kansas City, Missouri
816-753-5784
Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Mythic Architectures: Works from the Kemper Museum Collection
Through September 3
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The Late Show
1600 Cherry Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-1300; 816-359-7174
Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., First Fridays until 10 p.m. and by appointment.

Harlen Bonard
Civil War paintings
Through July 31
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Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
2012 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-1919
Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., First Fridays, 6-9 p.m., events and by appointment.

David Gant : Portraits of the Crossroads
Through August 28
&
Amy Kligman: Thoughts Before Sleeping
Through July 31
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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.; admission to main building and Bloch Building are free, though some exhibitions require paid tickets; parking is free for members and $5 to the general public, in the underground garage, entrance on west side of museum

Special non-permanent exhibitions:
Venice. 3 Visions in Glass — Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira, Laura de Santillana
Through August 15
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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.)

Nari Ward • Re-Presence
Through August 29 — Click here to read a review.
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Red Star Studios
First Floor in Belger Arts Center
2100 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-7316
Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, noon-4 p.m., and First Fridays 10 a.m.-9 p.m. (unless closed for installation)
Red Star moves to its permanent home October 2010 (Belger Warehouse Studios, 2011 Tracy Avenue).

The Fundamentals of Clay
Featuring Ted Adler and Wichita State University graduate students, Nathan Carris Carnes, Lauren Clay, Todd Hayes, David Hellman and Joe Leonard
Through July 31
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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.

Summer Invitational Exhibition
Celebrating the gallery's 25th anniversary, with work by Jeff Aeling, Patricia Bellan-Gillan, Gary Bowling, Marcus Cain, Carl Corey, Doug Freed, Michiko Itatani, Jun Kaneko, Jerry Kunkel, Judy Miller, Judy Onofrio, Michael Schultz, Larry Schwarm, Jesse Small, and Larry Thomas
Through August 14
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Signs of Life Gallery
722 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-830-8030

Images: Masters of Photography
Daniel Coburn, Tim Forcade, Rick Mitchell, and Kevin Sink
Through August 25
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Spencer Museum of Art
The University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi Street
785-864-4710
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday until 8 p.m., Sunday, noon-4 p.m.

Central Court:
Quilting Time and Space
Through August 29

Asian Gallery:
Reviving the Past: Antiquity and Antiquarianism in East Asian Art
Through December 31

20/21 Gallery:
Serious Play
An intriguing selection of objects that seriously consider play in a variety of ways; Conversations VIII is part of an ongoing series (on the gallery's south wall).
Though August 1

Beaded Heritage
Haskell Indian Nations University seniors Julia and Twila White Bull present their personal dance regalia along with historic examples of beaded bags and moccasins from the Museum’s collections.
Through August 1
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UMKC Gallery of Art
The Department of Art and Art History
University of Missouri - Kansas City
203 Fine Arts Building (between library and main student center)
5100 Rockhill Road / 5051 Holmes Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-235-1501
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

2010 UMKC Student Art Exhibition
Work selected by Barbara O'Brien, curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; artists include: Jessi Arntz, Justin Beachler, Jason Carron, Mary Cleveland, Alice Collins, Jon Conway, Chelsea Cooper, Sarah Cooper, Stephanie Coulter, Rebecca Dreyfus, Lydia Friz, Amanda Griswold, Alison Harper, Brian Hawkins, Dennis Helsel, Bianca Hopkins, Laura Isaac, Claire Jehle, Beth Jordan, Sarah Kraly, Corey Light, Colleen Lucas, Amanda Monson, Eusebio Ochoa, Brendan O'Shaughnessy, Julie Pippin, Rochelle Potter, Candice Elyse Potts, Fay Schievelbein, Melissa Sellers, Ian Wilcox, and Greg Young
Through July 31

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