The Annual Undergraduate Student Juried Exhibition is one of the most the most popular exhibitions at KCAC as it showcases young talent from across the region. The Exhibition is juried by a prominent local curator and offers cash awards to three students.
Exhibitions: Present, Future, Past
Here you’ll find what’s happening right now, what’s just around the corner, and ten years’ worth of shows that have made KCAC what it is today. Whether you’re here to see what’s fresh or to deep-dive into our archives, you’re in good company — we’re nerds for this stuff too.
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This is what’s up right now — the art you can actually stand in front of, breathe in (respectfully), and get lost in. If you’re local, consider this your cue to grab a friend and swing by. If you’re browsing from afar, we’ve got plenty of eye candy to tide you over until you can make the trip.
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Here’s your sneak peek into what’s coming next at KCAC. Think of it like looking over our shoulder while we hang the show — you’re in on the secret before the paint’s even dry. Mark your calendar now so you can be the person who says, “Oh, I saw that before it was cool.”
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This is where we stash the receipts — the last ten of 50 years’ worth of artists, shows, and ideas that have rolled through our galleries. It’s proof of just how much creative energy has pulsed through KCAC. Feel free to dig deep… you never know which artist you’ll spot before they hit the big leagues.
Current Exhibitions
Main Gallery, (Un)Focused Group Exhibition curated By Madeline Marak
Opening Reception: First Friday, June 5, 2026, from 5:00 – 9:00 PM
Closing Reception: First Friday – July 5 , 2026, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
On View: May 15 – July 3, 2026
Curator and artist Madeline Marak curates a show of women artists who create images within lived experiences, which explore the relationship between urban and suburban, personal spaces, belonging, and a collective uncertain future. Marak brings together artists whose work intends to prompt the viewer to re-consider, re-connect, and re-examine ordinary spaces and familiar, yet uncharted spaces.
From the Curatorial Statement:
As a person moving through the world, I am easily overwhelmed by all of the visual information that vies for my attention. I take back control of my focus with my camera in hand, capturing the spaces of my immediate surroundings. I use the landscapes I experience in my day-to-day life as a guide for connection and create paintings and photographs that depict my impulse to represent, recreate, capture, and cultivate my surroundings.
(un) Focused is a group exhibition of my work along with other women artists that create images within a lived experience. Images that explore the contentious relationship between cities and suburbs. Images that capture personal spaces, belonging, a collective uncertain future, familiar yet uncharted places. Images that honor a life lived, despite all of the horrors around us.
I find commonality in the artists using imagery that calls the viewer to re-consider, re-connect, and re-examine ordinary spaces. The works seem to zoom in, dialing in on something complex that exists in certainty as a way to zone out, softening the focus away from what is undetermined and uncertain. The works mark a moment of making sense of things- meditating on the real to better understand the mystery of what’s at hand. I think these works offer a response to the un-setting moment we are in. They offer a window into how we cope with uncertainty, creating systems for understanding and seeing the world.
Artists Featured: Lori Buntin, Hannah Chalew, Nicole Fry, Jessica Heikes, Kaitlyn B. Jones, Jessica Kincaid, Madeline Marak, Caroline Minchew, Yuxiao Mu, Katelyn Patton, Mandy Pedigo, Whitney Lea Sage, Carley Schmidt, Francesca Simonite, Tiffany J. Sutton, Gala Reneaum Tello, Chanel Thomas, Katherine Toler, Carolyn Wiedeman, Arin Yoon.
Snap Space Gallery: The Unearthing of Cavities Through Meditative Rituals of Intimate and Quiet Practice, a two person exhibition by Eve Krahn and Moe Leady
Painter Moe Leady and Ceramicist Eve Krahn investigate relationships between individuals and vessels. The proximity of forms and bodies in their works prompt us to reflect on relationships and stories that emerge from these interactions. The media of each artist are quite different, yet both create work that directs the viewer towards both contemplating and feeling larger ideas about identity, memory, and connection.
Moe Leady is an artist who works and resides in Kansas City. Her work has been recently exhibited at Zhou B Art Center in Kansas City, Visionary Projects in Manhattan, and Awita Studio in Brooklyn.
Eve Krahn is a practicing pediatrician and Fine Artist in Kansas City, focusing on a abstract, hand-built sculptures that feature organic forms. She Shows regularly around Kansas CIty, on both sides of State Line.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Past Exhibition Series
