Review

August 12 — 19

Thursday, August 12:

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

Sandra Pratt
&
Steven Gorman
Opening reception: August 12, 6-8 p.m.
August 12 — October 2

Second Friday, August 13:

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 Art Walk and events

Nirmala Biluka: Woman/Creator
Watercolors and scrolls from India
Second Friday Art Walk: August 13, 5-8 p.m.
June 11 — September 8
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Atrium Gallery
4729 McPherson Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
314-367-1076
Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, noon-4 p.m., and Tuesday by appointment

Thinning
24 works celebrating 24 years in business
Summer Sangria Reception: August 13, 6-8 p.m.
August 13 — September 4
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Balanca's Pyro Room
1809 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-474-6369

Whoop Dee Doo Dance Party
Teen Perspective, Casey Guest, DJ Shannanigans, and more$5 entrance fee, $3 with a costume. 21+ (ongoing fundraiser / adult dance party for Whoop Dee Doo's child-friendly shows, which are based at Whoop Dee Doo's 1735 Walnut Street studio).
Join them: August 13, 9 p.m.-3 a.m.
Every Second Friday
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Central Avenue Arts
556 1/2 Central Avenue
Kansas City, Kansas
424-646-3426
Openings and by appointment

One Tube Squared is Still One Tube: Paintings by Steve Brisendine
Second Friday Art Walk: August 13, 7-10 p.m., with open studio of Stephanie Gray; portion of Brisendine sales benefits Laundry Love Project, which provides clothes cleaning for the homeless
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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.

Life is Jazz, Play Your Solo
Harold Smith
Second Friday Art Walk opening reception: August 13, 5-9 p.m.
August 10 — September 4
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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

Toni Berry
Second Friday Art Walk: August 13, 5-8 p.m.
July 19 — August 15
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Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities
Kaw Valley Arts Gallery
756 Armstrong
Kansas City, Kansas
913-371-0024
Second Friday Art Walk and Tuesday-Friday by appointment

Quilting: Then and Now
Featuring Nedra Bonds, Kim Eichler-Messmer, and Sherry Whetstone
&
Reflections on the War: Women and their Civil War Quilts
Second Friday Art Walk opening reception: August 13, 5-8 p.m., including hands-on quilting activities and discussions with the artists and live music
August 13 — September 1
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Pressroom Studios
75o Armstrong Avenue
Kansas City, Kansas
Rental information: 913-371-5200

Open studios of Michael Brantley, José Faus, Carol Kariotis, Ada Shakir Mahmud, Kim Eichler-Messmer, George Morris, Darrell Trubey, and Jennifer Wagner
Second Friday Art Walk: August 13, 5-8 p.m.
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Red Door Studios
738 Armstrong Avenue, Suite 200
Kansas City, Kansas
Wednesday life drawing sessions, 6-9 p.m., Second Friday Artwalk, 5-8 p.m. and by appointment

Places We've Been
Nick Balliett, Betsy Barratt, Mary Ann Bergman, Kyle Maloy, and Michelina Nicotera Taxiera
Second Friday Art Walk reception: August 13, 5-8 p.m.
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Tomasic & Rehorn
419 North 6th Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-371-5750
Second Friday Art Walk, March-October

Fire and Water
Photographs by Debbie Lamberton and Cyd Gillespie
Second Friday Art Walk: August 13, 5-8 p.m.

Saturday, August 14:

Alcott Arts Center
180 South 18th Street
(note: not ADA accessible)
Kansas City, Kansas
913-233-2787
Closed December-February

The Great Domestication of Betsy Barratt
&
Window Pain
Original illustrations from adult storybook by Michelina Nicotera-Taxiera
&
Viva Le Femme
Group art exhibition by 23 female artists who "push the envelope and definitions of art," including Rachel Ashbury, Betsy Barratt, Jessica Bloom, Drew Orrin-Brown, Jennifer Boe, Sarah Burkhart, Becky Buznedo, Lori Raye Erickson, Christel Highland, Rhianna James, Rossana Jeran, Apryl McAnerney, Lacey Lewis, Sarah Thompson Lift, Holly Matthews, Molly Murphy, Dame Osaurus, Angelica Sandoval, Mary Ware, Chrystel Ann Wentling, and others. Live music and theatrical performances. $5 suggested donation benefits the Alcott Art Center and the Joyce H. Williams Battered Women’s Center
Second Saturday opening and open jam: August 14, 6-11 p.m.
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Crossroads Community Association
816-994-9325

August 14, 10:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Second Saturday Walking Tour A monthly education and enrichment program meant to create a link between experiencing the Crossroads and really knowing the neighborhood. Locations each month vary where participants stop for presentations. Meet at the Urban Living Center, 1705 Baltimore Avenue; $15 per person ($10 for CCA Friend Members), payable by check or cash at the door, includes lunch. August 2010 tour includes Hilliard Gallery, Bridgeport Art Space, Hamburger  Mary's, and Blue Gallery. Space is limited, so please email 2ndsaturdays@kccrossroads.org to reserve your space.
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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)

200 Years on Troost
Photographs and commentary by David Paisius Altschul tracing the history of Troost Avenue from its beginning in 1808 to the present day and including how the area was transformed from a 365-acre slave plantation in the 1830s to an upscale residential area and business hub 50 years later to the 1968 riots to the new sense of community that exists today.
Opening: August 14, 10-10:30 a.m.
August 14 — October 17

Tuesday, August 17:

Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
August 17, 6-8 p.m. Non-profit Formation Workshop One of the KCVLAA's periodic workshops, this session is for artists and groups who want to form non-profit organizations, and who have worked through the KCVLAA's non-profit formation workbook (if you would like one and/or to register for the workshop by emailing admin@kcvlaa.org). Learn the filing, reporting and administrative requirements for arts non-profits, as well as strategies for preparing an effective Form 1023. Held at the Arts Incubator of Kansas City, 115 West 18th Street, Kansas City, Missouri.

Closing soon:

Art at the Center
Tomahawk Ridge Community Center
119th and Lowell
Overland Park, Kansas
913-344-8656
Monday-Friday, 5:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday, 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., docent tours available by appointment (closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas)
Items from the permanent collection on view at the Overland Park Convention Center

The Abstracts Exhibition
July 16 — August 16
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Irene B. French Community Center Art Gallery
5701 Merriam Drive
Merriam, Kansas
913-322-5550
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, 2-4 p.m.

Variations of Subtle Beauty: Tara Carr and Roger Cissner
July 22 — August 21
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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
July 11 — August 22
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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)

Shooting Stars: The Celebrity Photography of Orval Hixon
Hixon's studios in the Brady Building (11th and Main) and then in the Baltimore Hotel welcomed thousands of patrons in the 1910s and 1920s in Kansas City. Learn how he transformed the field of portrait photography and celebrate the new gallery at the library made possible by the Hixon family, Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts-Commerce Bank Trustee. More information here.
January 27 — August 15
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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; the museum's calendar has more events than are listed here.

Venice. 3 Visions in Glass — Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira, Laura de Santillana
March 6 — August 15
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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
First Friday opening reception: July 2, 7-9 p.m.
July 2 — August 14
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VALA Gallery
5815 Johnson Drive
Mission, Kansas 66202
913-787-7899
Wednesday & Saturday, noon-4 p.m. and by appointment

Inkenstein
John Harter
&
American Scientist
Cory Gene Mayes
July 23 — August 24

Recently opened:

George A. Spiva Center for the Arts
222 West Third Street
Joplin, Missouri
417-623-0183
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

AT&T Main gallery:
Louviere + Vanessa: As If…
Works from a selection of short films, plus two series, Creature and Chloroform

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Regional gallery:
Ellen W. Wolf: Layers
Work from series, Apparel
July 17 — September 3
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Healing Arts Gallery
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
2301 Holmes Street
First Floor, in hall leading to and across glassed bridge over Charlotte Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-404-0035
Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment through calling Caleb Fey at the number above; visitors can park in the main visitor’s parking lot off Holmes Street and enter through the main hospital entrance; gallery is straight down the hall and left (before elevator bank); alternatively, street parking is in Charlotte, a floor below (turn right at pharmacy, go down long hall to elevators)

Fisk University Carl Van Vechten Gallery Exhibition of African-American Printmaking
Includes 12 works including linoleum block, woodcut, screen print, stone lithographs, and etchings ranging from 1933 to 1983, such as by students of Charles Alston and James Lesene Wells (Harlem Art Workshop of NY Public Library's 135th Street branch / Harlem Renaissance: Michael D. Atkins, Romare Bearden, David C. Driskell, Manuel Hughes, Sam Middleton, Stephanie Pogue, Vincent Smith and James Lesesne Wells)
July 6 — October 31
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The Writers Place
3607 Pennsylvania Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-753-1090
For writing and reading events, receptions and by appointment (see website for contact information)

Floodplain Refugee Housing, Kansas City 2050-2100
Tim Brown
July 7 — September 27

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