EXHIBITIONS ARCHIVE

SEPTEMBER 5 – 26, 2008
MICHAEL KRUEGER PRINTS Krueger's work is characterized by an insistence on narrative and line. He uses traditional printmaking techniques such as lithography and intaglio, as well as various digital technologies, often combining several techniques in a single print. Krueger lives in Lawrence, KS.
GREG CRAWFORD INSTALLATION is comprised of recycled materials condensed into stacks and then coated with layers of paraffin. Crawford’s art is to be viewed with both photographs of these stacks surrounding the actual stacks themselves. Crawford lives in Kansas City, MO.
LEONARD KOENIG – RACHELLE GARDNER (UNDERGROUND)

JULY 18 – August 15, 2008
THE RIVER MARKET REGIONAL EXHIBITION is Artists Coalition‘s annual regional juried competition. Artworks selected by Dominic Molon, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago. Gallery Talk with Dominic Molon Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Friday, July 18, 6:30pm

GREG BARTH, DERRICK BREIDENTHAL, JAMES BUEHLER, JOE BUSSELL, TONY BUTLER, LAURA CARRIKER, ALTA CATHERS, BRETT CHENOWETH, GREG CRAWFORD, REBECCA DARRAH, FRJE ECHEVERRIA, MARY ELMUSA, JANE FLANDERS, ALLISON FONDER, JOELLE FORD, SUZANN GERINGER AND BETTY LIPSITZ BIKSON, JJ HIGGINS, AMY KLIGMAN, JUSTIN KROMAN, LINDA LIGHTON, TERESA MAGEL, MARIE MASON, NICOLE MAUSER, NANCY MORRISON, LAURA NUGENT, NILES PATTERSON, MIMI PETTEGREW, GEORGE ROUSIS, SUNNY SHULTZ, CALEB TAYLOR, KIMBERLY THOMAS, FRED TREASE, INGA VERESHCHAGINA

ROBERT ANDERS – DOC SNYDER (UNDERGROUND)

May   2 – June 13, 2008
JANE BOOTH NEW PAINTINGS. Booth will show large abstract works on canvas. Her expressive paintings burst with color and energy, incorporating passages of an earthy, lyrical graffiti.  Booth has a B.A. from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.
BRIAN FIRKINS “Bartle” paintings began with the most geometrically expressive part of the built form of the Bartle Hall Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri – the façade – and express a variety of “reactions” to the proportions and rhythm of the building. Firkins lives in Kansas City, MO.
JUNE ROYS: WITHIN 500 FEET: EXPLORATION PHOTOGRAPHY. Digital photography shot within a 500 foot radius exploring the notion that art is around us at any given moment and perception of our surroundings can be altered by our sensitivity to the visual elements in our immediate environment.  Lives in Joplin, Missouri.

Undergraduate College Student Exhibition
13th Annual Juried Competition
APRIL 11 – 25, 2008
Opening FRIDAY, April 11 from 5 - 8 pm
Juror: Hesse McGraw, Curator for the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha.
Exhibiting artists:
DEREK ANDES - MU, AMANDA BOWLES - KCAI, MATT CALFAS - AVILA
MAN-HO CHO - NWMS, ADAM CRUCES - KCAI, ALYSHA DOCKUM - PSU
ABBE FINDLEY - KCAI, NATHAN FOREMAN - KCKCC, WHITNEY HAMILTON - KCAI
JOHN HILGER - JCCC, ELIZABETH HILL - USM, MATT JACOBS - KCAI
JORDAN JOHNSON - KCAI, JUSTIN KROMAN - KCAI, RYAN LAFERNEY - KCAI
JOSH LONG - KSU, TARA LYNNETTE SKAGGS - KU, COURTNEY MEISELMAN - KCAI
STEPHEN PROSKI - KCAI, DAVID RHOADS - KCAI, ADAM STINSON - AVILA
JOHN SUTTON - PARK , KAT TOVMENKO - KU, KWOK-PONG TSO - NWMS
CHER ULRICH - KU, BRAD WILLIAMS - KCAI, JOSEPH WULLNER - UCM
ROBIN YARRINGTON - MSSU, JEFF YOUNGBLOOD - MSSU

March 7 - 28, 2008

mallin Gallery: Michael david wickersoN
This installation was inspired by the freedom of his surroundings at the project work site, 7 Rivers Resort in Talley Bend. The series began with the creation of a log structure or Bull Horn made through the use of limited tools: a chainsaw and a backhoe. Other installations of this series have included ships, tools and water wheels. Wickerson explains that through the vastness of the project site he hopes that other artists are able to pioneer alternative visions. The artist’s work has been exhibited throughout North America and overseas. GALLERY TALK -- Friday, March 7, 6.30PM www.bethallisongallery.com

JACQUELINE B. CHARNO GALLERY: Painting by Jim Norris
Influenced by Surrealist artists Salvador Dali and René Magritte, the artist prefers not to give his viewer too much information regarding a work. Instead Norris believes the viewer should draw their own conclusions and create their own story regarding his art. The artist’s recent work revolves around the idea of individual introspection, as well as, awareness of one’s surroundings. GALLERY TALK -- Friday, March 7, 6.30PM www.jimnorrisart.com

UNDERGROUND GALLERY: Painting by Laura Nugent
The recent paintings by Laura Nugent embrace a variety of decorative and folk-art traditions in a contemporary format. The symbolic renderings of figures and minimalist landscapes suggest a personal narrative. The imaginative and illustrative qualities that the works possess remind the viewer of storybook excerpts or quilt panels. The smaller works draw the viewer into an intimate experience and when displayed in small clusters seem to be relating to one another. The larger time consuming pieces are meticulously painted and scraped down multiple times until the artist can live with the story the piece tells. GALLERY TALK -- Friday, March 7, 6.30PM www.lauranugent.com

FEBRUARY 16, 2008

mallin, charno and underground galleries: ANNUAL ART AUCTION. The Kansas City Artists Coalition has long been a known destination for visual stimulation, as the primary presenter of new, innovative art works by local and regional artists. Every February KCAC hosts its Annual Benefit Art Auction with artwork donated by the region's best artists and auctioned to the highest bidder.

DECEMBER 7, 2007 - JANUARY 18, 2008

MALLIN GALLERY: "SPIRITUAL MEDICINE", MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS
BY HEE SOOK KIM. Hee Sook Kim works with medical plants which have healing powers and spiritual energy. The herbal imagery conveys nature’s spirituality as found in Taoism. Kim also draws on her childhood memories of her grandmother and her garden and on life itself: birth, struggles, emotions,cultural experiences, death. Her intimate visual spaces invite viewers on a special journey. Hee Sook Kim is a painter and printmaker from South Korea, she is currently an assistant professor teaching printmaking at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. GALLERY TALK -- Thursday, December 27, 7PM www.heesookkim.com

CHARNO GALLERY: "THE CULTURE OF NATURE", PHOTOGRAPHY
BY DANA FRITZ. Fritz’s photographs illuminate the shifting balance of power evident in gardens and conservatories. Various forms of cultivation reveal a delicate equilibrium, collaboration, and sometimes a collision of culture and nature. The practice of designing, domesticating, and improving upon nature simultaneously reveal s our distance from and longing for the natural. As landscape theorist D.W. Meinig said, “Landscapes sustain us as creatures, but gardens display us as cul tures.” Dana Fritz is currently an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. GALLERY TALK -- Friday, December 7, 7PM www.unl.edu/fritz

UNDERGROUND GALLERY: "TAKING CARE OF THE REAL", WORKS IN SCULPTURE/INSTALLATION/PERFORMANCE BY PAUL AND KATE LINDHOLM.
Paul and Kate Lindholm perceive their main task as the refinement of an artistic system based on notions of personal sustainability and efficiency. This system is rooted in Kate’s training as a scientist and Paul’s training as a philosopher. It utilizes a methodology that applies the scientific method to artistic practice as a way of investigating certain notions, primarily those regarding the interstice between art and life. “Since the nature of our work precludes any predictions, we are primarily interested in process and try to construct our lives in such a way that the art object(s) is a natural byproduct of the way we live . We work as an artistic collaborative and consider an interactive process our most vital medium.” GALLERY TALK -- Saturday, December 8, 11AM www.paulandkatelindholm.com

OCTOBER 19 - NOVEMBER 15, 2007

MALLIN AND CHARNO GALLERIES: THE ARTISTS COALITION OPEN STUDIOS PREVIEW EXHIBITION. Special preview exhibition extended hours: Wednesday through Saturday from 11 - 6 pm. Kansas City's largest visual art event held for the benefit of local artists and their audience. During the event anyone interested in seeing and purchasing local artists work can do so directly from the art source, i.e. the artists.The preview exhibition is the central location to see one example of each participating artist's work, get maps to artists studios, and buy the book.

UNDERGROUND GALLERY: OPEN STUDIOS ARTISTS STUDIOS. Visit the studios of Jane Booth, Trudi Burns, Laura Carriker, Dominique Elkind, Jim Norris, Charlie Podrebarac, and Janet Simpson here.

SEPTEMBER 7 - 28, 2007

Mallin and charno Galleries: Marie Mason: Paintings. Marie Mason aims to develop forms in her paintings that express her remembered feelings and impressions. These colorful forms are intended to evoke a specific mood that differs with each piece. Mason paints using acrylics on both paper and canvas, figuratively and abstract. Marie Mason owns and operates Bella Company Gallery in Weston, Missouri. She has exhibited her work in galleries across the Kansas City metro area. Recent gallery exhibitions include shows at the Kansas City Arts Council, 360 Gallery, Works Gallery, Blue Gallery, and Bella Company Gallery.

underground: Ritchie Kaye and linda teeter: mixed media and photography. The mixed media work of Ritchie Kaye addresses issues of femininity and body image, as well as, sexuality and power. The triangular tableaus in the Womb Wisdom series delicately confront viewers with their own insecurities and expectations. Ritchie Kaye received her B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has done graduate work at Virginia Commonwealth University and at the Saachi School of Art, Florence, Italy. Linda Teeter's photography series, Galactic War, is a body of work which addresses politics, ecology, and environmental awareness. Galactic War presents dramatic visions of patriotic firework displays. Some of her works capture the momentum of the explosion in it's prime, while others, humorously display the disappointing fizzle. Linda Teeter holds a B.A. in Art and English from Pittsburgh University. She has shown at galleries including Blue Wolf Gallery and Images Gallery.

july 13 - august 17, 2007

Mallin Gallery: River Market Regional Exhibition. The 2007 River Market Regional Exhibition is the Kansas City Artists Coalition's 24th annual juried competition. The artists showcased are from across the Midwest; from Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri. Over $2,000 in cash prizes will be awarded and an illustrated catalog with an essay by curator Elizabeth Dunbar will be available. Ms. Dunbar is Curator at ArtHouse at the Jones Center; a nonprofit alternative space in Austin, Texas. Previously she served as Curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO.

Award Winners:
$1000 John Salvest, Monument
$500 Les Christensen, Deception
$250 Jim Norris, The Devil Inside
$250 Susi Lulaki, Cosmic Deer

underground: Michael Lasater: Works in Video/Sound/Animation. Michael Lasater describes his work as compositions in electronic and computer media, working at the confluence of film, video, animation, music, sound, photography, and text. The subject of his mixed digital media projections derives from the artist’s issues and processes of personal psychology- perception, memory, personal narrative, and the construction of meaning. Michael Lasater is currently Professor of Communication Arts at Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts, Indiana University South Bend.

MAY 4 - JUNE 15, 2007

Mallin Gallery: Armin Mühsam, Drawings and Works on Paper. Mühsam draws and paints landscapes using images such as excavation holes, foundations, dikes, and architectural elements. This imagery is composed to create “artificial” or imagined landscapes. Mühsam’s work is absent of humans; the artist asks the viewer to see his works as environments of “latent ruins” - or the remnants of society. This exhibition of works on paper illustrates Mühsam’s thesis that “technological man draws into nature just like the artist does on a piece of paper.” Mühsam’s work has shown in solo and invitational exhibitions across Europe and the United States. Recent solo exhibitions include MetroLex Gallery in Lexington, Kentucky, Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee, and Scheffer Gallery in Budapest, Hungary. Mühsam’s paintings have shown in Kansas City at the Arts Incubator Gallery (2004) and the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center (2001).

Charno Gallery: Rusty Leffel, 245 Blocks of Broadway, NYC USA. Rusty Leffel photographs urban street scenes. This series of works focuses on the lively streets of New York City. Leffel’s work captures moments of people interacting with each other and with their surrounding urban environment. His photographs show pedestrians in various states of activity, relating with each other and with the structure of the city. Leffel’s process includes shooting with film and scanning the film to produce archival digital images with a sepia finish. Leffel exhibits actively in national and international juried competitions and has been represented recently in the Annual International Juried Exhibition of the Art Association of Harrisburg, PA and Conflict - Peace - Finding Common Ground at the Columbia Art Center, Columbia, Maryland.

Underground: Esther Boyd, Steph Toth Kates, DJ Matheny, Ben Parks, Sharon Ventura. Esther Boyd creates richly textured drawings and paintings. Her favorite subjects include water and natural life because of the hypnotic mood they provide. Boyd hopes to make subjects which are considered part of our everyday visual landscape into works which convey the subjects’ extraordinary nature. Steph Toth Kates paints in the landscape tradition using color and symbols creatively. Her work stems from concepts of biological cell structure, resulting in individual paintings that represent a “miniature universe” or ambiguous places.DJ Matheny explores the inner landscape of the feminine psyche. Probing the nature of thoughts and feelings experienced during moments of solitude, the images evoke an array of moods, ranging from a profound sense of estrangement or longing to a deep sense of peace. Benjamin Parks is a visual artist and musician. Overall his work includes a variety of media from video to sculpture. This series of work displays Park’s inclination toward drawing and painting the figure using acrylic and oil. Sharon Ventura paints the female figure because “she is an infinite treasure of shape, line, and design possibilities as well as a key subject in life’s relationships.” Ventura’s work uses flat areas of vibrant color to depict the figure with a graphic style.

APRIL 6 - 20, 2007

Mallin and Charno Galleries: 12th Annual Juried Undergraduate Student Exhibition. The 12th Annual Juried Undergraduate Student Exhibition offers students the opportunity to exhibit professionally, building awareness of their work and connections to an audience. Terry L. Beavers, Director and Curator at Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center State Museum selected the artists. Selected artists: Calley Abercrombie, Michael Allen, Jacob Banholzer, Wanda Bellamy, Eriberto Biera, Carol Bradbury, Krista Busacker, Mindy Cantu, Jason Davis, Shay Dodson, Sally Falk, Katherine Flower, Callista Gredys, Robin Hammond, Stacy Heptig, Luke Johnson, Amy Lenharth, Scott Lockyear, Anna Mandina, Megan Mathews, Bryan McIntyre, Andrew Perry, Lynnette Ratzlaff, Lynnette Ratzlaff, Sasha Santillan, Heather Self, Carla Sloan, Charles Smith II, Shaun Southers, Rebecca Sundermeier, Angie Tedlock, Jessica Watts, Lance Wegener, Joseph Welch, Julie Zhang. Juror's Choice Awards: Wanda Bellamy, Joseph Welch. Juror's Honorable Mention Awards: Jacob Banholzer, Krista Busacker, Sally Falk, Shaun Southers, Lance Wegener, Joseph Welch.

Underground: Dominique Elkind. Dominique Elkind’s pen and ink drawings incorporate surface pattern with depictions of women and animals in various states of fantasy. Elkind, a BFA candidate at the Kansas City Art Institute, describes her work as “a contemporary feminist twist on the historical American pin-up girl.”

MARCH 2 - 30, 2007

MALLIN GALLERY: Jenn Dierdorf: Push, installation. Jenn Dierdorf’s installation, Push, is created with fabrics and sewn bags of rice. She writes that the work looks “similar to a crowd of people or a flock of birds” – scenes where the repetition and accumulation of parts combine to create a whole and unique work. Push explores the tension between structure and lack of structure, showing Dierdorf’s interest in “what happens when we cannot apply our typical meaning system to structures that we recognize.”

JACQUELINE B. CHARNO GALLERY: Mindy Goodman: Flavoring. Flavoring is a show of mixed media vessels by Kansas City fiber artist Mindy Goodman. Goodman’s process involves painting and photocopying text onto fabrics. She then weaves pieces of the decorated fabric into vessels, using basket reed and common staples for construction. Goodman describes her richly textured works as “ritual objects” that result from her unique process. Her recent solo exhibitions have included The Late Show Gallery and the Moberly Community College Gallery.

UNDERGROUND: Group Painting Exhibition featuring Alberto Castaneda, Greg Crawford, Maryann Hammond, Shannon Ross, Sasha and Charles St. Clair. CASTANEDA'S abstract paintings are the result of spontaneous movement informed by emotion. His work captures the complexity of emotion through minimal gestural compositions. CRAWFORD'S Garden series combines collage elements with broad gestural applications of celebratory color. Crawford studied painting at KSU and KCAI and has worked as an art therapist for the Medical Missions Foundation in Romania. HAMMOND'S work explores pattern and surface design. She draws from a background in fibers and textiles and currently works as a map draftsperson. ROSS creates emotive abstract paintings using a small-scale format. She writes of her work, “Abstraction opens the door to another way of viewing life.” For SASHA, painting is directly related to emotional expression and state of mind. Her goals include opening a gallery to benefit women with depression, anxiety disorders, and recovery of abuse. ST. CLAIR uses digital photography and a variety of digital applications to arrive at colorful, abstract compositions. He draws inspiration from a variety of sources, including music and poetry.

FEBRUARY 17, 2007
mallin, charno and underground galleries: ANNUAL ART AUCTION. The Kansas City Artists Coalition has long been a known destination for visual stimulation, as the primary presenter of new, innovative art works by local and regional artists. Every February KCAC hosts its Annual Benefit Art Auction with artwork donated by the region's best artists and auctioned to the highest bidder.

DECEMBER 1, 2006 - JANUARY 12, 2007

Mallin and Charno Galleries: 30 +. An Invitational Exhibition of works spanning thirty years of exhibitions, featuring current work by maria alfie, miki baird, colette bangert, donna carrington, maura cluthe, tom corbin, leigh rosenberg earnest, nate fors, barbara frets, suzann geringer, marcie miller gross, ione, leonard koenig, sherry leedy, linda lighton, steve mayse, johnny naugahyde, garry noland, jane pronko, jim sajovic, karen schory, curtis simmons, janet simpson, ella sipho, stretch, craig subler, larry thomas, jane voorhees, michael walling, helen wendlandt

Underground: Kevin Sink and Larry Wolfe, photography.

OCTOBER 13 - NOVEMBER 17, 2006
Mallin and Charno Galleries: Philomene Bennett & Lou Marak.

Underground: Cross Currents-an Invitational Exhibition featuring Jane Booth, Leigh Rosenberg Earnest, Ada Koch, Pam Peffer, Jane Pronko, Vickie Trotter and Jackie Warren.

August 25 - September 22, 2006

Mallin Gallery: Barri J. Lester, Recent Painting and Mixed Media. Lester escapes the canvas by painting and assembling her works with a variety of materials. Pieces of carved wood, Astroturf and other materials serve as Lester’s surface for paint, creating what Lester calls “a dialogue between illusory and sculptural space.” Tending toward installation, some of Lester’s works are site-specific or painted directly onto the gallery wall. This exhibition includes a variety of recent works. Lester received her MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale University and is currently an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University. Her work has been shown recently at the Des Moines Art Center and the Hampshire College Art Gallery in Amherst, MA.

Charno Gallery: Tectonic Industries, Video Installation: I could do that (as I’m already up). Lars Jerlach and Helen Stringfellow, the collaborators behind Tectonic Industries, are exhibiting I could do that (as I’m already up), a video installation. The dual video tracks feature couples working out to an instructional dance video. Investigating the dynamics of couple-hood through a casualness of activity, image and language, the installation shows Tectonic Industries’ exploration of the concepts of everyday reality and artifice. Jerlach and Stringfellow write that they wish to provide an experience of reality but with “a number of factors removed, replaced or distorted to present an environment of calculated, heightened artificiality.” The two artists attended the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland, before relocating to their current residence in St. Paul, MN.

Underground: Alexandra Robinson, Installation. Alexandra Robinson explores light, shadow, and space in her installation. Shadows cast upon the walls and floors echo the forms created by Robinson with latex-covered straws. These forms, while visually interesting, take a supporting role to the play of light and shadow throughout the space. Robinson’s installation invites us to walk through the space and become “part of the experience.” She writes that “Slowing down, taking time to view, to contemplate is essential.” Robinson received her MFA in Painting and Sculpture from the University of Cincinnati in 2002. She is currently an instructor at the University of St. Mary in Leavenworth, KS and is an artist in residence with the Urban Culture Project’s Studio Residency Program.

July 7 - August 18, 2006

mallin and charno galleries: Re:MEMBERS EXHIBITION. Jurors: Philomene Bennett and Lou Marak, Founding KCAC members. Artists: Maryanna Adelman, Donna G. Bachmann, Terry Bean, Carol Bradbury, Laura Carriker, Alta Cathers, John Caton, William Curtis, Leigh Rosenberg Earnest, Lori Raye Erickson, Timothy Everles, Karen Folgarelli, Suzann V. Geringer, Jim Hasselle, Elaine O. Henry, Steve M. Higgins, Ethan Hirsh, Shakura Jackson, Susana Jones, Margo Kren, Janet Kuemmerlein, Dirk Liebert, Paul & Kate Lindholm, Megan Lynch, Jeff Lyons, D.J. Hyde Matheny, Richard Mattsson, Ninette Maumus, Mary Lu McBride, Mike McMullen, Elaine Mills, Jim Norris, Sally Ooms, Sarah Perkins, Ann Piper, Robert J. Quackenbush, Jr., Paul Randall, Rachel Rose, George Rousis, Joseph L. Smith, Keith Soforic, Charles St. Clair, Eileen Thomas, Ned Vail, Jean Van Harlingen, Catherine Vesce, JoEl Vogt, Jackie Warren, Karen Wiley, Jessica Wohl, Ellen W. Wolf, Don Wolfe, Larry Wolfe, Michael Woodard, W. Mitch Yung

UNDERGROUND: MARGARET SHELBY, COURTNEY NELSON, DALE JAMIESON

May 5 - June 16, 2006

mallin gallery: Norah Flatley Lovell, Obsessive Endeavor: Tail Meets Head, installation and soft sculpture

charno gallery: Traci J Molloy,White Dandelions, digital prints

underground: Eli Pupovac, sculpture and installation

April 7 - 21, 2006

mallin and charno galleries: 11th Annual Undergraduate College Student Exhibition. Featuring work by: Deborah Barrett-Jones, Wanda H Bellamy, Karissa Bishop, Carol Bradbury, Lauren Boilini, Krista Busacker, Victoria Majewski Burkert, Melanie Clouser, David Cox, Katrina Cox, Nate Cunningham, Maggie Davidson, Lisa Dibbern. Todd Erwin, Charlotte Eisel, Donna Veran Ford, Carmen Grandfield, Callista Gredys, Erika Hamlett, Cheryl Hammons, Jill Harmon, Andrew Hansen, Laura Isaac, Jacquelyn Koenig, Julie Kendall, Justin Kroman, Melissa Lackey, Rachel “Micca” Larson, Cesily Lesko, Megan Mathews, Erin McAllister, Katherine G. Morris, Alissa Popken, Billy Price, Heather Roman, Nicole Sendelbach, Annette Schooling, Shaun D. Southers, Michelle Straub, Laurie Sunderland, Lance Wegener, Jennifer Whiteford. Colleges Represented: Central Missouri State University; Johnson County Community College; Kansas State University; Kansas City Art Institute; University of Kansas; Northwest Missouri State University; Park University; University of Missouri - Kansas City.


March 3 - 31, 2006

Mallin Gallery: Margaret Whiting, American Decisions (Following Lewis and Clark). Margaret Whiting alters law, natural history, and anatomy books to create her work. Whiting presents elements from these books, including text and diagrams, in combination with collected natural objects in her installation, American Decisions (Following Lewis and Clark). Her installation is inspired by her desire to draw connections between the natural environment and late 1800s court decisions that pertain to the environment.

Charno Gallery: Greg Schieszer, Melt Shop. Greg Schieszer’s photography exhibition, Melt Shop, documents the 2004 demolition of the Armco Steel Plant in Kansas City’s East Bottoms. These striking images, created from negatives, document the destruction of a specific building which had personal significance to Schieszer; he remembers the Melt Shop as a fixture of his childhood landscape. His series provides “Evidence of the decline of the American manufacturing industry” using subject matter which is local and personal. He relates that his subject “is not a new, or unique subject, but I couldn’t let go of that first glimpse I had of this specific industrial giant being literally brought to its knees… it was part of my own experience- something that would no longer be there."

Underground: Rachel Melis, Unsettling the Prairie: Prints, Books, and Installations. The prints, books, and installations of Rachel Melis reflect on the process of settling, such as the settling of pioneers on the prairie, her own settling in to the Flint Hills of Kansas, and the settling of prairie seed pods. The objects that Melis relates with, such as pods and books, “act as transports for germination and regeneration. My work suggests that I see my role as the artist as a reverse/ perverse pioneer – one who observes, re-imagines and reimages what was overlooked by my ancestors who settled the prairies.” Her work captures the “beauty, vitality, diversity, and importance of prairie populations.”

February 17, 2006

mallin, charno and underground galleries: ANNUAL ART AUCTION. The Kansas City Artists Coalition has long been a known destination for visual stimulation, as the primary presenter of new, innovative art works by local and regional artists. Every February KCAC hosts its Annual Benefit Art Auction with artwork donated by the region's best artists and auctioned to the highest bidder.

December 2 - January 13, 2006

Mallin Gallery: IRENE DELKA MCCRAY, PAINTING. Irene Delka McCray’s life size portraits depict her subject living out their fantasies. “I am suggesting that in our oddities and unique phantoms of imagination come the most authentic expressions of self,” states McCray. Subjects are depicted as being angels, mechanical creatures reminiscent of the popular Transformer toy, in scenarios involving a deceased relative, or simply in love. McCray believes that “in the quirkiness of these sorts of fantasies we can recognize each other, as we are freed from real life sense to a climate of unending invention and ongoing connectiveness of soul.” McCray received her Master of Fine Arts from the Vermont College of Norwich University in 2000. Recently, McCray has shown in Scene Colorado/Sin Colorado at the Denver Art Museum; Storytellers, Fact or Fiction at the UMC Gallery at the University of Colorado in Boulder; and Lessons In Art at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder. McCray is collected by the Denver Art Museum and is in several private collections in the United Stated, Korea and Spain. Her work can be found at Sandra Phillips gallery in Denver. Currently, McCray teaches at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver and Front Range Community College in Longmont, Colorado where she resides.

Charno Gallery: CHRISTINE MARIE DAVIS, Fiber and MIXED MEDIA Installation. Christine Marie Davis’ mixed media sculptures incorporate various materials including found objects, fur, hair, metal, rubber, wood, and wax among others. Hair and fur are the primarily noticeable materials in Davis’ work, often taking the playful and unsettling form of sushi or ice cream sundaes reminiscent of Meret Oppenheim’s Fur Teacup. Often the viewer desires to touch the art with its soft and colorful fur, yet is puzzled or disturbed by the totally inedible representation of food. Davis states that she is “fascinated by our culture’s simultaneous desire for, and aversion to, food, pleasure, and sensual experiences, and how refined, civilized creations can stimulate our most primal impulses.” Davis received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Colorado in Denver. Recently, Davis has shown in Indulgences at the Bernal Gallery in Tucson, Arizona; Anomaly at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Fort Collins, Colorado; and In the Works at the Women’s Caucus for Art in Lakewood, Colorado. Davis recently received an Associateship Grant from the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute in Denver and a Fellowship Grant from the Littleton Arts Alliance. Davis resides in Howard, Colorado.

Underground: Kim Anderson, Robin VanHoozer & Michael Woodard, Painting & Mixed Media. Kim Anderson’s rich colorful paintings are often executed in a square format. Anderson states, “my task seems to be to find a dynamic in such a static form.” Anderson received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri. Recently, she has exhibited in an invitational at the Morgan Gallery in Kansas City. Anderson resides in Prairie Village, Kansas. Robin VanHoozer’s encaustic paintings use both abstract and figurative imagery. Often incorporating text and a visual sense of collage into the paint, VanHoozer’s work has a nostalgic feel fused with pop images. VanHoozer received her Master of Arts in painting from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. She has recently exhibited in the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art Membership Show in St. Joseph; and in the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s Open Studios. VanHoozer’s artwork was also recently featured on the ABC television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. VanHoozer resides in St. Joseph, Missouri. Michael Woodard blends organic and geometric forms into his abstract paintings. Woodard also incorporates other surface materials such as plexiglass and metal, applying paint to them using a variety of tools. Woodard states, “When I’m freer with the method of application, it allows a poetic sensibility to emerge.” Woodard received his Master of Arts in painting from Pittsburg State University in Kansas. Recently, he has exhibited at the Apex Art Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri; and at the Galesburg Civic Center in Illinois. Woodard resides in Platte City, Missouri.

October 14 - November 18, 2005

Mallin Gallery: Noriko Ebersole, Mixed Media Installation. Noriko Ebersole’s work is about depicting her internal and external life as an artist and human being. Her work captures the passage of time, daily thoughts, physical work, emotions, struggles, and social criticism. In her series of one-a-day drawings, Ebersole focuses on a specific theme doing a drawing everyday on sketch paper. In her sculptural pieces, these drawings are covered over objects such as sewing machines, kitchen utensils, groceries and other items relevant to domestic life. The work process involved in creating these pieces is itself a crucial act of growing and healing, a search for identity in the wake of the death of her mother. Ebersole is interested in examining her sorrow, as well as the process of mourning and healing. Ebersole received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Women’s College of Fine Arts in Tokyo, Japan and her Master of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois. Recently, Ebersole has shown KCAC’s River Market Regional Exhibition as well as in the Missouri 50 Competition in Sedalia, Barbie & G.I. Joe with Patrick Miceli, and Four Walls at the Glass Curtain Gallery in Chicago. Ebersole resides in Kansas City, Missouri.

Jacqueline B Charno Gallery: Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost, Fiber and Video Installation. Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost’s recent work is a reflection of her time spent in India as a Lighton International Artists Exchange grant recipient. Working with a small textile community in Ahmedabad Gujarat known as the Chitara family, Leidenfrost created the Toy for a Textile project. Leidenfrost would exchange toys with Chitara children in exchange for their drawings which she incorporated into a fabric book. The fabric book is based on the English alphabet which the children wanted Leidenfrost to teach them. Her work reflects on issues of global literacy and education in addition to reinterpreting the practice of textile and bookmaking. By also incorporating new media into her work such as video, Leidenfrost brings a domestic practice to a new level of art. Leidenfrost received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. She has also studied at Brown University, the State University of New York as well as in France, Greece, and Italy. Recent shows include Quilts For Art Sake II at the Make Ready Press Gallery in Montclair, New Jersey; ASBESTOS: RISD Sculpture at the Alternative Gallery Space in Providence; and Mood Paintings at Leidenfrost Vineyards in Hector, New York. Currently, Leidenfrost works for Shock Designs in Providence where she resides. { download leidenfrost's unconscious eloquence movie trailer }

Underground: Antonia & francine hansen, anthem. Antonia and Francine Hansen will be exhibiting paintings inspired by the poem Anthem, written by Antonia. Each stanza of the poem will be a point of departure for a single painting. The poem itself will be part of the installation, exhibited in the form of large scrolls trailing onto the floor. Both working in response to Anthem, the result “will be complex, multifaceted views colored by individual experience and personality,” states Hansen. Antonia studied creative writing at the Santa Fe School of Fine Arts in New Mexico. Her writing has appeared in several literary magazines and other alternative papers. As a self-taught artist, she has exhibited throughout the Kansas City area in solo shows such as Companions of the Night, Out of the Abyss, and Back Into the Abyss. Hansen received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. She also studied at the Center for Art & Culture in Aix-en-Provence, France. Recent shows include Wedded Bliss at the Late Show Gallery and Springtime, Upstairs at the Pi Gallery, both in Kansas City, Missouri. Both Antonia’s & Hansen’s studios are located at the Hobbs Building in Kansas City.

September 2 - 30, 2005

Mallin Gallery: Nancy Morrow, HEARTLAND. Nancy Morrow’s mixed media works on paper incorporate elements of embroidery thread, photocopies, sewing patterns, vinyl, paint and hand drawn images. Using a mix of 50’s advertising iconography, Morrow comments on issues that go a bit deeper. Morrow notes that rummage sales influence her work, stating “It was the houses themselves, along with...the women’s lives that I was most curious about, as the rummage sales were inhabited by women and run by women.” Morrows work is reminiscent to those rummage sales with layers of images and repeated patterns patched and sewn together, a reference to household chores and domestic practices. Morrow states, this work “provided a vehicle for me in which I could feel a connection to the Midwest.” Morrow received both her MFA and BFA from the University of Washington. She has been a resident at the Centrum Foundation, the Jentel Foundation, and the Skowhegan School of Painting. Morrow has exhibited internationally. Recent exhibitions include National Members Show at A.I.R. Gallery in New York; All Femme at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery in Manhattan, Kansas; 8th International Open at the Women Made Gallery in Chicago; and Creating Communities, Creating Change at the Loft Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska. Morrow maintains a studio in Manhattan, Kansas where she resides.

Charno Gallery: lori raye erickson, MIXED MEDIA. Lori Raye Erickson incorporates various found objects and children’s toys into her nostalgic, mixed media paintings. With a humorous appearance, Erickson deals with boy’s and girl’s roles in society, and how these roles are shaped. Erickson states, “I would like to...cause a moment of introspection. The creation of an art piece, for myself, is a reflection of an idea or a moment of conscious or subconscious awareness.” Erickson received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1989. Recent exhibitions include Daddy Says... at the Green Door Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri; Inventory at Byron Cohen Gallery in Kansas City; Charlotte Street Fund 2002 at the Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art in Overland Park, Kansas, and the 3rd International Open at the Women Made Gallery in Chicago. Erickson has been published in Art Papers, New American Paintings and Review Magazine and is collected by the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. She resides in Baldwin City, Kansas.

Underground: Earl Boley, Julie Johnson, Marjorie Meyer, Linda Quick, Painting, Photography & Glass. Earl Boley’s paintings are inspired by great writers such as Whitman, Thoreau, and Henry Miller. Working in acrylics, mixed media, papier mache and found objects, Boley strives to express joy through the use of light and color. Primarily a plein air painter, Boley has painted throughout the world, including France and Great Britain. He is represented by the Goin Round Gallery in Kansas City, MO where he resides. Primarily a study of line and color, Julie Johnson’s work seek to reveal the essence of the natural world through traditional photography. Johnson received her BS from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas and has also studied at Avila College, Johnson County Community College, and the Kansas City Art Institute. She has shown throughout the Midwest, most recently at the Society For Contemporary Photography in Kansas City; Western Missouri State College in St. Joseph, Missouri; and Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. Marjorie Meyer graduated from Oklahoma State University and entered the glass community in Denver, Colorado in 1998. Currently, Meyer is the president of Contours in Glass and Stone, Inc. doing custom etched and carved art glass and stone. Meyer has recently exhibited in the International Juried Auction of the Glass Art Society in New Orleans and Bearden’s Stained Glass Annual Art Exhibit where she received a first place award. Linda Quick’s paintings explore the spontaneity and joy that comes with making art. Focusing primarily on botanicals, Quick enjoys the challenge of representing flower still lifes in various mediums including watercolor. Quick studies at the Philomene Bennet studio group and recently participated in the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s Open Studios.

July 15 - August 20, 2005

Mallin and Charno Galleries: River Market Regional Exhibition, 23rd Annual Juried Competition. Juror: Douglass Freed is the Museum Director and Curator of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Mr. Freed’s undergraduate and graduate degrees are from Fort Hays State University in Hays Kansas. He served as the chairperson of the Art Department at State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Missouri from 1968-2000 and the director of the Goddard Gallery from 1995 to the opening of the Daum Museum in 2001 where he now serves as the full time director and curator. Mr. Freed is a nationally exhibiting artist with over 45 solo exhibitions. Mr. Freed has received artists grants from the National Endowment For the Arts, the Mid American Arts Alliance, the Missouri Arts Council and Rotary International. His work has been published in over sixty reviews and publications including New American Paintings, The New York Art Review, The New Art Examiner, Art in America, Arts Magazine and the Kansas City Review as well as the Kansas City Star, The St. Louis Tribune and the New York Times. The competition is open to artists over 18 years of age, who are current residents of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas or Oklahoma. KCAC will publish an illustrated catalog with an essay by Mr. Freed. A copy will be sent to all entrants. Catalogs will be distributed to contemporary art curators and gallery directors nationally. $2000 in cash prizes will be awarded by Mr. Freed. The Kansas City Artists Coalition is a nonprofit artist-run organization that promotes visual arts awareness in Kansas City and the surrounding region, and supports the professional growth of artists.

Underground: JD Hutton, folded city: recent paintings. JD Hutton’s acrylic paintings on canvas combine the “symbolic elements of color field painting with the exploration of systems, perception and interrelationships.” Visually, this translates into canvases of intersecting lines and grids of flat muted color schemes. Hutton’s paintings focus on our ability to perceive space and time. This is explored both in the finished piece as well as in Hutton’s process of creating them. Each painting has a slightly different perspective challenging the viewer to constantly discover something new. Hutton received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of Nebraska in 1986 and Juris Doctorate from the Creighton School of Law in 1994. She has exhibited throughout the Midwest, most recently in Red at the 13th Street Gallery Cooperative in Omaha, Nebraska; Daughters, a traveling exhibition with the Nebraska Women’s Caucus for Art; and Transfigurations at the Nicholas Street Gallery in Omaha. Hutton resides in Bellevue, Nebraska.

June 3 - 24, 2005

Mallin Gallery: Priya Kambli, suitcases. Priya Kambli’s Suitcases series is inspired by her move to America from India in 1993. “I crammed 18 years of my life into one suitcase.” Dealing with issues of travel and necessity, Kambli creates the illusion of entirety through a careful selection of parts. Each piece corresponds to a specific theme and hue. Her choice of color provides each piece a distinct personality and conceptual direction. Using a variety of media including fabric, stitching, found objects and photography, in a highly intricate and intimate format, Kambli juxtaposes snippets of information that interact with each other to convey an open ended narration. Kambli received her Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of Houston in Texas in 2000. Recently, Kambli has exhibited in Priya Kambli: Installations at Living Arts in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mixed Media Installation at the Photography Gallery at the University of Notre dame in Indiana; and Sustaining Vision at the Photographic Center Gallery in Seattle, Washington. Kambli also recently curated Through the Looking Glass – Contemporary Mixed Media Photography at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri where she resides.

Charno Gallery: Kurt Brian Webb, a news millennium: a year in pictures. Kurt Webb’s hand-built ceramic sculptures and woodcuts provide a social commentary that speaks to the viewer through humor, satire and cynicism. This series which started at the beginning of the new millennium continuing through September 11, 2001 commemorates a single piece of news for each day. “Representations of the humorous, the bizarre, the grotesque...even the detestable, were produced.” Webb states, “I set out to locate a true, unusual, international news story...the series now totals 125 (pieces).” Webb received his Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Illinois State University in Normal in 2002. He has exhibited throughout the United States, most recently in Sensuous at Red Star Studios in Kansas City, Missouri; Dia de los Muertas at the Maude Kerns Art Center in Westmont, Illinois; and Contemporary Art Influenced by African Culture at the Al Gallery, Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago, Illinois. Webb is featured in several publications including NCECA 2002 Regional Student Juried Exhibition in the Clay Times and Ceramic Monthly. Webb’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Library of Australia, Canberra; and the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Webb resides in Palatine, Illinois.

Underground: Scott Gibbons & Richard Scherubel, Photography & Painting. Scott Gibbons’s silver gelatin prints show an awareness to the patterns which exist in everyday objects. While photographing everything from simple flower blooms to water towers, there is a visual relationship between the series. Gibbon’s states, “I use cameras that yield a large negative, which in turn have the ability to render...fine details and texture.” Gibbons received his BS in Professional Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York in 1979. He is currently the Senior Design Photographer for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City Missouri where he resides. Richard Scherubel’s mixed media paintings are an exploration of closed linear configurations derived from observations of rock formations and other abstract figures. Scherubel’s works are highly gestural with a significant attention paid to the line quality of each shape. “The work I create is a product of my life. Many years of figure drawing, landscape and still-life work...are behind the forms I am now creating.” Scherubel received his Master of Arts in Painting with a concentration on art history from the University of Iowa in 1966. He has exhibited throughout the Midwest, most recently as a contributing artist at the Bohemian Gallery in Kansas City, and at the Karen Kral Gallery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Scherubel resides in Gladstone, Missouri.

May 6 - 27, 2005

Mallin Gallery: Nature Remains by Mary Kay. Mary Kay’s impulsive, energetic paintings on paper are close observations of natural objects she has collected over a period of 15 years. “The objects hold a record of their own creation as well as my memories of place light, event, atmosphere and emotional connection.” Kay’s painting are done spontaneously through a means of scraping, smearing, dilution, pouring, brushing and layering often using hands and fingers. Hung together, they form a complex and layered visual conversation of metaphor, and association. Mary Kay received her MFA in painting from the Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut after obtaining her MA in painting from Goldsmiths College at London University. She has also studied at Beaux Arts in Rheims, France; The British Institute in Florence, Italy; and the Bath Academy of Art in England. She has shown throughout the Midwest and England. Recent exhibitions include ReCollection: Nature Remains at the Salina Art Center in Kansas and Triptychs from the Landscape at the Sandzen Gallery in Lindsborg. She is currently the Associate Professor of Art at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas where she resides.

Charno Gallery: Heather Smith Jones, Painting. Heather Smith Jones’s rich and evocative mixed media paintings compare what one knows to be true and the wonders that are beyond human conception. Her inspiration takes the form of life experiences contrasted with daily occurrences. Often these ideas are actualized on canvases loosely divided into sections similar to diptychs or landscapes. Smith Jones sees this division as a way for the viewer to more easily compare and contrast different associations between the two sections. Using imagery of clouds, flora, birds and houses, Smith Jones creates intimate environment in which the viewer can ponder. Created with acrylic, egg tempera, encaustic and oil on wood panels, Smith Jones’ highly textural paintings also employ the use of string and organic lines, “a microcosmic pathway going in an unknown direction, representing each of our lives.” Random patterns of dots and circles suggest a relationship to the more mundane patterns of daily life discussed in her work. Smith Jones received her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Kansas in Lawrence in 2001. Smith Jones has received multiple awards recently including a Kansas Artist Mini Fellowship from the Kansas Arts Commission. She has shown throughout the Midwest, most recently in Color, Color, Color, Woodcuts and Paintings at the Center for the Visual Arts in Wausau, Wisconsin; and Birdsandfish at City Arts in Wichita, Kansas. Smith Jones’ work can be found at Smith Galleries in South Carolina, Strecker-Nelson Gallery in Manhattan, Kansas and Signs of Life in Lawrence, Kansas, where she resides.

Underground: Lisa Marie Tubach, Painting. Lisa Marie Tubach’s vibrantly colored paintings deal with issues of contrast. Contrasting organic and man-made forms in paint allows Tubach to challenge the viewer to discern a narrative through “graspable imagery and abstraction”. Tubach uses maps prominently in her work as well, drawn to the vastness of the land, juxtaposed with the inherent flatness of the material. Tubach states, “I like the idea of connecting others through the simplicity of line.” A map of Nebraska, where Tubach is from, can visually connect seamlessly with maps of other parts of the world, challenging our perspective through the manipulation of scale and surrounding imagery. Tubach received her MFA in Painting from Michigan State University in East Lansing in 1993. She has shown in the Re: Members Exhibition at the Kansas City Artists Coalition and Holiday Splendor at Against The Wall Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska in addition to producing the documentary, Love and Art, screened at the University Film Festival in New York. Tubach is also Communications and Public Art Manager for the Arts Council of Nebraska, where she resides.

April 8 - 22, 2005

Mallin and Charno Galleries: Undergraduate College Student Exhibition, 10th Annual Juried Competition. Accepted artists: Kelli Adams, Wanda H. Bellamy, Nichole Bowes, HB Bugh, James Clifton, Mary Clinkenbeard, Todd Erwin, Summer Farrar, Donna Veran Ford, Brett Gaynor, Sarah George, Kahra Graebner, Sam Gray, Alysia Grummert, Sarah Heath, Sidney Hong, Mari Johann, Mitch Keith, Julie Kendall, Jacquelyn Koenig, Sara Larson, Mandy Lundberg, Thomas MacPherson, Erin McAllister, Chris Miller, Barbara Mohn, Dottie Moore, Meredith Moore, Laura E Morris, Michelle Parkman, Billy Price, Mark A Ratzlaff, Charles J Smith II, Melinda Stewart, Kyra Termini, Desiree Warren, Lance Wegener, Kyle Whitley, Rachel Wright, Machiko Yamazaki, and Young Yi. Juror: Porter Arneill is the Director and Public Art Administrator of the Municipal Art Commission in Kansas City. Mr. Arneill began his professional career as a sculptor. He holds a BFA from the University of Colorado in Boulder and a MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. After graduate school, Mr. Arneill created and exhibited his own work while assisting professional artists with public art projects in the United States, Europe and China. Mr. Arneill initiated his career in art administration and education in 1993 when he became the Director of Education and adjunct curator at Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum in St. Louis, Missouri. After four years in the museum field, he was invited to serve as the Director of Public Art and Education for the Regional Arts Commission in St. Louis where he worked with artists and legislators to develop legislation and public art programming for the City and County of St. Louis. In addition to his administrative work in the arts, Mr. Arneill is an advocate for community based art programming and has co-developed and implemented several community-based art education programs including the Community Art Training (CAT) Institute in St. Louis. The competition is open to undergraduate college students within a one hundred mile radius of Kansas City, Missouri including Manhattan, Sedalia, Maryville, Kansas City, Lawrence, Warrensburg, St. Joseph and Topeka. The Kansas City Artists Coalition is a nonprofit artist-run organization that promotes visual arts awareness in Kansas City and the surrounding region, and supports the professional growth of artists.

March 4 - 31, 2005

Mallin gallery: jason needham, paintings.“The isolation of a rural childhood, and an early obsession with comic books” influence Jason Needham’s acrylic paintings. He interprets experiences in an “absurd mythological landscape”. This series evolved from the artists experiences and observations of the urban environment. Each painting includes a cast of characters playfully arranged on the canvas as if they are waiting to move and interact with each other. Jason Needham received his BFA from the University of Kansas in Lawrence in 1996. He has shown throughout Colorado, recently including Swing Shift at the Avarda Center for the Arts and Humanities in Avarda, The Unwelcome Guest at the Zip 37 Gallery in Denver, and Scratchboards at Gallery 13 in Denver where he resides.

Charno Gallery: rebecca hoyer, paintings. Beneath the whimsical surface of Rebecca Hoyer’s paintings lies a ferocious dedication to the process of seeing. After moving to Wichita in 1993, Hoyer turned toward landscape painting. “I felt the extreme heat of the summers and painted the sky yellow. The wind blew and I painted the trees bent over the houses.” Instead of represented what she sees, Hoyer transforms it. What emerges is an entirely new landscape of pattern, shape, and color. Hoyer received her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis and studied in New York City at the Art Students league. She has shown throughout Kansas, most recently in The Museum Show at Project in Wichita and Conversations with Art and Sky at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery in Manhattan, where she is also represented. Hoyer currently resides in Wichita.

Underground: shelly bartek, garth fromme, joseph smith, photography & painting. Shelly Bartek’s loose painterly style and her rich, saturated palette mimic the scenes of social interaction she depicts. Highly energized with a strong sense of movement and narrative, Bartek portrays people eating, drinking, laughing and dancing. Bartek graduated from the Studio Academy of Commercial Art and Design in Omaha, Nebraska in 1979. Bartek has shown throughout Nebraska, recently including Women’s Show at the Luisville Art Gallery in Nebraska; and Joslyn’s Millet to Matisse in Omaha, Nebraska. Garth Fromme’s detailed photographs closely examine seemingly ordinary objects. With am emphasis on texture and color, Fromme begins with photographic negatives scanned into Photoshop. He then manipulates the image into life. Often his photographs focus on one specific detail. Some are about movement, while another portrays the intricate texture of a leaf. The final product is printed with pigment based inks on watercolor paper. Fromme graduated from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas in Lawrence in 1976. Recent exhibitions include a show at the R.G. Endres Gallery in Prairie Village, Kansas; and Art at the Center in Overland Park, Kansas. Joseph Smith’s documentary style gives the viewer a feeling of nostalgia and comfort as Smith portrays scenes of everyday life and locale. Often taking the form of storefronts, theatres, and portraits, Smith’s watercolor painting examine the human condition. Smith received his MA from Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg in 1995. He has shown throughout the Kansas City area, recently including a show at the R.G. Endres Gallery in Prairie Village, Kansas; and The Color of Flowers at the Missouri Watercolor Society in Fulton, Missouri.

February 18, 2005

mallin, charno and underground galleries: ANNUAL ART AUCTION. The Kansas City Artists Coalition has long been a known destination for visual stimulation, as the primary presenter of new, innovative art works by local and regional artists. Every February KCAC hosts its Annual Benefit Art Auction with artwork donated by the region's best artists and auctioned to the highest bidder.

December 17 - January 14, 2005

Mallin gallery: doug russell, paintings & Prints. Doug Russell’s work deals with the process of disintegration and decay. Using the processes of staining, marking, layering, splattering, concealing and revealing, Russell examines how “moments of great beauty and clarity are the result of a continual and often seemingly random action upon object.” Russell is inspired by the worn surfaces of our industrial and natural landscapes, which through their peeling paint and rusted parts, speak of the passage of time and the erosion of form. “As every birth holds within it the inevitability of its end, in decay there is also the seed of new life. The remnants provide inspiration for what may come.” Russell moved to Kansas City in 1999 after a two year teaching position in Bursa, Turkey. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Columbia College. He has shown throughout Kansas City in venues such as The Michael Cross Gallery, The Morgan Gallery, The Late Show Gallery, The Framing Girl Gallery, Lula Mac, and Hudson Home. He currently teaches at Central Missouri State University, Maple Woods Community College, and the Kansas City Art Institute.

Charno Gallery: ken konchel, photographs. Ken Konchel states, “I am drawn to the expressive power of buildings...their form and features.” Konchel photographs buildings in an attempt to capture their sculptural qualities. He achieves this by isolating particular qualities in an abstract format, accentuating the play of light on a facade, patterns of line, or a structure’s relationship to the sky. “I hope to provocatively present the idea of a building’s identity transcending its purpose.” Konchel has shown throughout the Midwest, most recently in Validating The Object at Art St. Louis in Missouri; Ken Konchel Photographs at the Schmidt Art Center in Belleville, Illinois; and Architectural Aspects at Houska Fine Art Gallery in St. Louis. Konchel is represented by Katie Gingrass Gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and by Xen Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri where he resides.

Underground: Clint Paugh, Sculpture. Clint Paugh states, “The first time I used the action of the hammer as a way to convey an idea...my background, thinking and ideas seemed all at once to mesh with the materials.” Paugh’s sculptures made up of wood, plaster, nails and hammers, deal with the social connotations as well as the physical aspects of the materials, exploring ideas of masculinity and labor. In a humorous and intriguing format, Paugh also illustrates how we as people will turn mundane activities into dreamed up games and contests as a method of escape from our daily responsibilities. “The tools we work with everyday become our companions...” Paugh received his Master of Fine Arts in photography from the University of Illinois, in Urbana-Champaign in 1996. He has shown throughout the Midwest, most recently in Kismet at the Post Office Gallery in Kansas City, The Gallery at Stevenson Union at Southern Oregon State University, and in Kansas City Flat File at H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute. Paugh also serves as the Lighting Design Specialist at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri where he resides.

November 12 - December 10, 2004

Mallin Gallery: Linda Lighton, Cary Esser, Lynn Smiser Bowers, Laura DeAngelis, Anna Calluori Holcombe, Peteris Martinsons, Anita Elek, Sandor Dobany, & Ilona Romule; works by artists-in-residence at the international ceramics studio; kecskemet, hungary. Exhibiting artists are current and past recipients of the Lighton International Artists Exchange Program. The program supported their residencies in Hungary and the United States. The Lighton International Artists Exchange Program was created to encourage and reward dedicated artists with the unique opportunities afforded by travel and the exchange of ideas and expertise between peers to enrich creative development; to expand Kansas City's access to the art of other cultures; and to enlarge the understanding of United States culture in the world. Proposals for work in all media are encouraged. Visit www.kansascityartistscoalition.org for an application.

Charno Gallery: karen Schory, moments in time. Karen Schory's artwork explores the process of digital printmaking. Schory uses photographs archived in CD format and then creates her final image using Adobe Photoshop. Archival Iris prints are made from the digital files. Schory received her Master of Fine Art in Printmaking from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York in 1977. She has shown throughout Kansas City, most recently in the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s Open Studios 2004. Schory is a professor at Johnson County Community College in Kansas.

Underground: Megan Lynch & William Pergl, found images and arbitrary lines. Megan Lynch’s collaged works on paper and canvas explore themes of memory, childhood, and the idea of home. Through an intuitive process Lynch pieces together “scraps of personal histories and fiction to create a new and unlikely narrative.” Her works incorporate a variety of found materials in a style that is often both contemporary and nostalgic. Lynch received her BFA in Fiber from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002. She has recently shown in the Re:Members Exhibition at the Kansas City Artists Coalition and Sprint Open Studios South Portal curated by James Martin. She is the Assistant Director of the Kansas City Artists Coalition in Missouri where she resides. William Pergl’s simple organic sculptures are inspired by a sense of logic and order found in nature and in humankind. Using wood, rubber, graphite and plaster, Pergl desires not to present an ambiguous object, but rather to “evoke emotional and intellectual responses relating to the human condition” from the highly crafted physical elements the object is made up of. Pergl received his MFA in Sculpture from Cornell University in 1999. He has shown throughout the United States, most recently in Drawings and Sculpture at the Indianapolis Art Center in Indiana, and Defined By Line at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Tennessee. He has appeared in numerous publications including Art Papers, The Observer, and Sculpture Magazine. Pergl is the Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Drawing and Grinnell College in Iowa where he resides.

October 2 - 28, 2004

Mallin and Charno Galleries: open studios preview exhibition. The Kansas City Artists Coalition is once again sponsoring Open Studios, the largest area art event held to benefit local artists. Artists invite the public into their studios and KCAC provides education, publicity, a gallery exhibition, an illustrated catalog and advertising in order to make this event successful for the participating artists and to help the community enjoy this cultural event. It is an event that helps artists market themselves to both new and existing art audiences. Each artist will be assigned one weekend (determined by geography). Artists’ studios will be open Saturday and Sunday, October 16&17 and 23&24 from 11am to 4pm. These weekends will be fun for everyone and are a way for artists to show and sell their artwork.

August 20 - September 17, 2004

Mallin Gallery: Holly Brobst and Sarah Joseph, Carnival. Sarah Joseph’s mixed media sculptures and Holly Brobst’s obscure compositions of carnival rides come together to give the viewer a sense of life and motion. Joseph’s toy-like sculptures, inspired by study of the natural forms of plants, animals, insects and birds, possess distinct personalities; humorous, wistful, curious, playful or mischievous. Meanwhile Brobst simplifies the intricate machinery of carnival rides into elemental shapes, and driving lines. Absent of human presence, there is an emphasis on the structures’ interaction with the negative space and skies surrounding them. This connection of form and line, and texture between Joseph and Brobst combine to create a rich and playful circus. Holly Brobst received her Associate’s Degree in photography from the Art Institute of Colorado. She has exhibited in River Market Regional Exhibition at The Kansas City Artists Coalition; and July Invitational at Gallery Nine in Lincoln, Nebraska where she resides. Sarah Joseph received her MFA in sculpture from the University of Oregon in Eugene. Recently, Joseph has shown in Contemporary Sculptors at ArtSpace/Lima Gallery in Ohio; and Whimsical Handbuilts and Alternative Landscapes at the Pearl Conard Gallery at Ohio State University. She is currently the Director of Exhibitions and Adjunct Faculty at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, where she resides.

Charno Gallery: Wade Eldean, In Case: Wade Eldean. Wade Eldean’s mixed media sculptures incorporate found objects such as Barbies, Furby dolls, and pipe cleaners into suitcases and hatboxes backlit with neon. Bright and vibrantly colorful, they juxtapose the innovative, naive, loving, instinctual and playful qualities of children with hints of the societal pressures of mass media and public interaction placed on them as they develop. Issues of violence, compliance and stereotyping among others are subtlety worked into each piece. Eldean states, “My work, at its nexus, celebrates and reminds the viewer of the important role and relationship we have in society with our children.” Wade Eldean received his MFA from the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho in 1999. He has exhibited most recently in Pop, Rock, & Roll: Popular Culture in Contemporary Art at Claypool-Young Art Gallery at Morehead State University in Kentucky; Extraordinary Things at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. Eldean’s work can be found at Boston Corporate Art in Massachusetts and at DeGraaf Fine Art in Saugatuck, Michigan. Eldean resides in Macatawa, Michigan.

Underground: Bill Bowerman & Mark Younce, Photography & Painting. Bill Bowerman’s high contrast photographs aren’t actually photographs at all. They’re scanographs, a term devised by the artist to depict his process of capturing images on a flatbed scanner. Images are created by scanning static groupings of everyday objects or by moving the objects across the screen as they are scanned. Bowerman graduated from Harvard University in 1971. He recently exhibited in PhotoSpiva 2004 at the Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin, Missouri. He is also the president of the Lawrence Art Guild in Kansas. Inspired by movement, shape, and pattern, Mark Younce’s paintings on wood are based on the study of shadows. His abstract paintings simplify these shapes into muted colors and fields of pattern creating a serene environment for the viewer. Younce is a self-taught artist and has previously exhibited at Gallery V, Left Bank, and the David Ford Gallery.

July 9 - August 6, 2004

Mallin and Charno Galleries: River Market Regional Exhibition, 22nd Annual Juried Competition. The River Market Regional Exhibition is a project of the Kansas City Artists Coalition, a non profit artist-run organization that promotes visual arts awareness in Kansas City and the surrounding region, and supports the professional growth of artists. The 22nd Annual Juried Competition is open to artists over 18 years of age, who are current residents of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas or Oklahoma. All media is eligible. This year’s artwork was selected by Shannon Fitzgerald, Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis in Missouri. KCAC will publish an illustrated catalog with an essay by Ms. Fitzgerald. In addition, $2,000 will be distributed in cash prizes by the juror. Fitzgerald recently organized the first solo traveling museum exhibition of Yun-Fei Ji entitled The Empty City (2004) and edited its catalog along with Polly Apfelbaum: Crazy Love, Love Crazy (2004) for the Contemporary. She organized and co-curated with Tumelo Mosaka the inaugural and traveling exhibition of the Contemporary’s new museum, A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad (2003), which featured new commissions by 11 international artists and edited its accompanying catalog. Other exhibitions include Staging: Janieta Eyre, Julie Moos, Zwelethu Mthethwa (2002), and Warren Rosser: Repeat Offender (2001). This year’s selected artists are from Arkansas: Jeannie Hulen, Bill Rowe, and John Salvest. Iowa: Bryan Van Donslear, and Margaret Whiting. Kansas: Steve Carrithers, Jason Grove, Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Dru Hilty, Shakura Jackson, Stephen Miner, Nancy Morrow, Ann Resnick, Greg Schieszer, and Don Wolfe. Missouri: Miki Baird, Noriko Ebersole, Laura Eisen, Connie Jo Foster, Ken Konchel, Celeste Marble, Frederick W. Umminger Jr., and Mary Wessel. Nebraska: Swanee. Oklahoma: Nick Bayer, Candace M. Coker, Joshua Ogle, Angela R. Renke, and Janice M. Weeks.

Underground: Allen Craven, Painting. Allen Craven’s work is inspired by a “fascination with physical, creative and technological energies evident in today’s society”. Craven’s subject matter ranges from motorcyclists to bar room interchanges to musicians. He depicts figures in an organic, rounded way suggestive of a cartoon. The canvas is highly charged with every space being an active one. Craven states, “Rhythm and continuity are utilized to interject a sense of speed, impact, and direction”. Craven received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wyoming with an emphasis in drawing and painting in 1992. He has exhibited throughout the Midwest. His recent exhibitions include A Slice Of Life at the Hays Arts Council and 7 Parts of a Whole Exhibition at the Stone Gallery in Hays. He is currently the Assistant Professor of Art at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas where he resides.

May 7 - June 18, 2004

Mallin Gallery: Beth Parin, Narratives. Beth Parin’s black and white narratives “examine emotional isolation while allowing a visual glimpse toward some new film noir to take place.” Using computer processes to manipulate the images digitally gives the photographs an unfamiliar look, of a place removed from time and space. The exploitation of the panoramic landscape creates a tension between figures and their vast surroundings. The viewer is often presented with a slice of a story rather than the whole to interpret and examine. “Much like a Rorschach test, these photographs seem to beg the question, ‘What do you see?’.” Parin received her MFA in studio photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She has exhibited throughout the United States and has appeared in numerous publications such as Direct Art Magazine, New Art International and the Chicago Reader. Recently, Parin exhibited at the Art League Gallery at the South Bend Regional Museum of Art in South Bend, Indiana and at the Quay School of the Arts in Wanganui, New Zealand. Her work can be found at the Agora Gallery in New York City.

Charno Gallery: Nancy Rosen, Mixed Media. Nancy Rosen’s mixed media paintings are portraits of people lost in thought, with elaborate patterned backgrounds akin to wallpaper. “My ongoing search is to capture a person’s essence on the page, to discover their existence, and search for the spaces in between.” Rosen received her Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in painting and sculpture from The Kansas City Art Institute, in Missouri in 1997. Rosen has exhibited throughout the Midwest. She has recently exhibited in Many Heads at The Gallery at Village Hall in Lincolnwood, Illinois; Chicago Women Artists at the Judith Racht Gallery in Chicago, Illinois; and Patterns of Construction at Three Arts Club in Chicago, Illinois.

Underground: Andrea Lee & Gretchen West, Paintings and Mixed Media. Using feminine textiles, mainly women’s dresses, Andrea Lee explores gender issues in American culture. Lee’s work maps the historical progression of women as artists and subjects, while also discussing issues of the figure and its relation to the dress. Lee received her Master of Arts in painting in 1999 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Lee has exhibited her artwork primarily in the Midwest. Recent exhibitions include Recent Paintings at Keith Nicholson Design in Kansas City and Contemporary Women Artists at the Women’s Caucus for Art in St. Louis which was selected by Faith Ringgold. Gretchen West’s paintings present a snapshot of the world. Trained as a photographer, Gretchen seeks out composition and color through the lens before recording her visions in paint. She is inspired by seemingly irrelevant moments that upon closer inspection possess a larger significance. West received her Bachelor of Arts in photography from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Recent exhibitions include the Grand Nude at the Hobbs Building in Kansas City and Art At The Center in Overland Park, Kansas where she resides.

April 9 - 23, 2004

Mallin and Charno Galleries: Undergraduate College Student ExhibitioN. The Undergraduate College Student Exhibition is open to undergraduate students within a one hundred mile radius of Kansas City, Missouri. The competition was selected by Robin A. Zmuda. Zmuda graduated from the University of Kansas, has worked at the Spencer Museum of Art and currently owns the Hallar Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri. The show will feature work by Judith Arnold, Jennifer Michelle Barr, Tyler Beard, Brad Binning, Daria Blanton, Katie Burt, Meridith Burton, Rachel A Carey, Cassandre Vienna Connolly, John E Croissant, Kurt Flecksing, Lani Marlene Green, Sara J Gudde, Aaron J Hackmann, Donna Harbeck, Kara Hendricks, Leila D Hicks, Jesse Kilgore, Sara Larson, Andrew Leek, Chih-jung Lin, Mandy Lundberg, Monette Mark-Carruth, Linn Mayer, Shane McAsey, Laura B McNew, Jennifer Meyer, Laura E Morris, Hyekeun Park, Michelle Parkman, Shawn Powell, Billy Price, Sara Ream, Justin Riley, Jacqueline S Roy, Robert Schultz, Emily S Sipp, Lindsey Louise Southard, Kristy R Spears, Melinda Stewart, Caleb Taylor, Desiree D Warren, Lance E Wegner, and Jaw-shyang Wu.

Underground: Jenny Clasen, Photography. Jenny Clasen’s work is inspired by the ritual of dance. She sees dance as "a path that transports the spirit...to another level of consciousness." Using multiple images of the dancer against deep blue and brown tones, Clasen imparts the illusion of movement and outlines the act of dance in a 2-dimensional plane. Clasen received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. She is currently pursuing her Masters at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Recent exhibitions include shows at Johnson County Community College and the Red Chair Gallery. Currently Clasen is Associate Professor in Photography at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park. Clasen is also the owner of Essex 5 Photography in Overland Park.

March 5 - April 2, 2004

Mallin Gallery: Curtis Simmons, Paintings. In Simmons’ paintings there exists an energy and bold movement. His paintings are influenced by his place in the world. “My relationships, situations, and environments, reveal themselves through paint”. The initial impression is of “my presence.” Through the use of color, texture, and form, Simmons portrays a moment in time. The image is then distorted, manipulated and altered until the paint incorporates an integrity of its own. Lastly, “The viewer, a new and essential dialogue, extends the painting’s act of becoming.” Simmons received his Master of Architecture from the University of California in Los Angeles in 1999. He has exhibited primarily in the Midwest and has a national base of collectors. Simmons is currently a project designer at BNIM architects and resides in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

Charno Gallery: Sue Friesz, Locations In Contrast. Sue Friesz’s recent work is inspired by her varied travels over the past five years. Living in Brazil, Paraguay, and Egypt, Friesz was inspired by everything from “the tile on the buildings to the lush vegetation” Depicting landscapes of a southern Brazilian city, Curitiba, Friesz completed a multi-panel mural of the cityscape viewed from the roof of the Petras Hotel. Throughout Friesz’s work there exists a unique style of outlining shapes in an abstract, exaggerated way, “visually knitting the composition together.” Friesz received her Master of Arts with an emphasis in studio art from Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg in 1997. She has exhibited throughout Missouri. Recently, Friesz exhibited in New Works/ Nine States at Art St. Louis. She was also featured in the 2002 edition of New American Paintings, a juried exhibition in print by the Open Studios Press. Friesz’ studio is located at the Hobbs Building in Kansas City, Missouri.

Underground: Steve Carrithers & Noelle Stoffel, Photography & Paintings. Steve Carrithers’ recent work is inspired by his love of nature. Often depicting flowers, Carrithers pushes his photography beyond the “unchallenged thoughts of a pretty flower” into a realm of texture, shape and color invisible to the naked eye. Throughout Carrithers’ work, his well thought-out compositions push the viewer into “often overlooked, abstract micro-vistas.” Carrithers received his MBA from Baker University. Recently, Carrithers exhibited in the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s Re:Members Exhibition and was also chosen for a solo exhibition on the Sprint Campus. His photographs may be found at Leawood Fine Art Gallery in Kansas. Noelle Stoffel’s paintings are inspired by a passionate spirit within. Her bold color and energetic brushwork leave interpretation up to the imagination. Stoffel states, “Often we do not take the time to just stop and really look at something; to see all it has to offer...my paintings evolve from my discoveries in life.” Stoffel received her BFA from The Kansas City Art Institute. Stoffel has exhibited throughout the Kansas City area including recent shows at Crossroads Dentistry and The Next Space Gallery.

February 4 - 20, 2004
mallin and charno galleries, and underground: auction PREVIEW EXHIBIT. Preview the selection of wonderful artworks before the excitement of Auction night. Silent bids may be made on silent auction artworks during the preview and absentee bids for live auction artwork will be accepted during the preview until February 20.

December 5 - January 17, 2004

Mallin and Charno Galleries: Re:Members Exhibition. Artists selected by Jan Schall, Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Forrest R. Bailey, Marc Berghaus, William R. Bowerman, Michele Brooks, Nicole Burke, Steve Carrithers, Matthew Dehaemers, Bob Dreier, Noriko Ebersole, Lorrie Crystal Eigles, Mary Fasone, Madge Gressley, Mary Hallab, Janie Hanson, Sharon Harper, Lynne Hodgman, J. D. Hutton, Shakura Jackson, Joe Ray Kelley, Peggy Kelley, Maureen Kenny, Megan Lynch, Marie Mason, Margaret McCarthy, Maryellen Munger, Suzanne Murphy, Kathleen Patton, Daniel B. Peters, Carlyle Raine, Marcella Smith, Noelle Stoffel, Lisa Tubach, Frederick W. Umminger Jr., Jean Van Harlingen, Ny Wetmore.

Underground: Jim "chico" Buehler, Paintings

October 17 - November 22, 2003

Mallin Gallery: Dana Saulnier, Lost Icons

Jacqueline B Charno Gallery: Kathleen Rivers-Landes, Mixed Media

New Works Gallery: Lisa Lala, Dayscapes

September 12 - October 10, 2003

Mallin Gallery: Robert Bubp, Politi-tectonic. Robert Bubp's installations are influenced by development and organizational patterns within an urban environment. Bubp states, "My work is based on signifiers of socio-spatial organization" Reflecting on this idea, Bubp documents and maps patterns of construction and growth over time and their ramifications on the social and physical environment. Bubp's installations include steel map paintings, site earth, elements cast in concrete, projected images, and even caution tape, to emphasize the physicality of his work. Through this work, Bubp hopes to gain knowledge about "the forces that organize the world around us." Bubp received his MFA at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He has exhibited throughout Georgia in addition to various locations in the United States. Currently Bubp is the Assistant Professor of Foundations Painting & Drawing at Wichita State University's School of Art & Design.

Charno Gallery: Mary Bergs, Lexicon. Mary Bergs’ installation, Lexicon, features 100 manufactured clamshell boxes containing pages from a shorthand dictionary and found objects. Examining ideas of language systems and one’s interpretation of symbols is the focus of Mary Bergs’ mixed media works. Using found items and discarded materials, Bergs “explores the experience of seeing objects and materials in an unfamiliar context.” Bergs arranges images repetitiously to present a narrative or language of her own. She states, “I am interested in…how we attribute meaning to the things that we see everyday.” Bergs received her BFA at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She also holds a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

New Works Gallery: Sherri Dodd, Paintings and Mixed Media, Cindy Jo Dean, Papier Mache Sculpture

July 18 - August 23, 2003

Mallin and Charno Galleries: The River Market Regional Exhibition. KCAC's 21st annual juried competition. Open to artists living in Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri, the River Market Regional Exhibition is shown in KCAC’s two main floor galleries. There is a catalog of the exhibition featuring the selected artists and an essay by the juror. Ms. Debra Singer, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Whitney Museum of American Art selected artists for the exhibition. The artists are: Eugene Anderson, Jay Ariaz, Lindsay Barras, Lindsay Barras, Janet Carpenter, Laura Carriker, E.F. Corwin, Sandi Daniel, Richard Day, David DeArmond, Matthew Dehaemers, Deanna Dikeman, Diane Dobson-Barton, Gloria Feinstein, Rick Findley, Jennifer Fleischauer, Larry Gawel, Connie Griffith, J.J. Higgins, J.D. Hutton, John Jones, Joe Ray Kelley, Kathleen King, Jonathan Knight, Ken Konchel, Greg Lakin, Susan Lynn, Glenda McCune, Linda McKay, David Melby, Joshua Moutray, Therese Park, Derek Porter, Elizabeth Rhodes Read, Daniel Reneau, John Paul Schafer, Ella Sipho, Kenneth Stanley, Kenneth Stanley, Amanda Strobbe, Amanda Sukenick, Sue Moss Sullivan, Char Tillery, Kathy Tracy, May Tveit, Barbara Walton, Susan White, Nancy Wilson, and Ann Zerger.

New Works Gallery: Marguerite Perret, Mixed Media Installation. “Scientific illustrations, models and diagrammatic drawings serve as the foundation for all of my current work,” states Perret. Perret creates mixed media installations inspired by the study of the history of mental health care facilities. Perret’s installations incorporate floor and wall pieces, painted, drawn and sculpted materials, as well as digital and slide presentations in a museum-like setting. Her works are often interactive, asking the viewer to inspect, touch or manipulate. Perret received her MA in studio arts and art history at Montclair State University in Upper Montclair, New Jersey and her MFA at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. Perret is a part time instructor at the Coe College Department of Art in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and a writer and editor for the University of Iowa Libraries Publications in Iowa City. Her recent solo exhibitions include Systematic at Loyola University’s Crown Center Gallery in Chicago, Illinois and Trace Histories at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

June 6 - 28, 2003

Mallin Gallery: Vickie Trotter, Peace and Plenty. Peace and healing are the subjects of Vickie Trotter’s monotypes. Trotter states, “I have been to this place and there I found peace…Can I recapture it? ” Reflecting on this idea, Trotter uses images of sandy beaches, rich sunsets, and the sea to evoke the serenity she found there. This manifests itself in Trotter’s monotypes, reworked in pastel or mixed media. Trotter received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in fashion illustration at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Currently Trotter is represented by the Hallar Gallery in Kansas City.

Charno Gallery: Darcy Scott, Watercolor. Man’s relationship with the outside world is the focus of Darcy Scott’s watercolor paintings. Scott uses images of inanimate wooden stools to “present ideas or stories through the use of objects as a symbol for the interaction between humans and nature”. The use of the object as a metaphor for humanity enables the viewer to more easily engage in Scott’s work. This takes form in surreal scenes of stools flocking together on a remote hillside, or stools gathering at the beach. Scott states, “I use surrealism…to achieve a new perspective and emotional interaction with the viewer.” Scott received her BS at Michigan State University in East Lansing. She has exhibited in various venues both regionally and nationally, recently including the Ella Sharp Museum in Jackson, Michigan; the Bellevue Art Museum in Bellevue, Washington; and the Showcase Gallery in San Diego, California.

New Works Gallery: Lori Buntin, Paintings. Lori Buntin uses “the abstractions that occur day to day, whether representational, or conceptual” to stimulate her. Her recent oil paintings are inspired by observations from her studio. “I came to focus on this very large plane of ‘black’, interrupted by industrial appendages.” Using alternative viewpoints, Buntin creates interesting abstractions of the real space around her. Buntin received her MFA in painting and drawing from Wichita State University in Kansas.

May 2 - 30, 2003
Mallin Gallery: Amy Schmierbach, Mixed Media Installation

Jacqueline B Charno Gallery: Kristy Lewis Andrew, Mixed Media

New Works Gallery: Maryanna Stark Adelman, Greg Lakin, Karl Marxhausen

April 11 - 25, 2003
Mallin and Charno Galleries: 8th Annual Juried Undergraduate Show. Selected Artists: Anthony Baab, Katy Bockelman, Angela Bond, Katie Burt, Joshua Busick, Becky Buznedo, Gabriel Carroll-Dolci, Noelle Casas, Mike Chappelow, Jeff Cotter, Melissa Dawdy, Erin Dieker, Snow Fain, Andrea Ferrigno, Janie Hanson, Adam Hayes, Kevin Hinegardner, Levi Jiron, Marlene Johnson, Mamie Kanfer, Cassia Kite, Dirk Liebert, Gina Linnebur, Cara Long, Dana Manickavasagam, Jeremy Melton, Jennifer Meyer, Barbara Mohn, Lanee Morales, Casey Palmer, William Price Jr., Randy Regier, Jason Rhodes, Dana St. John, Vincetta Shortino, Glenn Smith, Kiley Smith, William Sowell, Christina Stone, Amanda Strobbe, Lance Wegener, Ingrid Woehr, Yancy Young.

March 7 - April 4, 2003

Mallin Gallery: Doug Smithenry. Smithenry paints fictional portraits that are derived from photographic sources that are deconstructed then reconstructed in an “unsettled” arrangement that includes elements of the fictional environment.

Charno Gallery: Rebecca Miller. Miller uses the themes of abuse and control, her works combines photography and mixed media to create layers of messages.

New Works Gallery: Ed Barkley, Henry Teri, Marcella Smith, Monthep Hongsyok, Photos, Paintings, Ceramics

December 13, 2002 - January 18, 2003

Mallin Gallery: Patrick A. Miceli. Miceli's work centers on toys. Using Play-doh he will create an installation of tiles made from this child's toy.

Charno Gallery: Gesine Janzen. Janzen creates woodcuts in which images are layered and repeated creating an imaginary space of a childhood remembrances.

New Works Gallery: Margaret Godfrey and Dan Finch. They will show paintings that incorporate both the traditional subject matter of landscape and forms abstracted from nature.

November 1-30, 2002
Mallin Gallery: Maria Alfie, Alice Broughton, Andra Chase, and Suzann Geringer. Flora and Flower a group invitational of artists exploring the traditional subjects of the still life and landscape. Marie Alfie, Alice Broughton, Andra Chase, and Suzann Geringer will exhibit paintings and work on paper.

Charno Gallery: Bev Gegen. Gegen's paintings are subdued and mostly monochromatic abstractions based on her interest in the garden and insects.

New Works Gallery: Shakura Jackson. Jackson will exhibit her photographic series “Dreaming of Cows.”

September 21 - October 25, 2002
Mallin Gallery & Jacqueline B Charno Galleries: Open Studios Preview Exhibition. Preview the work of artists participating in Open Studios. Plan your visits for each weekend. Weekend one October 12-13,Downtown Corridor. Weekend two October 19-20, Greater Metropolitan Area.

July 26 - September 6, 2002
Mallin and Charno Galleries: River Market Regional Exhibition. Featuring the work of 43 artists from 6 states. Artworks for this exhibition were selected by Elizabeth A. T. Smith, James W. Aldsdorf Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

June 7 - July 6, 2002
Mallin Gallery: Kristin Powers Nowlin. Nowlin looks at aspects of racism in America. Two issues are explored how race is defined, more specifically, the different reasons we position ourselves and others in racial categories; and the more passive forms of racism, particularly in language that continue in America.

Charno Gallery: Martine Stuckey. These shield and container pieces comment on racial issues by enclosing tabloids of African-Americans at work, in prison, and not in art magazines.

May 3 - June 1, 2002

Mallin Gallery: Patrick Schmidt. Schmidt appropriates image patterns from wallpaper sample books. The paintings he creates juxtapose two contradictory patterns to obtain an interesting perceptual dichotomy.

Charno Gallery: Stephanie Kays. Kays makes photos that explore relationship through portraiture. Working in a narrative form, the images create a sense of uncertainty and equivocal boundaries.

April 12 - 26, 2002
Mallin and Charno Galleries: Undergraduate College Student Show. Students from colleges in a 60-mile radius of Kansas City are eligible to enter this juried competition. Now in its seventh year. Kelly Kuhn of the Blue Gallery is the 2002 juror.

March 1 - 30, 2002
Mallin Gallery: Peteris Martinsons. Petris Martinsons will exhibit both his ceramic work and drawings in KCAC’s Mallin Gallery. His visit will coincide with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. The NCECA conference will bring an estimated 3500-4000 participants. This will be an excellent opportunity to introduce the enthusiastic Kansas City "clay" community to this exciting artist, as well as, the larger national audience that will be in attendance.

Charno Gallery: Ron Fondaw, Memories In Materials

New Works Gallery: Bodytext, curated by Linda Ganstrom

December 14, 2001 - January 19, 2002
Mallin Gallery: Miki A Baird & Amy Rizzo. Baird uses the human body in fragmented form to elicit provocative communication in cast sculptures of polyurethane and bronze. Issues of fear, vulnerability, confusion, repression, anger, and self-identity are addressed and left for the viewer to resolve. Showing with Amy Rizzo who combines nonrepresentational and representation images that can be interpreted as either the night sky or the magnification of a cell. Reminiscent of dreams or stories we’ve forgotten these paintings evoke a sense of what it just beyond our memory.

Charno Gallery: Dawn Hunter. Hunter uses Barbie in staged narratives in her drawings. Utilized as an affected individual of "body projects" the doll is placed in different environments appropriate for the various "roles" Barbie plays.

New Works Gallery: Push the Envelope 2, mail in art show.

November 2 - December 8, 2001
Mallin Gallery: Teresa Paschke. Paschke’s textiles combine random mark making with staining, embroidery, and printing to create repetitive geometric patterns to suggest natural cycles and rhythms that are both physical and psychological. Personal hieroglyphics suggest calendars or life maps full of dashes, circles, and scribbled lines.

Charno Gallery: Lee A. Malerich. Malerich creates her narrative pieces by embroidery. The figures that inhabit these small pieces tell a story that is autobiographical in its nature. The artist’s experiences from surviving cancer to the mundane aspects of everyday life are chronicled in these richly detailed works.

New Works Gallery: Lowell Smithson and Kathy Patton. They will show together in the New Works Gallery. Both utilize brightly colored and expressive abstractions to explore man in nature.

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