Review

September 2 — 9, 2010

First Friday in September brings a large round of new exhibitions in Kansas City, Missouri, and, as usual, not all of them are in the Crossroads — though September 3 is also opening night at Screenland Crossroads for the Kansas City Urban Film Festival, covered in a recent Rapp Sheet (see the latest installment for word about the coming premiere of Fetch, which was filmed in Potter, Kansas, and has been getting a lot of national attention, too).

Scroll down for Saturday and Sunday events (including Things To Be Next To at la Esquina and UrbanSuburban 2010, as well as St. Louis and some other places that are within a drive of Review home-base).

First Friday, September 3, Kansas City metro area exhibitions and events open or new today (note that some exhibitions/events also have Saturday components):

419e18th Photography Studio and Gallery
419 East 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-471-7333

Jeff Mullikin
&
Casey Allen
First Friday: September 3, 6-9 p.m.
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2631 Gallery
2631 Holmes Road
Kansas City, Missouri
816-777-6838
By appointment Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., First Fridays

Young Turks: Recent Graduates of the Kansas City Art Institute
Featuring Dane Bonner, Nathan Davies, Heather Lamnano, Daniel Lough, and Thomas Woodward; curated by Thomas Woodward
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 5-10 p.m., with sponsorship by Corporate Caterers and Weston Brewing Company; live music
September 3 — 27
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American Institute of Architects - Kansas City
1801 McGee Street, Suite 100
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-3485
Office; open by appointments and for events

ART x ARCHITECTS
Annual (first) exhibition of art created by AIA Kansas City members
First Friday: September 3, 5:30 p.m., open to all / free; registration
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Art & Frame Warehouse and Gallery
2015 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-471-7444
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and First Fridays until 9 p.m.

Cursive ZZ's in the Land of Print
Abstract artwork by Jessica Keller
First Friday: September 3, 6-9 p.m.
September 2010
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b gallery
Studio b
2016 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-994-8995
Gallery hours: First Fridays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays by appointment

Anne Garney
First Friday: September 3, 6-10 p.m.
September 2010
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The Base Gallery
2012 Baltimore Avenue
(inside Leedy-Voulkos Art Center)
Kansas City, Missouri
816-398-8109
Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., First Friday 6-9 p.m., and by appointment

{TRiPN' Over Self}
Group exhibition curated by Luis Garcia, asking artists to share something of self
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 6-9 p.m.
September 3 — 25
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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.

Spectacle
10th anniversary exhibition, featuring Jhina Alvarado, Nicole Cawlfield, Dale Jarrett, Bernal Koehrsen, Ann Piper, Brad Williams, and other gallery artists
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 6-9 p.m.
September 3 — 25
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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

Hung Lui
New work by the artist, who will be visiting from San Francisco, a series created from the aftermath of the Sichuan Earthquake of 2008 as well as from her Za Zhong, or Bastard Painting, series
First Friday opening: September 3, 7-9 p.m.
September 2010
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Cocoon Gallery
Arts Incubator of Kansas City
115 West 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-2292
Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m., First Fridays, 5-9 p.m., and by appointment

Jonah Criswell: Reside
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 6-9:30 p.m.
September 3 — 24
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Czar Bar
1531 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-2244
Open First Fridays and hosts artwork through Guerilla Curating

Dr. Sketchy's Group Show Extravaganza
First Friday opening and drawing session: September 3, 6-11:30 p.m. With the best works from Kansas City's branch of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, the opening features models posing in 30-minute blocks with a performance at the top of each set
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Digital Labrador
125 Southwest Boulevard
(in Missouri Bank building)
Kansas City, Missouri
816-841-9624
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m., First Fridays until 8 p.m.

Reveries
Steve Gibson, Shari Hartbauer, Brud Jones
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 6-9 p.m.
September 2010
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Gallery 325
325 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-665-1973
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (until 10 p.m. on First Friday), Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and by appointment

Everchanging Yellowstone
&
The Grand Tetons
Photography and photo-art by TomTGradeczek
&
America's Greatest Figure Artists
Cy Heusinger, Robert Leonard, Shackelford, WR Watkins F.R.S.A
&
Tribal Artistry
Hand-knotted Persian dowry carpets/rugs, Balinese carvings, Slavic reverse-painted glass, and Navajo drawings
First Friday: September 3, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
September 2 – 30
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Grand Arts
1819 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-6887
Thursday & Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday,  11 a.m.-5 p.m., openings, events and by appointment

2010 Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Art Awards Exhibition
Ari Fish, Sonie Ruffin, Caleb Taylor
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 6-9 p.m.
Gallery Talk with the artists: September 4, 2 p.m.
September 3 — October 30, 2010
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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, 6-10 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Irish Echoes
Works by Laura Butler
First Friday opening: September 3, 6-10 p.m.
September 3 — 24
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HNTB Architecture
Stairway Gallery
715 Kirk Drive
Kansas City, Missouri
816-472-1201
Open for First Friday receptions and by appointment

Scott Allen: Mental Junk
First Friday reception: September 3, 5-7 p.m.
September 3 — 30
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INKubator Press
Arts Incubator of Kansas City
115 West 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-979-3443
First Friday demonstrations, 6-9 p.m., Print Stuff Monday, 6-10 p.m., open studio and other workshops; memberships available
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JP Wine Bar & Coffee House
1526 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-842-2660
Monday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; hosts artwork through Guerilla Curating

Joshua Rizer
August 6 — September 3
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Kansas City Design Studio
Rosemann and Associates
1526 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri

Recent works by Chris Bohatyritz
First Friday: September 3, 5:30-8 p.m., with refreshments
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The Keyhole for Art, Music, and Performance
1903 Wyandotte Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-326-8851
First Fridays and by appointment

Noshaba Bakht
First Friday: September 3, 5:30-10 p.m., with musical performances by The Restless Breed and Valency, as well as live painting competition
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Krzyz Studio
1800 Locust Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-472-4999

Again: Repurposing for a Purpose
Work by artisans Susanne Brink, Donna English,  Roni Levine, Dana Nachum, Rachel Nachum, Kathy Nemati, and Stephanie Shirazi
First Friday: September 3, 5:30-9:30 p.m.
September 3 only
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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

Earth Berth: Russell Shoemaker
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 6-10 p.m.
September 3 — 29
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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.

Jenny Meyer McCall: Provoke the Imagination
New abstract paintings
August 6 — October 30
&
a. bitterman and SS. Schaffer: Yosemite
Installations and paintings
August 6 — September 25
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Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery
915 West 17th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-2349
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cuatro Cuadrado
Group exhibition of square-shaped canvases and panels, relating to the number 4
&
Don't Cry Like a Woman: 1910-2010 Women Revolutionaries
New work by Adolfo Gustavo Martinez
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 6-9 p.m.
September 3 — 18
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Mid-America Arts Alliance
2018 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
Sponsors traveling exhibitions and hosts outdoor events and performances by offices on First Friday

September 3, 6:30 p.m. LIVE! in the Crossroads Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company presents some of its most popular programming as well as a “sneak peek” at its upcoming 2010 performance, which uniquely incorporates portions of the “Cypress Avenue” program on KCUR 89.3 FM.
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{:m Momentum Gallery
2014 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-560-1450
First Fridays, 6-10 p.m. and by appointment

Draw What U Dig
"A scrumtralescent collaboration by: Sarah Anderson, Lauren Andrews, Ron Arens, Amy Kligman, Samantha Lewis, David Pjecha, Amanda Raymundo, Tuesday Schmidt, Brian Stokes, and Colin Walsh
First Friday opening: September 3, 6-10 p.m.
September 2010
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OfficePortKC/ StagePort
208 West 19th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-994-7311

Group Exhibition
(Includes Reilly Hoffman, Robert Quackenbush, etc.)
First Friday: September 3, 5-8 p.m.
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Plenum Space
504 East 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
First Fridays, 6-10 p.m. and by appointment

Matthew Huff: La Familia
First Friday opening: September 3, 6-10 p.m.
September 3 — 24
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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 6-9 p.m. Red Star moves to its permanent home October 2010 (Belger Warehouse Studios, 2011 Tracy Avenue).

Light Sculptures: Linda Lighton
&
Bloom
Bonnie Seeman and Molly Hatch
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 6-9 p.m.
Weekend workshop with Bonnie Seeman: September 10-12 ; Friday artist reception and slide show lecture included: $195 (full workshop), $135 (Saturday only), or $50 (Friday only)
September 3 — December 3
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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.

Lay of the Land
Paul Donnelly, Cary Esser, George Timock
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 7-9 p.m.
September 3 — October 30
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(the) Slap-n-Tickle (me) Gallery
504 East 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-716-5940
First Fridays, 6-11 p.m., often first Saturdays, 1-4 p.m., and also by appointment

Reilly Hoffman: Omni Ferro Pyrogenesis
First Friday opening: September 3, 6-9 p.m.
Open Saturday: September 4, 1-4 p.m.
September 2010
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Tomboy Design Company
1817 McGee Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-472-6200
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., First Fridays until 8 p.m.

First Friday, September 3, 6-9 p.m. Fashion Group International hosts book signing and vintage fashion sale. Author Amy Barickman will be on hand to talk about Amy Barickman's Vintage Notions: An Inspirational Guide to Needlework, Cooking, Sewing, Fashion and Fun.
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VALA Gallery
5815 Johnson Drive
Mission, Kansas 66202
913-787-7899
Wednesday & Saturday, noon-4 p.m. and by appointment

Movement Form Color Storm
Ronald D. Hicks, works on paper
First Friday opening reception: September 3, 6:30-9 p.m.
September 3 — 30
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Whoop Dee Doo
1735 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Missouri

First Friday, September 3, 6-9 p.m. Screening Party and September 4, 3-4 p.m. Free Show Whoop Dee Doo, a non-profit community arts project and faux public access television show for kids and adults, holds a screening of their first show in this space (July 17) during the First Friday Crossroads art walk, hen opens to the public with their second free live show. Guests include the Marching Pythons, the Kansas City Boys & Girls Choir, the Wild Women of Kansas City and more. Please join us for kid-friendly fun and be a part of a live filming on the set of Whoop Dee Doo! Dancing, skits, contests, and amazing performances by local talent; always free and open to the public. Please come ready to dance and be on camera!

Friday in St. Louis:

Hoffman LaChance Contemporary
2713 Sutton Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri
314-960-5322
Friday-Saturday, noon-3 p.m. and openings

Stan Chisholm: NewPop II
Opening reception: September 3, 6-10 p.m. (see NewPop I at St. Louis Artists' Guild, opening September 5)
September 3 — 25

Saturday, September 4:

Invisible Hand Gallery
801 1/2 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-813-1803
Wednesday-Sunday, noon-7 p.m. and by appointment

Ben Dory: Yellowheart
Opening reception: September 4, 7-10 p.m.
Final Friday closing reception: September 24, 5-8 p.m.
September 4 — 30
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la Esquina
1000 West 25th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-5115
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, noon-5 p.m., Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., openings, and by appointment (expanded new hours)

Things To Be Next To
New and recent work by Alberto Aguilar, Peter Fagundo, Warren Rosser, and James Woodfill; co-curated by Kate Hackman of Charlotte Street Foundation and Shannon Stratton of threewalls (Chicago); read full press release from CSF here. The exhibition travels to threewalls for a showing November 5 — December 11.
Opening reception (in Kansas City): September 4, 6-9 p.m., with a public conversation and roundtable with the artists at 3:30 p.m.
September 4 — October 15

Sunday, September 5:

The Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art
Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom
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

UrbanSuburban 2010 Exhibition
The sixth annual UrbanSuburban exhibition and fundraising event celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Epsten Gallery and features painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, fiber, mixed media, jewelry, and Judaica by more than 80 artists from Missouri, Kansas, Mississippi, New York, and California, including:  Jane Almirall, Robert Anders, Jon Scott Anderson, Sylvia Rose Augustus, Lynn Smiser Bowers, Todd Cero-Atl, Jesse Christopher, Deanna Dikeman, Nate Fors, Peregrine Honig, Amy Kephart, Michael Krueger, Karen McCoy, Hugh, Merrill, Robert Quackenbush, Phil Shafer, and Mary Ann Strandell
Opening preview reception: September 5, 2-4 p.m. (free and open to all; the work will be on display in the KCJMCA Epsten Gallery and Project Cases throughout the first floor of Village Shalom)
UrbanSuburban Art Auction: October 23, 7-10 p.m. For a complete list of UrbanSuburban 2010 participating artists, tickets to the art auction event or patron information, please call 913-226-8413 or send e-mail correspondence to Marcus Cain at mcain@kcjmca.org.
September 5 — October 23
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St. Louis Artists' Guild and Galleries
Two Oak Knoll Park
Clayton, Missouri
314-727-6266
Tuesday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m.

Stan Chisholm: New Pop I
Opening reception: September 5, 1-3 p.m. (see NewPop II at Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, opening September 3)
September 5 — October 29

Monday, Labor Day, September 6:

Saint Louis Art Museum
1 Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park
St. Louis, Missouri
314-721-0072
Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. (closed Thanksgiving and December 25); open Monday, September 6, Labor Day, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Bill Viola: Visitation
&
The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy
June 20 – September 6

Recently opened:

75th Street Gallery
3500 West 75th Street, Suite 210
Prairie Village, Kansas
816-805-3518
Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. and by appointment

Featured artists: Carolynn Fischel, Mira Mickler Moss, Gary Ozias, Mimi Taylor, Debbie Wagner, Chun Wang, and Donna Yeager
August 6 — October 15
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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 Human Experience Exhibition
August 20 — September 27
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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.

Marilyn Lyons
&
Barbara Tull
&
Marlys Weirick
August 20 — September 15
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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.

Mid-America Pastel National Show
August 26 — September 25

Closing soon:

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.
July 9 — September 4

Select events next week:

Laumeier Sculpture Park
12580 Rott Road
St. Louis, Missouri
314-615-5287 (615-5ART)
Outdoor park: Every day, 8 a.m.-sunset (closed December 25); indoor museum and galleries: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Brandon Anschultz: Stick Around for Joy
8th Kranzberg Exhibition Series
Series of brand-new works that relate to the domestic nature of the former estate house at Laumeier. Following its run at Laumeier, the exhibition will inaugurate The River Between Us series by traveling to Longue Vue, where Anschultz will reconfigure the work to respond to those unique spaces.
Artist's talk: September 8, 6 p.m., with Joe Baker, director and chief curator at Longue Vue House and Gardens in New Orleans. Together they will discuss the meaning of the work created in response to the two historic homes of Laumeier and Longue Vue.
June 11 — September 26

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