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Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
pARTnership Place
906 Grand Avenue 10th Floor, Suite 10B
Kansas City, Missouri
816-994-9226
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; please call ahead to 816-221-1777 to check viewing availability of Now Showing

November 18, 5-7 p.m. Fall Happy Hour Keepint g it Real: Join the Arts Council for wine and beer, light appetizers and amazing art featuring artists Joel Schlotterer and R. Gregory Summers from the Now Showing portfolio. This event is free and open to the public, so bring your friends, family, and colleagues (please RSVP by clicking here or calling). This is a great opportunity for businesses to see how Now Showing can work for their offices. Complimentary valet parking is available in the 928 UMB Parking Garage located to the south of the 906 Grand building.

Art/Work
annual exhibition program of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City; visual and literary arts are on display in Union Station's Grand Hall, and visitors may vote for best works through Facebook beginning July 17; participating companies include: American Century, Art & Frame Warehouse, Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, Assurant Employee Benefits, Barkley, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Bryan Cave, Burns & McDonnell, Colorado Technical University, DST Systems, Inc., Entercom Kansas City, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Harvest Productions, Kansas City Business Journal, KCP&L, KSHB-TV - NBC Action News, Medical Missions Foundation, Mid-America Regional Council, Sprint, State Street, Sturges Word Communications, TK Architects, Townsend Communications, Inc., Truman Medical Center, Trozzolo Communications Group, andUMB Financial Corporation
Opening reception: July 17, 2-4 p.m., at Union Station, 30 West Pershing Road
Music semi-finals: July 25 & 26, 7 p.m., at Crosstown Station, 1522 McGee Street
Art Ride with Worth Harley-Davidson: July 30, 10 a.m., leaving from Worth, 94oo NW Prairie View Road; $25 registration can be handled online here; destinations include Riverfront Heritage Trails, Zahner Architectural Metals, Grinder's (for lunch), and the Art of the Chopper exhibition at Union Station
Community Music Project: July 3, 1-5 p.m., with Harvest Productions (held in Union Station Grand Hall)
2011 Art/Work Finals and Awards: August 5, 7 p.m., at the Gem Theater, 1615 East 18th Street, with host Darron Story of Kansas City After Hours; artistic direction by Greg Carroll, CEO of The American Jazz Museum
July 17 — August 7

June 15, 6:45 p.m. ArtsKC Fund Campaign Results Announcement Learn about the fifth annual ArtsKC Fund Campaign's success as the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City announces this year's results on the main stage at The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival in Southmoreland Park, before the performance of Macbeth. (If the show is declared a rain-out, the announcement moves to Thursday, June 16.)

2011 KC ArtistLink Speaker Series
Experts from across the nation come to Kansas City to discuss innovative ideas and opportunities for the diverse community of our artists. The series highlights experiences, lessons learned, opportunities, and the unique issues and challenges faced by artists of all disciplines in the business side of their work. KCArtistLINK is a program of The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City (ArtsKC), Charlotte Street Foundation, and Missouri Small Business and Technology Development Center at UMKC:

May 2 & May 3, 7-8:30 p.m. KC ArtistLink Speaker Series The 2011 KC ArtistLink Speaker Series kicks off with two events: first, May 2, Aaron Landsman presents Community Engagement for Performers and Writers, talking about his work as a theater maker, actor and advocate, and offering tools and practices for engaging communities in the development of new experimental performance. On May 3, he returns with Fundraising and Strategic Planning for Artists of All Disciplines, providing an overview of some of the soundest ways to bring more resources to your work, how to place each project within the context of long-term goals, and how to ground your artistic production in a life that satisfies you. The workshop includes some basic principles that apply to any kind of fundraising, as well as some specifics for bringing in individual contributors, co-producers and other innovative strategies. Both events are being held at Charlotte Street Foundation's la Esquina gallery, 1000 West 25th Street. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; a $5 fee includes either or both talks. Space is limited, so advance registration is required. Sign up for both events (you can attend both or just one) at the ArtsKC website here. For questions regarding this event, contact Elaine McMilian at 816-235-6769 or by email at mcmiliane@umkc.edu.

Avenue of the Arts
Central Avenue, from 9th to 16th streets
Kansas City, Missouri
Administered in 2009 by the Avenue of the Arts Foundation (360º Architecture and DST Systems Inc.), in partnership with the City of Kansas City, Mo. Municipal Art Commission

Avenue of the Arts
Download a PDF of the 10th anniversary catalog (produced by Review Publishing) at the city's Municipal Art Commission site

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."

Ben Ahlvers
Opening reception: November 19, 5-8 p.m.
October 7, 2011 — January 1, 2012

The Box Gallery
Commerce Bank Building
1000 Walnut Street, Suite 211
Kansas City, Missouri
816-760-7885 (Robin Trafton)
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. or by appointment: email

David Douglas Duncan
photography
July 1 — 29

The Central Exchange
1020 Central Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-471-7560 or 816-471-8560
Art & Issues events; art viewing by appointment (best hours are Monday-Friday, 9-11 a.m. and 3-5 p.m.)

Arts & Issues
Arts & Issues is a bi-monthly networking and educational luncheon that is designed to broaden awareness of the arts and cultural history, policies, and issues, presented in partnership with The Central Exchange, The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, and the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City. Free to Central Exchange members; registration for others $20. Please call or visit the Central Exchange site to RSVP.

Charlotte Street Foundation
Office: 1000 West 25 Street
(Mail: PO Box 10263, Kansas City, Missouri 64171)
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-5115

Downtown Galleries (la Esquina is listed on the Westside/West Bottoms page):

Paragraph
a CSF 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.

The Last Descendants
solo exhibition of a new body of work by Judith G. Levy; three faux documentaries in which the living "descendants" of Huckleberry Finn, Hansel and Gretel, and the Lone Ranger are interviewed; read more from CSF
Third Friday opening reception: September 16, 6-9 p.m.
Artists' talk: September 17, noon
Panel Discussion: October 18, 6 p.m. This artist-moderated conversation is between Bill Tuttle, Professor Emeritus Studies at the University of Kansas; Susan Kumin Harris, Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Kansas; and Faye Finn-Cohen, who Levy describes as the last living relative of Huckleberry Finn.
September 16 — November 5

Urban Culture Project Space
a Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Culture Project venue
21 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.

Strangers Like Us
Summer Farrar and Cory Imig: two new bodies of work, mixed media and fabric pieces by Farrar, and a selection of documents and artifacts from Imig's ongoing Written Maps project (that began with her writing personal letters to everyone in the USA she could find who had the name "Imig"); read more from CSF
Third Friday opening: May 20, 6-9 p.m.
Artist talk: September 17, noon
September 16 — November 5

Studios:

pARTnership Place
a CSF Urban Culture Project studios space
906 Grand, 13th floor
Kansas City, Missouri

June 17, 6-9 p.m. Third Friday Open Studios Visit the studios of visual artists Katie Ford (new), Erika Lynn Hansen, Cory Imig, Paul Anthony Smith, Nicholas Naughton, Julie Malen, and Luke Rocha

UCP Performing Studios at City Center Square
a CSF Urban Culture Project studios space
1100 Main Street, 5th Floor (enter at 12th & Main)
Kansas City, Missouri

July 9, 8 p.m. 3 Acts and Parts Two performances: Paul Sprawl composed and plays on guitar his Psychedelic Americana, and Leralee Whittle (choreographer, dancer, video artist) works with live musicians Tiny Magnets of Chicago. "Born and raised in coastal California, Paul Sprawl has toured extensively around the US and Germany in the last fourteen years, working in the genres of Heavy Wood and Psychedelic Americana. His percussive guitar techniques with bottleneck and harmonica carve out untrendy grooves while forward thinking lyrics rip through veneers with truth and beauty. Leralee Whittle, a native of San Francisco, Ca, choreographs from a process of excavating social realities, creating “time-lapse dances” that reveal typically unexpressed subtexts. Whittle has performed her dance and video work in galleries, colleges, theaters, gymnasiums, amphitheaters, art centers, dance studios and residencies, and is the recipient of a Theatre Bay Area grant (2008) for innovative dance, a Charlotte Street/Spencer Museum of Art Rocket Grant, funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation (2010) for innovative interdisciplinary performance, and a Puffin grant (2011) for the creation of performance to advance progressive social change. Tiny Magnets, (the duo version) featuring Brian Cremins and Allison Felus, bring their love of rock together with sweet boy/girl harmonies for a power-pop explosion of widescreen Midwestern sonics informed by East Coast wit. Their self-produced debut EP, Daughters of the Frontier, was named one of the Top Ten releases of 2010 by both Windy City Rock and Chicago Tunes." $5 at the door.

June 17, 6-9 p.m. Third Friday Open Studios Visit the studios of visual artists Anthony Baab, Terry Campbell, John Davis Carroll, Christina Dostaler, Andrew Erdrich (new), Misha Kligman, Jenni Mc (new), Carmen Moreno, Frank Norfleet, David Overholt (new), Clinton Ricketts (new), Sean Starowitz, and Cheryl Toh; hear/see live performances by composer/musician Matt Otto and guests who are presenting original compositions at 8 p.m. and by choreographer/dancer Leralee Whittle, who is presenting excerpts from her new work, PARTS, at 9 p.m.

Judith G. Levy: Panoramic Postcards
newest City Center Square window installation
Postcard distribution from the artist: October 18, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and October 20, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
October 15, 2010 — September 2011

UCP Studios at Town Pavillion
a Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Culture Project studios space
1100 Walnut Street, 6th Floor
Kansas City, Missouri

June 17, 6-9 p.m. Third Friday Open Studios Visit the studios of visual artists Brandon Barr, Diane Burchett, Luke Firle (new) Andrew Lyles (new), Katherine O’Hara, Phil Shafer, Jeff Tackett (whose new multi-media installation, Flutter, will be on view), Neil Thrun (new), and Waseem Touma (new).

Downtown Neon Gallery
1921 East Truman Road
Kansas City, Missouri

Garment District Boutique
1350 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-221-4387 Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., Sunday noon-6 p.m., and special events

Kansas City Design Center
KCDC Gallery
1018 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
816-421-5232
Events and by appointment

 

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)

September 21, 6:30 p.m. Public Art/Civic Catalyst Lecture by Jack Becker, presented by Art in the Loop and the Kansas City Municipal Art Commission

Guldner Gallery (first floor):
Lynus Young: Vapor DEVA
Artist talk: May 11, 6:30 p.m. (public reception starts at 6 p.m.)
May 7 — June 19

Other:
Fantastic Zoology
Fransisco Toledo
Arts talk: April 4, 6:30 p.m. Join The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art's Director Julián Zugazagoitia in a discussion that interprets the life and art of Fransisco Toledo, who is regarded as one of the most influential contemporary artists living in Mexico.
April 2 — May 29

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
1601 Broadway
Kansas City, Missouri
816-994-7200

September 18, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Open House The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its grand opening with free performances in Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Helzberg Hall, and four outdoor stages (noon to 5 p.m.). Sign up here and reserve a place, plus receive updates and more information about parking and transit for this event that is expected to attract thousands. All are welcome.

The Roost
1324 West 12th Street
Suite F (Second Floor)
Kansas City, Missouri

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

Stairway Art Space
HNTB Architecture
715 Kirk Drive
Kansas City, Missouri
816-472-1201; Jason Lytle: 816-527-2436
Open for First Friday receptions and by appointment

Album Cover Art
"With the popularity of MP3 files and streaming digital music—and the near-extinction of traditional album art—concert posters have become the most important visual representation of contemporary music. Showing works by: DJG Design, Patrick Giroux, Drew James, Hammerpress, Andrew Todd, Vahalla Studios, and Joshua M. Wilkinson "
First Friday opening reception: October 7, 5-8 p.m., with beverages
October 2011

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