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KCK Arts Network Meeting The monthly, first Thursday, meeting of KCK artists and arts organizations and a sponsor of KCK Second Fridays Art Walks. Please join them to help plan new directions for Kansas City, Kansas, arts. For questions and location information — which varies monthly — please contact Lori Triplett at Imago Dei, 913-233-0266, to get involved.

5th Street East
801 East 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas

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

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.

August 7, 6-10 p.m. Get Your Pink On Art show fundraiser to support the work of Susan G. Komen for the Cure: regional artists, live music, door prizes, raffles, and more.

Associated Youth Services
803 Armstrong Avenue
Kansas City, Kansas

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

Corbin Bronze LTD
1166 Southwest Boulevard
Kansas City, Kansas
913-766-4012

Fat Matt’s Vortex
411 North 6th Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-219-4858
Second Friday After Art Walk specials

2nd Floor:
Lizzy's Loft
Ladies Night Out Marketplace
Beijo Purses, Deeva Designs, Passion Parties, Tastefully Simple, Pampered Chef, Dove Chocolatiers, Jockey Clothing, Sensaria Spa products, Candles and Cookie Lee Jewelry, and Marilyn's Handcrafted Oddities

Fierro Insurance
226 North 7th Street
Kansas City, Kansas
Second Friday Artwalk

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

KCK Public Library
Argentine Library
2800 Metropolitan Avenue
Kansas City, Kansas
913-722-7400
Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

Beans and Things
Artwork by students of Bonnye Brown
May 20 — August 20

Ever Changing Yellowstone
Photographs and photo-art by TomTGradeczek
Artist's talk: October 9, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
August 23 — November 23

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

KCK Public Library
Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library
4051 West Drive
Wyandotte County Lake Park
Kansas City, Kansas
913-299-2384
Monday-Friday and third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. *Summer hours: May 3-September 30, Tuesday, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Ever Changing Yellowstone
Photographs by TomTGradeczek
Artist's talk: August 7, 1 p.m.
August 7 — 20

KCK Public Library
Turner Community Library
Arthur C. Waugh Turner Community Center
831 South 55th Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-596-1404
Monday-Thursday, noon-8 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Anita Shikles
August 5 — September 30

KCK Public Library
West Wyandotte Branch
1737 North 82nd Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-596-5800
Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

Art Through the Ages
Work from the Wyandot Art Association, spanning 45 years
Opening reception: August 8, 2-4 p.m.
August 8 — 30

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

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.

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.

Sav~Art Gallery
4504 State Line Road
Kansas City, Kansas
913-236-9400
Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and by appointment

Songbird Cafe
1315 Fairfax Trafficway
Kansas City, Kansas

Strawberry Hill Museum
720 North Fourth Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-371-3264
Saturday & Sunday, 12-5 p.m.

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.

Town House Gallery
1021 North 7th Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-766-4444; call Pat Jordan for private showing: 913-645-1052

Nedra Bonds: Quilts
July 9 — August 15

Wheat State Pizza
612 North 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas
913-281-9000

New Art
Second Friday Art Walk: July 9, 5-8 p.m.