Andres Serrano at KCAI Commencement: 'Art is a mystery to most people'
This time of year marks a flurry of commencement speeches at academic institutions around the country.
View ArticleWhere Do You Go To Be Around Water?
During the month of May, we've been collecting photos sent by listeners participating in our photo contest. Check out these entries, and feel free to continue to submit your photos to...
View ArticleEconomy Rebounding, Kemper Museum Cuts Staff
Despite a recent article in The Kansas City Star titled "Sting of recession fades for Kansas City art museums," the sting has not faded - and perhaps still burns - for newly terminated employees at the...
View ArticleKemper Museum Announces Resignation Of Director
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art announced on Friday it has begun a search for a new director. According to museum officials, director and CEO Rachael Blackburn Cozad has resigned.
View ArticleArt Generates Controversy In Johnson County
Prompted by a recent visit to the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens with her family, an area resident has started circulating a petition to remove one of the sculptures. The work is called...
View ArticleKinetic Sculpture Mimics Movement Of Construction Equipment
Johnson County launched its one percent for art program in 2007. This means that one percent of the budget of a new major capital project is set aside for public art.
View ArticleBody Of Art: The Human Form
What's it like to be a nude model....or an artist working from one?
View ArticleKemper Museum Hires New Director
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art has appointed a new museum director: Current chief curator and director of exhibitions and collections Barbara O'Brien.
View ArticleFather & Son Photographs
It was playwright Arthur Miller who said that a man's masterpiece is his son. How can you capture that relationship in a photograph?
View ArticleCrown Center Bans Water Play In Fountains
Crown Center's massively popular fountain display is officially off limits for play in the sprays. A release issued today says, "effective immediately, people will no longer be allowed in the Crown...
View ArticleA Small Victory For Fun: Hammocks Outside The Kauffman Center
The Crown Center Fountains may be off limits, but there's a hammock with your name on it downtown. After a recession-inspired hiatus, the Avenue of the Arts program is back with seven new public art...
View ArticleAvenue Of The Arts
In Friday's Up to Date, Steve Kraske talks with show producer Stephen Steigman on a lawn outside the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts where one of the installations for this year's Avenue of the...
View ArticleBalloon Artist Takes On Microscopic Animals
Willy Chyr is not your typical balloon artist.
View ArticleThe Art Of The Automobile
Each year the Kansas City Art Institute hosts the Art of the Cars Concours, a gathering of exotic vehicles whose purposes extend far beyond transportation.
View ArticleKC Exit Interview: Illustrator Nathan Fox
From large Mutant Mosquitoes to sumptuous femme fatales to souls that turn into wolf form, illustrator Nathan Fox has drawn and seen it all. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker,...
View ArticleEncore Broadcast: National Geographic Photographer Annie Griffiths On...
National Geographic staff photographer Annie Griffiths says she's "learned that even without a shared language, it’s easy to let people know that their children are beautiful, their homes are...
View ArticleThe Iraqi Refugee Portrait Project
On this Tuesday's Central Standard, an Iraqi refugee explores the time he spent in a refugee camp through photographs. In his images, widows show him the one item they kept when they fled their homes.
View ArticleCitywide Picnic Celebration
When was the last time you packed a basket and headed outside to dine with the ants and the cicadas? On this Thursday's Central Standard, join us for a picnic.
View ArticleAllan Winkler's Whimsical World
Artist Allan Winkler’s whimsical paper and metal cut-outs of people and animals are instantly recognizable. A 1975 graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, his style has been described as...
View ArticleGoodbye Green Hand, Hello Snot Cat
One of the most special spots in Kansas City is getting a new look. Sprawled atop the storefront at 124 West 18th Street is a snotty, smoking feline texting on its cell.
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