Tag Archive for ‘History’
Dances with Light: Orval Hixon
The show of Orval Hixon’s dance portraiture is both art exhibition and history lesson, and it excels on both fronts.
Honoring the Namesake: Kwan Wu
Kwan Wu’s statue of Na Nex Se, for whom Lenexa is named, is both inspirational and educational.
Bluejacket in Bronze: Charles Goslin
Charles Goslin’s sculpture offers a chance to learn not only a chapter in local and state history, but more about a man who shaped that time.
Holding History and Inspiration: Susan Nelson
No matter what item or substance each of Nelson’s works is designed to hold, it also carries with it her appreciation for history and determination to keep pottery vibrant and vital.
Cold Fire: Tahmi DeSchepper
Tahmi DeScheppers doubted her own creativity for years … until she found the right medium and the techniques to bring it alive.
Scenes Real and Imagined: Judith G. Levy
Levy has cannibalized, digitized and recombined the real to create the fanciful, using images from real vintage postcards to create places that both exist and don’t, times and spaces both actual and imagined. And, in the process, she has opened the doors to all manner of dialogues about race, economy, history and culture.
Abstracted Explorations: David Gross
Rather than panoramic views of the Flint Hills, the oils and mixed media works in “A Painter’s Journey” offer bright streaks, smears and splatters of color. The closest they get to nature is that the structure of several paintings — the one atop this post among them — is reminiscent of tall stalks of prairie grass.
(ARTKC365) Momentary Occasions: Alex Lovell-Smith
Alex Lovell-Smith In[Sight]: A Retrospective of the work of Alex Lovell-Smith Noon-8 p.m. Mercy Seat Gallery 210 E. 16th St. Kansas City, MO 816.421.4833 Hours: Noon-8 p.m. daily Runs through: March 31. Gallery site: http://www.mercyseattattoo.com There’s a pointy-ended football game going on today (as opposed to a real football game, in which more than two [...]
A Sunflower State of Mind: Frank Thompson at Black Dog Coffeehouse
Frank Thompson Shot in Kansas! 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Black Dog Coffeehouse 12815 W. 87th St. Pkwy. Lenexa, KS 913.495.5515 Hours: 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday Runs through: Oct. 31 Artist’s site: http://franklinthompson.imagekind.com/store/ Gallery site: http://www.bdcoffeehouse.com To people who don’t know the state, the phrase [...]
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