Review

April 8 — 14

Boiler Room / Monarch Gallery
3829 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri

April 8, 6-11 p.m. Bread and Glitter Spring Release Party Celebrate the work in the second issue of Bread and Glitter, a web- and print-based arts journal showcasing a mix of essays, reflections on life and culture, reviews, and profiles of local artists and their work. Copies of Volume 1, Issue 2 are available for $5 (pre-orders accepted). The April 8 event includes a community potluck, if you want to share something nutritious, and culminates with a dance party at 10 p.m. Artwork and crafts by local artists will also be for sale, with presentations throughout the evening, and music by Blackbird Revue, Max Justus, and others. Participating artists include Chris Bohatyritz, Lori Bury, Wen Dan-Lin, Christina Dostaler, Ben Jones, Lizeth Nino, Katherine O’ Hara, Brendan O’Shaughnessy, Michael Powell, Jane Sheldon, and others.
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Darling Yoga Gallery
11711 College Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas
913-498-1144

Anne Garney
landscape paintings
Opening reception: April 8, 5-8 p.m.
April 8 — 30
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Eva Reynolds Fine Art, Gallery I
4851 West 134th Street
Leawood, Kansas
913-681-8002
Tuesday-Thursday & Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and by appointment; see other locations at SOHO 119 in Leawood and at the Sheraton on the Country Club Plaza

Philomene Bennett, Tom Corbin, Mark English, and Lou Marak
Opening reception: April 8, 5-9 p.m., with the artists, live music, and refreshments
April 8 — 30
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Hoffman LaChance Contemporary
2713 Sutton Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri
314-960-5322
Friday-Saturday, noon-3 p.m. and openings

Outliers
Jeremy Rabus
Opening reception: April 8, 6-10 p.m. (part of Maplewoods Art Walk)
April 8 — April 30
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Kansas City Artists Coalition
201 Wyandotte Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-5222
Gallery hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Undergraduate College Student Exhibition
50 works of art by 47 students from 14 different colleges (eastern Kansas to western Missouri), juried by Jackie Warren
First Friday opening reception: April 8, 5-8 p.m., with juror's talk at 6 p.m.
April 8 — 22
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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

Pressroom Studios Artists
Michael Brantley, Kent Davis, José Faus, Carol Kariotis, Kim Eichler-Messmer, Isaac Meek, George Morris, Andrew Pollack, Ada Shakir-Mahmud, and Jennifer Wagner
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KVAC Retrospective
more than 20 artists whose work has been shown at Kaw Valley Arts & Humanities during the past three years
Second Friday Artwalk: April 8, 5-8 p.m.
April 8 — May 3
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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.

April 8, 5-7 p.m. Teacher Burnout Buster: Linking Geography and Art This workshop explores Video Villa: New Paintings by Barbara Grad (on view through May to find new ways to incorporate art with physical and cultural geography.
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Leawood Fine Art Gallery
11843 Roe Avenue
Leawood, Kansas
913-338-4999

April 8, 5-9 p.m. Johnson County Arts Crawl An evening of art, live jazz, wine, and appetizers, featuring the charcoal portraiture of Mia Harris
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Luminary Center for the Arts
4900 Reber Place
Saint Louis, Missouri
Wednesday-Saturday, noon-6 p.m.

How to Disappear
Ben Alper, Mircea Cantor, Young Hae Chang's Heavy Industries, Cayetano Ferrer, Claire Fontaine, Tatiana Grigorenko, and Seth Price; more information here
Opening reception: April 8, 6-9 p.m.
Closing reception: May 20, with screening of Rene Daalder's Here is Always Someplace Else
April 8 — May 20
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Pressroom Studios
75o Armstrong Avenue
Kansas City, Kansas
Rental information: 913-371-5200

April 8, 5-8 p.m.Open Studios (see Kaw listing for artists)
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The Rice Gallery of Fine Art
11535 Ash Street
(north of 117th and Nall)
Leawood, Kansas
913-685-8889
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and by appointment

The Rice Gallery of Fine Art … Paints the Town
a group exhibition of Kansas City inspired paintings
Opening reception: April 8, 5-9 p.m.
April 8 — May 30
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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.

35th Annual Young Artists' Showcase
an all-media exhibition of local high school students' work
Opening reception: April 8, 6-8 p.m.
April 8 — May 7
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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)

Currents 105 gallery:

Ian Monroe
collage and sculpture exploring a crucial moment in both St. Louis and aviation history, by London-based Washington University (St. Louis) gradute
Gallery talks: April 21, 11 a.m., April 22, 6 p.m., July 7, 11 a.m., and July 8, 6 p.m., with curator Tricia Y. Paik
April 8 — July 31

New in St. Louis:

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

Outliers
Jeremy Rabus
Opening reception: April 8, 6-10 p.m.
April 8 — 30
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Luminary Center for the Arts
4900 Reber Place
Saint Louis, Missouri
Wednesday-Saturday, noon-6 p.m.

How to Disappear
Ben Alper, Mircea Cantor, Young Hae Chang's Heavy Industries, Cayetano Ferrer, Claire Fontaine, Tatiana Grigorenko, and Seth Price; more information here
Opening reception: April 8, 6-9 p.m.
Closing reception: May 20, with screening of Rene Daalder's Here is Always Someplace Else
April 8 — May 20
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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.

35th Annual Young Artists' Showcase
an all-media exhibition of local high school students' work
Opening reception: April 8, 6-8 p.m.
April 8 — May 7
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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)

Currents 105 gallery:

Ian Monroe
collage and sculpture exploring a crucial moment in both St. Louis and aviation history, by London-based Washington University (St. Louis) graduate
Gallery talks: April 21, 11 a.m., April 22, 6 p.m., July 7, 11 a.m., and July 8, 6 p.m., with curator Tricia Y. Paik
April 8 — July 31
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Soulard Art Market & Contemporary Gallery
2028 South 12th Street
St. Louis, Missouri
314-258‐4299

New Beginnings
Opening reception: April 8, 7-10 p.m.
April 8 — May

Saturday, April 9:

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

April 9, 5-8:30 p.m. 10th Birthday Celebration Join in for a very special Second Saturday, with the help of Artists Helping Artists. The evening begins with an invitation to join in thanking the people who have made Alcott successful, with a story about the organization's history and future. Browse through the galleries while music from The Jips and The Soundness plays  at 6:30 p.m and 8 p.m., respectively. A fashion show is from 9:30 to 10 p.m., and the KC Horror Club shows a "Horror" film in the lounge. The Alcott Theatre will be full of DJ sounds until midnight. It's a diverse party, showcasing the diverse arts activities supported by Alcott. A $5 admission donation helps support the 2011 production schedule.
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Lawrence Arts Center
940 New Hampshire Street
Lawrence, Kansas
785-843-2787
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., openings, and Final Friday hours during exhibitions

April 9, 5:30-9 p.m. 31st Annual Lawrence Art Auction Artwork donated by 150 artists representing a diverse spectrum of paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewelry and prints, in support of the LAC's visual arts mission. "The Lawrence Arts Center is a non-profit arts agency that has served the Lawrence community for 35 years. The Exhibitions Program strives to provide the highest quality in local, national, regional, national and international visual art. Between the two gallery spaces, the program hosts 15 to 18 exhibits per year. This annual event serves as the gallery programs primary source of funding." Among the quality works available include several recent paintings by Roger Shimomura, the 2011 auction's featured artist. The April 9th auction opens at 5:30 p.m., with the live auction beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at LAC or by phone through April 9, 4 p.m. at the $40 rate. Tickets at the door are $50. Ask about reserved seating tickets available through March 31. Bids on silent auction pieces may be made at any time during the exhibition; items may be bought out during silent auction for 150% of retail value; all works require at least a 50% retail value bid to start.
Final Friday Art Walk preview reception and silent auction: March 25, 6-9 p.m.; on view March 17 — April 9
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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.

Monet's Water Lilies
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of art reunites three panels for the first time in a generation, in conjunction the The Saint Louis Art Museum and Cleveland Museum of Art; see the work as it was originally conceived, as well as x-rays showing Monet's meticulous and obsessive process; with the exception of the triptych in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, this is the only other Monet triptych in the United States and will travel to the other two museums that own a part.
April 9 — August 7
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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.; closed November 24 & 25

April 9, 6:30-10 p.m. Yesterday's Tomorrow 2011 Wheels & Fields: Getting to Suburbia The Friends of Johnson County Museum host an evening fundraiser event for the Johnson County Museum, including a display of cars through the decades featuring artists Miki Baird, Deanna Dikeman, Frank Hamilton, Jane Pronko, and Jesse Small. Event features vintage cars, fine cuisine, entertainment, silent, and live auctions. Decade-themed or business attire recommended. Click here for tickets: $65 ($45 for those 35 and younger). (Event is being held at the Nerman Museum.)
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Paragraph
a Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Culture Project venue
23 East 12th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-5115
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, noon-5 p.m., Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., opening Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

Events related to The Dining Room Project: A Potluck Smörgasbord , on view through May 7 (a full schedule can be viewed here):

April 9, 2 p.m. Creative Cookie Decorating Kerstin Kolbe, former partner of P.S. Sweets hosts a cookie decorating workshop. Cookies and decorating materials provided; open to all while supplies last.
April 9 Bounty A temporary centerpiece installation by Julie Malen
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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)

And Modern Man Screamed with Fear
Doug Schwietert
Opening reception: April 9, 6-9 p.m.
April 8 — June 24

Tuesday, April 12:

Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
Usual events contact: 816-802-3423

April 12, 7:30 p.m. Memory of the Future An ArtSounds presentation featuring video artist Joan Grossman and composer David D. McIntire. The piece explores uncanny and imaginary intersections between the natural world and the world of human technology. Held in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall.
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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.

April 12, 6:30-8 p.m. Balancing Family Life with Creative Careers Join artist (and mother) Nicole Emanuel for a screening and panel discussion of the documentary, Who Does She Think She Is? and talk about the unique challenges people with creative careers face as they attempt to balance the demands, of families, careers, and artistic fulfillment.

Wednesday, April 13:

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.

Event related to The Dining Room Project: Art, Food, and the Ritual of Eating, on view through May 15 (a full schedule can be viewed here):

April 13, 5-6:15 p.m. Fast Talk A short presentation from The Dining Room Project artists.

Thursday, April 14:

Screenland Crossroads
1656 Washington Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-2900

Crossroads of Culture Film Series
This monthly four-part film series  is organized by Jewish Vocational Services to bring attention to circumstances and challenging topics relevant to refugee and other communities; discussion panels follow the screenings, with filmmakers and others. Read more about the series and its goals here in Rapp Sheet 2-3-2011. Doors open at 6 p.m. for mingling and viewing of informational panels. Free and open to all. (Donation tickets are accepted and enter donor into a door prize raffle and support the mission of JVS.)
April 14, 7 p.m. Luckey
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Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
Usual events contact: 816-802-3423

Current Perspectives Lecture Series Held in Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall, unless otherwise noted; free and open to the public:
April 14,  7 p.m. Amanda McDonald Crowley Excutive director of Eyebeam Art + Technology Center in New York, Crowley specializes in creating new media, contemporary art events, and programs encouraging cross-disciplinary practice, collaboration, and exchange.

Ahead:

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.

Remaining activities, installations, performances, and events related to The Dining Room Project: Art, Food, and the Ritual of Eating, on view through May 15 (a full schedule can be viewed here):

April 17, 1-2 p.m. A Personal Dinner Invitation Listen to Alberto Augilar share his project, A Personal Dinner Invitation and his recent dining experience in Kansas City.
April 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Breaking Bread: A Soul Food Communion Tekia Thompson presents a family-style meal preparation/documentation and generous buffet meal experience based on generations of family recipes, featuring works of art by John Sutton and Beth Nybeck. Service provided until food is gone; reservations are recommended; please RSVP to mcain@kcjmca.org.
May 14, 1 p.m. Creative Cookie Decorating Kerstin Kolbe, Former partner of P.S. Sweets hosts a cookie-decorating workshop. Cookies and decorating materials provided; open to all while supplies last.
May 14, 1-4 p.m. You're Invited (1980-2011) Join artist B.J. Vogt as he reenacts a consecutive series of his own birthdays complete with candles, song, decorations, costumes, and cake, after cake, after cake… Stay and watch the artist create a cake sculpture at the end of this endurance performance.
May 15, 3-4:30 p.m. Now Serving —Food as Mutations Margaret Shelby gives a public presentation and performance of written accounts, and real-time interviews with military personnel and scholars in the field of military studies and wartime meal preparation. Includes a military rations dining experience and participation by staff from Kansas City’s WWI Museum. Open to the public; please RSVP to mcain@kcjmca.org.
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Paragraph
a Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Culture Project venue
23 East 12th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-5115
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, noon-5 p.m., Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., opening Fridays, 6-9 p.m.

Remaining activities, installations, performances, and events related to The Dining Room Project: A Potluck Smörgasbord , on view through May 7 (a full schedule can be viewed here):

April 15, 6- 9 p.m. Red Food, Yellow Food, Blue Food Andrew William Erdrich serves an artistic edible mystery mash exploring essential, aesthetic, and manufactured facets of contemporary food.
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Alberto Aguilar in the Kitchen Chicago-based artist collaborated with visitors in the Paragraph kitchen.
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The Wizard's Salad Artist Aaron Storck presents a new centerpiece, delivers a poem and serves salad as his alter ego, the Wizard.
April 17, 5 p.m. BREAD! Over a hearty, healthy Sunday supper, presenters pitch proposals for creative projects, following which diners select one to receive a micro-grant of the cost-of-admission funds. Limit: 40; $10 admission donation; RSVP is encouraged; email breadkc@gmail.com.
April 23, noon-5 p.m. AB OVO (Part 1) Rebecca Blocksome presents an egg-dying workshop using a traditional vegetable dye method learned by the artist in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Supplies provided; drop-ins welcome.
April 29, 7 & 8:30 p.m., May 6, 7 & 8:30 p.m. The Dinner Party Reach...a movement collective presents a modern dance performance set around and inspired by the dining room table.
May 5, 6-8 p.m. AB OVO (Part 2) Rebecca Blockstome comes back for an off site excursion to Elmwood Cemetary for a ritual “egg laying” ceremony and picnic inspired by the Ukrainian radonista ritual. Participants will meet at Paragraph gallery at 5:45 p.m. and carpool to Elmwood Cemetery, 4900 Truman Road. Please RSVP to kate@charlottestreet.org.
May 7, noon-5 p.m. A Surprise Smorgasbord Special guests and activities at the dining room table
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UMKC Gallery of Art
Department of Art and Art History
University of Missouri - Kansas City
203 Fine Arts Building (between Nichols library and main student center)
5100 Rockhill Road / 5015 Holmes Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-235-1502
Spring 2011 semester hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 1-5 p.m., Thursday, 1-7 p.m., receptions and by appointment

April 19, 5-8 p.m. UMKC Friends of the Library 46th Annual Celebration Artist and entrepreneur Peregrine Honig presents BOUND: a discussion on the effect of technology on art, media, and audiences, as part of this annual fundraiser event. Click here for tickets, which are $35 for Friends of the Library Members and UMKC students in advance ($40 at the door) and $45 for guests ($50 at the door). The event will be held at the Boulevard Brewing Company, 2501 Southwest Boulevard.
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The Trap
525 Gillis Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-510-6557
Third Fridays, 6-9 p.m. and by appointment

Sapien Aurum
CJ Schrat
Third Friday opening reception: April 15, 6-9 p.m.
April 15 — May 15

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