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A Confluence of Influences: Sharon Reeber
Sharon Reeber specializes in large-scale paintings on silk: meditative creations, but with an experiential quality about them as well.
CREATIVITY FROM THE CUBE IN ITS 4TH YEAR
The 4th annual “Art/Work: Creativity from the Cube” corporate arts festival is this week, kicking off with a visual arts reception August 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Union Station, where winning work selected through arts competitions at 26 participating companies is on display through August 9 (visual and literary). The Performing Arts Showcase and “Best in Show” awards presentation is First Friday, August 6 at 7 p.m. at Copaken Stage.
Junkyard Love: Aaron Dougherty
On the surface, Dougherty’s interest in utilitarian steel and cinder block buildings, rusting fences and — let’s be blunt here — junk might seem more than a bit out of character. Obviously, it’s not … and that’s a good thing.
B is for Blend: Susana B at The McKellar Group
Susana B Waves of Color: Colorized Landscapes 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The McKellar Group Inc. 523 Grand, Suite 1D Kansas City, MO 816.472.4700 Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday Runs through: April 3 Artist’s site: http://www.susanab.net Gallery site: http://www.themckellargroup.com Susana B’s Colorized Landscapes — the show itself and the paintings which comprise it — shouldn’t work. B’s works, [...]
Rough Piece, Its Hour Come Round at Last: Rachelle Gardner at Paragraph Gallery
Rachelle Gardner False Idols (Part of Eyes of the World group show) 6-9 p.m. Paragraph Gallery/Urban Culture Project Space 21-23 E. 12th Kansas City, MO 816.221.5115 Hours after Third Friday: Noon-5 p.m., Thursdays and Saturdays Runs through: April 4 Artist’s site: http://www.rmgardner.com Gallery site: http://www.urbancultureproject.org All good artists take pains with their work. Rachelle [...]
Bloom and Doom: Jaime Aguirre at Fleishman-Hillard Inc.
Jaime Aguirre 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Fleishman-Hillard Inc. 2450 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m Monday-Friday Runs through: March 31 Artist’s site: http://www.jkaart.com Gallery site: http://www.fleishman.com Jaime Aguirre’s photographs cover a lot of ground, geographically and stylistically. Her show at Fleishman-Hillard includes things people pay to see — panoramic beach [...]
Taking the City to the Suburbs: Harriet Bigham at Professional Office Suites
Harriet Bigham Professional Office Suites at Corporate Lakes 6710 W. 121st St. Overland Park, KS 913.681.3335 Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday Runs through: April 16 Artist site: http://www.harrietbigham.com Gallery site: http://www.kcexecsuites.com I like living close to Westport, Downtown and the Plaza. If I’m going to head away from the urban core rather than into it, [...]
IT IS ABOUT MONEY (AND PLENTY OF OTHER CONNECTIONS)
The Metropolitan Arts Council of Kansas City celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009
SHORT LIKE THE WEEKEND
2008 Art / Work: Creativity from the Cube shines Cubicles can be boxes where employees feel penned in, blocked off visually from windows, colleagues, and creativity. Decorated only with a few family photos, favorite toys, or a small vase of flowers, perhaps, “cube farms” have a reputation for being the kind of place where the [...]
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