The Long List
THE JOSLYN Henry Payer: Appliqué sur le terrain
Omaha, NE
In this installation, Payer views the cultural landscape of present-day Nebraska through the vibrant lens of Indigenous ribbon work appliqué. The distinctive symmetrical patterns reflect kinship, ecological knowledge, and oral histories of Indigenous communities
MIDWEST POETS SERIES: Carl Phillips
Midwest Poets Series at Rockhurst University, a 41-year tradition, presents the acclaimed poet Carl Phillips. Phillips is the author, most recently, of Scattered Snows, to the North (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2024) and Then the War: New and Selected Poems 2007-2020 (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2022), which won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. Phillips’ other honors include awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Library of Congress.
UCM GALLERY OF ART & DESIGN Lost & Found
Warrensburg, MO
The University of Central Missouri is hosting Lost and Found in collaboration with the Migrating Assembly of Stories and Art (MASA) and KCKCC. Navigating respective memories, artists explore their own personal experiences of losing parts of themselves along the journey to Kansas City and the growth thereafter.
UNITED COLORS GALLERY In A Blink: Jordan Sears
Jordan Sears is a painter based in Kansas City, MO whose work revolves around utilizing found imagery. She showcases society’s intricate relationship with visual culture by drawing parallels to motifs found in iconography, advertisements, and celebrity culture.
CHARLOTTE STREET La On da: Sana Sana
Curated by Silvia Abisaab, Silvia Arellano Fernandez, César López, this is the 12th edition of La Onda, an exhibition showcasing the diverse contributions of latino artists in Kansas City. La Onda is an expansive network of exhibitions and dialogues.
Bear Review Reading Series
Hadara Bar-Nadav and Jennifer Maritza McCauley Saturday, December 7, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
21C Museum Hotel - Kansas City
Hadara Bar-Nadav is the author of The Animal Is Chemical and The New Nudity. She is currently Professor of English and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Jennifer Maritza McCauley is the author of SCAR ON/SCAR OFF, When Trying to Return Home and Kinds of Grace. She is fiction editor at Pleiades and an assistant professor of English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Snap Space Gallery KCAC
Sarah Nguyen is a mixed media artist who works primarily with paper. Storytelling is central to her hand cut fiber panels and paintings.
3200 Gillham Road Kansas City MO 64109
HAW CONTEMPORARY Now and Then: Julie Blackmon and Jim Howard November 22, 2024 - January 15, 2025
Visitors will encounter Blackmon’s work from the early 2000s, all in black and white and presented in a square format, as well as Blackmon’s most recent photographs, many of which are paired with oversized wall vinyl featuring Howard’s poems, inspired by the works.
TROOST GARDENS: Karaoke Night
In collaboration with stop-gap projects, Troost Gardens is proud to present Karaoke Night!, a group exhibition and interactive performance featuring 13 Midwest connected artists whose work responds to the phenomenon of karaoke. Making art and singing karaoke share much in common: a connection to popular culture, self expression, collaboration, riffing on an idea, and getting loose, to name a few.
LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER 8 x 8 - Juried Exhibition
The Lawrence Arts Center invited artists to submit artwork that is 8 inches by 8 inches. This call for entries encouraged both established and emerging artists to submit. Submissions were open to any medium and subject matter in the stated size perimeter, and the guest juror was vanessa german.
STUDIOS INC Dr. Blackenstein’s Blacktacular Black Shack of Arts and Sciences
Studios Inc and Harold Smith present Dr. Blackenstein’s Black Shack of Arts and Sciences, a multidisciplinary exhibition featuring Smith’s work during his time as a resident at Studios Inc.
ZHOU B ART CENTER: If Only For a Moment
This group show reveals how moments serve as the threads that weave together our shared human experience. This exhibition brings together the diverse voices of the resident artists within the Zhou B Art Center KC.