FIRST FRIDAY CALENDAR DIGEST, JUNE 2011
June 3 — 9
Colin Joseph Burke, "Untitled," permanent pigment print, 25” x 39”, 2010; part of the "Hal-ide" senior thesis exhibition closing June 3 at The Roost in the West Bottoms and including the work of Austin Buckingham, Brandon Frederick, and Jason Comotto. Image: courtesy of the artist
First Friday, June 3:
Apex Art Space
(Crossroads Dentistry)
1819 Wyandotte Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-841-0206; for a gallery appointment, please call 816-971-8640
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., First Fridays, 6-9 p.m., and by appointment
Tensionism: Clint Metcalf
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
June 3 – July 15
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The Base Gallery
2011 Baltimore Avenue
(new location June 2011)
Kansas City, Missouri
816-398-8109
Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., First Friday 6-9 p.m., and by appointment
Winds of Plague
Robert Tapley Bustamante & Max Iver
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-11 p.m.
June 3 — 30
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Beggar's Table Church & Gallery
2009 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-2626
Gallery: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., openings, and by appointment
Silhouettes: Kale Van Leeuwen
First Friday opening reception: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
June 3 — 30
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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; current home of Red Star Studios
Wendell Castle in the 21st Century
Open First Friday: June 3, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
March 4 — June 3
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The Blue Djinn Gallery
1400 Union Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-518-4649
First Friday openings and by appointment
J. Carlos Duarte and Martin Woods
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
June 3 — 30
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Blue Gallery
118 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-527-0823
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., First Fridays until 9 p.m., and by appointment
Nature as Muse
featuring Stephanie Chubbuck, Susan Goldsmith, and Bernadette Esperanza Torres
First Friday opening reception: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
Artists' talk: June 4, 2-4 p.m.
June 3 — July 30
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BNIM
10@BNIM
106 West 14th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-783-1500
Site of 10 streetfront display windows "to provide opportunities for the public to connect with the arts and enliven the streets of the urban core."
John Raux, "Curiosity's untiring battle with the exhaustion of unknowing," acrylic on paper stretched on both sides of maple drum shells. Paintings are periodically flipped, varying the interior and exterior view. Image: photo T. Abeln
WHOLES
new paintings by John Raux
First Friday opening reception: May 6, 6-9 p.m.
Open First Friday: June 3, 7-9 p.m. Stop by on First Friday for a new view of the Wholes show and to visit Raux's studio and see the 3.5-inch paintings/stickers and their genesis, along with work in progress from his upcoming Bangalore series. The show is always available for viewing in the windows.
Closing reception and presentation: June 17, 7-9 p.m. "Creativity and Sustainability"
May 6 – June 17
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The Box Gallery
Commerce Bank Building
1000 Walnut Street, Suite 211
Kansas City, Missouri
816-760-7885
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. or by appointment: email
Ships to Scale
model historical American and European ships from the Kansas City Square Riggers Club
First Friday opening reception: April 1, 4-6 p.m.
April 1 — June 30
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Bulldog Bar & Grill
1715 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-4799
Restaurant hours (including First Fridays); shows artwork
Jeremy Rockwell
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Jeromy Morris
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
June 2011
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Cara and Cabezas Contemporary
1714 Holmes Street
(Relocated from 218 Delaware Street in the River Market, March 2011)
Kansas City, Missouri
816-332-6239
Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., openings/open house hours, and by appointment
Victor Cartagena, "Cara Azul," monoprint, 2008. Image: courtesy of the gallery and artist
Caras y Cabezas
Victor Caragena
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Reason's Monsters (after Goya)
Nicholas Naughton
First Friday opening: June 3, 7-10 p.m.
Nicholas Naughton, "Waiting for Evac.," etching, 2009. Image: courtesy of the gallery and artist
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Cocoon Gallery
Arts Incubator of Kansas City
115 West 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-2292
Monday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Thursday, 4:30-7 p.m., and Friday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m., First Fridays, 5-9 p.m., and by appointment
Between Me & Myself
new photographic work by Cameron Gee
First Friday opening reception: June 3, 5:30-9 p.m.
June 3 — 24
First Friday open studios
2nd/3rd floors
Monthly
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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
"Dennes' work is an edgy expression of primitive beauty in a variety of environments captured with colors produced by grinding up art pencils to make paints. On display will be some of Dennes' beautiful true to life images (such as this one, "Ocelot") as well as his other images of mystical, down-home and female subjects." Image: courtesy of the gallery and artist
Prison Artists Show Group: Reinaldo Dennes
Gallery 325's featured artist in June is Reinaldo Dennes, whose work is brought to Kansas City by the Prison Artists Show Group, developed by Kristin Schodorf (Wichita). Dennes's art work is his outlet after being on death row in the Texas prison system for 14 years
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America's Greatest Figure Artists
Cy Heusinger, Robert Leonard, Shackelford, and WR Watkins F.R.S.A.
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Everchanging Yellowstone
grand landscape photography and foil-print photo-art by TomTGradeczek
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Tribal Artistry
Persian Hand Knotted Dowry Carpets/Rugs, Balinese Carvings, Slavic Reverse Painted Glass, Inca/Peruvian Painting, and Navajo Drawing
First Friday opening: June 3, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
June 3 — 29
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Glaspur Gallery
1717 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Missouri
June 3, 5-9 p.m. Wolfie's RU4Real Photography "Come and enjoy the view." Ru4Real Photography by Michael Wolfie Wolf is for young people of all ages.
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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
Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison
Opening reception: June 3, 6-8 p.m.
June 4 — September 24
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Hammerpress Letterpress & Design Studio
110 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-1929
Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., First Fridays, 6-10 p.m., Saturday, noon-5 p.m.
Friends of Hammerpress No. 4: David Jones
print series
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-10 p.m.
June 2011
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Hilliard Gallery
1820 McGee Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-561-2956
Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., First Fridays, 6-10 p.m., Saturday, noon-4 p.m.
Lacey Lewis, "Annie Cherry," oil and graphite on canvas. Image: courtesy of the artist and gallery
Identity/Duplicity
Lacey Lewis
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-10 p.m.
June 3 — 24
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INKubator Press and Deboss Gallery
Arts Incubator of Kansas City
115 West 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-979-3443
Memberships available, inquire about rates; open for First Friday exhibitions and demonstrations, 6-9 p.m.; classes and workshops, and Print Stuff Mondays, 6-10 p.m.: ($10 for access to INKubator facilities including help from shop's master printers. Bring a project to work on, meet other artists, or re-familiarize yourself with the print process. All skill levels are welcome to attend. Please bring your own specialty materials such as paper, printing media, images, and tools.)
First Friday, June 3, 6-9 p.m. First Friday Printing Demonstrations
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The Keyhole Gallery
for Art, Music, Performance, and Politics
1903 Wyandotte Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-326-8851
First Fridays and by appointment
First Friday: June 3, 5:30-10 p.m. Live Painting Competition featuring teams with Bill Drummond, José Faus, Christina Gandy, Cortney Jarisch, Jessica Logsdon, Molly Murphy, Jeanette Powers, Pete Ruhl, Ryan Tenney, and Mary Ware (all of whose work is also on disply inside the gallery)
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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
Sculptural Tapestries: Wil Lala
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
Community Event: August 20, 1-3 p.m. Artist lecture, closing reception, and hands-on art activities inspired by Lala's work (for youth and families; free and open to all)
June 3 — August 20
Spacium Tempus
3rd MAAPS International Exhibition: international contemporary printmaking exhibition of 40 prints by 20 artists, a collaboration between the Maritime and Atlantic Printmakers Society, Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, The University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Leedy-Voulkos Art Center; shown in conjunction with the debut of Hugh Merrill's suite of monument prints
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
June 3 – July 30
Court Dialogue
Sean Thomas Blott
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
June 3 — 25
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
Community Event: June 18, 2-4 p.m. Hands-on art activities inspired by the quilt, with AIDS-prevention education provided by the Kansas City Free Health Clinic (bilingual event in English and Spanish; free and open to all)
June 3 — 25
Be a Doll
a group exhibition by 35+ local artists organized by Change the Truth Fund, Inc., providing opportunities for Ugandan children
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
Community Event: June 24, 7-10 p.m.
June 3 — 24
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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. (closed December 23 — January 6 for 2010-2011 holidays)
La Paloma y La Rana
images of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, featuring the work of Kathy Ruth Neal, from the collection of Susan Sanders
First Friday opening reception: May 6, 6-9 p.m.
First Friday reception and block party: June 3, 6-10 p.m. Music, food, celebration: feel free to dress like Frida Kahlo or Diego Rivera
May 6 — June 25
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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 during warm weather; opening public gallery spring 2011
June 3, 7 p.m. LIVE in the Crossroads Outdoor performances during the summer's First Fridays: June's guest is the River Cow Orchestra
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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
The Seven Year Pirouette
paintings and illustrations by Kellie Bloxsom-Rys
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
June 3 — 30
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Plenum Space
504 East 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-813-4688
First Fridays, 6-10 p.m. and by appointment: Paula Rose at plenumspacekc@gmail.com
Yaina Kulp, "No Strings Attached," ceramics and mixed media, 24" x 20" x 11". Image: courtesy of the gallery and artist
No Strings Attached
ceramics by Yaina Kulp
First Friday opening reception: June 3, 6-10 p.m.
June 3 — 24
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Plug Projects
1613 Genessee Street
Kansas City, Missouri
646-535-PLUG
Friday, 5-9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
A new gallery space by Cory Imig, Amy J. Kligman, Misha Kligman, Nicole Mauser, and Caleb Taylor
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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 plans to move to its permanent home in Belger Warehouse Studios, 2011 Tracy Avenue).
The Lines Between
Yoko Sekino-Bové
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
June 3 – 25
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The Roost
1324 West 12th Street
Suite F (Second Floor)
Kansas City, Missouri
Jason Comotto, "Black," permanent pigment print, 12.5“ x 16“, 2011. Image: courtesy of the artist
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Brandon Forrest Frederick, "Weston" (from the series "…is Dying in the West"), permanent pigment print, 23.5” x 23.5”, 2009. Image: courtesy of the artist
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Austin Buckingham, "Suburban Shaman: Edge of Inevitability," installation sketch, variable dimensions, 2011. Image: courtesy of the artist
Hal-ide
selected works by Austin Buckingham, Colin Joseph Burke, Brandon Frederick and Jason Comotto, part of the KCAI 2011 Photography & Digital Filmmaking Senior Thesis Exhibitions
First Friday opening reception: May 6, 6-11 p.m.
Closing reception: June 3, 6-11 p.m.
May 6 — June 3
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SBG: Spray Booth Gallery
(inside Volker Bicycles)
130 West 18th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
Gallery contact: Andrew Lyles, 219-313-1353
West No East
about the connectivity of our current culture: connections to the past, present, East coast and West coast, featuring work by Sarah Hotchkiss of San Francisco, Luther Kroman of Richmond, Virginia, Brigid Mason of Los Angeles, and Clayton Skidmore of Kansas City, Missouri; curated by Russell Shoemaker
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-11 p.m.
June 3 — 25
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Screenland Crossroads
1656 Washington Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-2900
June 3, 9:30 p.m. Screenland at Grinder's Enjoy an outdoor screening of the first Screenland at Grinder's event, showing Kill Bill by Quentin Tarantino, 417 East 18th Street; tickets are $6 each; bring lawn chairs, blankets, etc. and enjoy Grinder's food and drink specials all night (no outside food or beverage allowed, please).
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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.
Gary Bowling, "Morning Slough," oil on canvas, 46" x 78". Image: courtesy of the gallery
Gary Bowling: One Moment
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
June 3 — August 13
Carol Stewart: Light & Form
May 6 — June 25
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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
Stephan Jahanshahi: Studies in Clay
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-11 p.m., with live body painting by Jessica Bloom
Open: June 4, 1-4 p.m.
June 3 — 30
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Stairway Art Space
HNTB Architecture
715 Kirk Drive
Kansas City, Missouri
816-472-1201
Open for First Friday receptions and by appointment (ask for Jason Lytle)
Work by "Kelsey." Image: courtesy of the gallery and artist
Kelsey and Morgan: Make Cool Things
First Friday opening reception: June 3, 5-8 p.m.
June 2011
Work by "Morgan." Image: courtesy of the gallery and artist
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The Studios Inc Exhibition Space
1708 Campbell Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-471-2343
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, noon-4 p.m. during exhibition season: September — May; usually open First Fridays during exhibitions, June 3, 6-9 p.m.
Consumer Foreplay
Davin Watne
Open First Friday: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
May 13 — June 24
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VALA Gallery
Visual, Audio and Literary Artists Gallery
5815 Johnson Drive
Mission, Kansas 66202
913-787-7899 Wednesday and Saturday, noon-4 p.m., and by appointment
Permutations: James Farmer
First Friday opening reception: June 3, 6-9 p.m.
Closing reception: June 26, noon-4 p.m.
June 3 — 26
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Windhorse Tattooing and Art Gallery
1717 Wyandotte Street, Suite 200
Kansas City, Missouri
816-283-0500
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m.
Shelby Parks
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Gatlin McClun
First Friday opening: June 3, 6-10 p.m.
June 3 – 30
Saturday, June 4:
Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri
Usual events contact: 816-802-3423
June 4, 6-11:30 p.m. The 2011 Art and Design Auction Showcasing the creative talents of KCAI’s internationally renowned alumni and faculty, unique specialty packages, and upscale design pieces, this event includes both live and silent auctions, live student art demonstrations, open bars, a gourmet dinner and entertainment. New this year, an emerging artists exhibition and will be included in the auction. Curated by Julián Zugazagoitia, CEO and director of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, it will feature work by recent KCAI graduates (1996-2010). Proceeds from the auction benefit the student scholarship fund. More than 95 percent of KCAI students receive financial aid. Tickets are $125. Young guests (35 years of age and younger) may purchase tickets for $100. For more information, visit www.kcai.edu/auction or call 816-802-3483.
Continuing:
75th Street Gallery
3500 West 75th Street, Suite 210
Prairie Village, Kansas
816-805-3518
Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. and by appointment
Effervescent: A State of Being
Penny Pate Dillon, Henri Doner Hedrick, Diana Dunkley, Charlotte Nickel, Mira Mickler Moss, and Robert Quackenbush
May 5 — June 30
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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)
Guldner Gallery (first floor):
Lynus Young: Vapor DEVA
May 7 — June 19
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