Tracy's Art Calendar — Kansas City for March 2, 2012
First Friday in the Crossroads (and its wings)
Will Preman, Sweetscape, ceramic installation at the new Undergrads Underground gallery, inside Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, opening tonight with its first exhibition.
Image: courtesy of the artist via press materials from Leedy-Voulkos Art Center; may not be reproduced without their permission
This list is long, so my comments are short:
This list is not comprehensive, but it does have some items not mentioned in the
Pitch gallery guide (which I helped compile for March), due to deadlines and other factors. It also does not have some shows that Alice Thorson listed in her
Kansas City Star First Friday feature.
Yesterday it was 70 degrees; today, it is snowing. Don't let that stop you from going out tonight. There is a lot of very good work to see.
That is all : )
First Friday, March 2:
2012 Annual Faculty Show
University of Kansas, Department of Visual Art
Norman Akers, Jane Asbury, Shawn Bitters, Ruth Bowerman, David Brackett, Vernon Brejcha, Matt Burke, Dwight Burnham, Carol Ann Carter, John Hachmeister, Tanya Hartman, Jon Havener, Mary Anne Jordan, Cima Katz, Michael Krueger, Gerald Lubensky, Marshal Maude, Judith McCrae, Yoonmi Nam, Cynthia Schira, Roger Shimomura, Lin Stanionis, Jon Keith Swindell, Elden C. Tefft, Peter Thompson, Maria Velasco, David Vertacnik, and Gina Westergard
at
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center,
2012 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-474-1919
First Friday: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Open Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., though March 31, 2012
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Acid Wash: Playing with Consequences
20-plus works from a
seven four-year process of deconstructing denim garments into paintings by
Lynn Benson
at
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center,
2012 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-474-1919
First Friday Opening: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Open Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., though April 27, 2012
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Alms Matara
offerings of iron and breath by Reilly Hoffman
at Todd Weiner Gallery, 115 West 18th Street, Ground Floor, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-984-8538
First Friday: March 2, 5-10 p.m.
Open Wednesday-Friday: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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Amy Lenharth
new ceramic sculpture
at 10@BNIM, 106 West 16th Street, Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-783-1634
First Friday Reception: March 2, 5-7 p.m.
Open by appointment (but viewable through the 10 windows from the street), through March 30, 2012
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Arachnévolution: Spiders and Stuff
paintings by Keith Russell
at Apex Gallery, 1819 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-841-0206
First Friday: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Open during Crossroads Dentisty business hours, though March 30, 2012
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The Art of Drawing
at
Hilliard Gallery, 1820 McGee Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-561-2956
First Friday Opening Reception: March 2, 5-8 p.m.
Open Tuesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday: noon-4 p.m., through March 24, 2012
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Bedlam Bath & Beyond
Brett Reif
at
Kansas City Artists Coalition, Mallin Gallery, 201 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-421-5222
First Friday Opening Reception: March 2, 6-8:30 p.m., with artists' talks at 6 p.m.
Open Wednesday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., though March 30, 2012
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But Seriously …
Joe Ramiro Garcia
at
Blue Gallery, 118 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-527-0823
First Friday: March 2, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Open Tuesday-Saturday: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., though March 31, 2012
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Construction in Structure
inaugural KCAI Career Services Access Alumni Event, juried by Matt Bollinger, Justin Gainan, Erika Hanson, Amelia Ishmael, and Jason Lips, with work by KCAI undergrads Caranne Camerena, Julian Chams, Emily Connell, Madeline Gallucci, Hank Hafkemeyer, Ben Harle, Marianne Laury, Bradley Kyle Lewis, Katy McRoberts, Zachary Miley, Maret Miller, Andrew Ordonez, Ashely Ariel Proski, Molly Ryan, Lauren Sobchak, Julian Stropes, and Fredrick Vorder-Bruegge
at
City Arts Project, 2015 Campbell Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-820-4105
First Friday Opening Reception: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Closing Reception: April 21, 6-9 p.m.
Open Thursday-Saturday: noon-5 p.m., though April 22, 2012
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Contour
works by Alex Izaguirre
at Stairway Art Space, inside
HNTB, 715 Kirk Drive, Kansas City, Missouri
First Friday Reception: March 2, 5-8 p.m., with drinks and featuring a dance performance by Trapdoor Slippers
Open by appointment; contact
Jason Lytle
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Earthbound
mixed media sculpture by Judy Onofrio
at
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, 2004 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-221-2626
First Friday Opening: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Open Tuesday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through April 28, 2012
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Earth: Language and Symbols
Rex Hausmann and Jimmy Greenfield, with "Artists in Resonnance" Gina
Adams, TR Ericsson, Matthew Farley, Jane Flanders, John Hachmeister,
Elden Tefft, Maria Velasco, Baruch Vergara, and Shannon White; curated
by Darin M. White
at
Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, 1714 Holmes Street, Kansas City, Missouri
First Friday Final Reception: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Open Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through March 10, 2012
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Elvis Has Left the Building
new work by
Peter Warren
at
The Late Show, 1600 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-474-1300
First Friday Opening Reception: March 2, 6-10 p.m.
Open Wednesday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-6 p.m., though March 31, 2012
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Eric Fertman: Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry?
at Kemper in the Crossroads, 33 West 19th Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-753-5784
Open Friday: noon-8 p.m., Saturday: noon-6 p.m., thorugh July 28, 2012
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Girl in Bed
Teri Keegan-Castrop
at at
Kansas City Artists Coalition, Underground Gallery, 201 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-421-5222
First Friday Opening Reception: March 2, 6-8:30 p.m., with artists' talks at 6 p.m.
Open Wednesday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., though March 30, 2012
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Juan Chawuk
in conjucntion with the National Museum of Mexican Art Chicago
at
Mattie Rhodes Art Center Gallery, 1740 Jefferson Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-221-2349
First Friday Opening Reception: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Closing Reception: April 6, 6-9 p.m.
Open Tuesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., though April 20, 2012
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KC Bindle Stick
100 selected prints and a few paintings from Preston Brigham's side project that captures overlooked corners of Kansas City with an iPhone, celebrating its 500th online post
at
Gallery at 19 Below, 5 West 19th Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-471-1019
First Friday Reception: March 2, 5-9 p.m., with music by Jeffrey Harvey
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The Mind's Eye: Landscapes from the Belger Collection
2D and 3D work in many media from American aritsts spanning the 1970s to 2010
at the Belger Arts Center, 2100 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-474-3250
First Friday: March 2, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Open Wednesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday: noon-4 p.m., through April 6, 2012
also:
For Some Must Watch, While Some Must Sleep, So Runs the World Away
Extended through March 2, 2012
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Momoko Usami
at at
Kansas City Artists Coalition, Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery, 201 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-421-5222
First Friday Opening Reception: March 2, 6-8:30 p.m., with artists' talks at 6 p.m.
Open Wednesday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., though March 30, 2012
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Reach Beyond Death
featuring more than 30 tattoo artists' work from across the country, presented on forearm casts by Adam Smith Studios
at
Windhorse Tattooing and Art Gallery, 1717 Wyandotte Street #200, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-283-0500
First Friday Opening Reception: March 2, 6-10 p.m., with DJ set by Sound Sorcerer and live music by Les Ismore and special guests
Open Tuesday-Sunday: 11 a.m.- 7 p.m., through April 29, 2012
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Replay:
Hysteria Study by Natalie Lammers;
Measurement: Cheers by Derek Larson; and
Nothing is Wrong Everything is Fine by David Hanes
video works reusing/reassembling pop culture/TV film for a difference message, ie: Diane Keaton,
Cheers, and Doctor Who
at
Hex Pixel Gallery at
t2 + Back Alley Productions, 1906 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-471-6554
First Friday Showings: March 2, 6-10 p.m.
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Sandi Pierantozzi and Neil Patterson
hand-built pottery
at
Red Star Studios, inside
Belger Arts Center, 2100 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-474-7316
First Friday Opening: March 2, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Slideshow Presentation: March 3, 4 p.m.
Workshop with Sandi Pierantozzi: March 3-4 (
click to register)
Open We
dnesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday: noon-4 p.m., through April 28, 2012
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Simpler Times
work addressing adult problems by
Jason Barr (BARRR) and adult puppet theatre by
Spencer Lott
at AFW Gallery, in Art & Frame Warehouse, 2015 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-471-7444
First Friday Reception: March 2, 6-9 p.m., catered by Mandoline Cafe
Open Tuesday-Wednesday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday-Friday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Synaptic Coincidence
eight-piece installation by
Shea Gordon
at
MLB Designs & Boutique, LLC, 2020 Baltimore Avenue #105, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-531-3133
First Friday Opening: March 2, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Open Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through April 1, 2012
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The Sweet Life
Chandra DeBuse,
Jana Evans,
Jenny Gawronski, and
Courtney Murphy
at
Red Star Studios, inside
Belger Arts Center, 2100 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-474-7316
First Friday: March 2, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Open Wednesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., through March 24, 2012
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Traces
photography by Jennifer Onofrio Fornes
at
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, 2004 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-221-2626
First Friday Opening: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Open Tuesday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through April 28, 2012
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Travis Bird
printmaker
at
Plenum Space, 504 East 18th Street, Kansas City, Missouri
First Friday Opening: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Open by appointment through March 31, 2012
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Vanguards and Visionaries: Kansas City Women in the Arts
Philomene Bennett, Rita Blitt, Jane Booth, Shea Gordon-Festoff, Jessica Kincaid, Janet
Kuemmerlein, Karen McCoy, and Cheryl Toh
at
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center,
2012 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-474-1919
First Friday Opening: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Open Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., though April 21, 2012
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What Will Be
work by KCAI senior ceramic majors Emily Connell, Hank Hafkemeyer, Ben Harle, and Will Preman (displayed with including video, photography, and mixed media)
at Undergrads Underground Gallery, in
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, 2012 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-474-1919
First Friday Opening: March 2, 6-9 p.m.
Open Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., though March 31, 2012
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XOXO
A
salon-style exhibition and benefit including work by the following
artists (arranged alphabetically by first name): Aaron Storck, Ah-ram Park, Alexandra Phillips, Alli
Litwicki, Amanda Bowles, Amanda Gehin, Amanda Martinez, Andrew Erdrich,
Anne Pearce, Annie Woodfill, Anthony Baab, Ashley Lugo, Ayla Rexroth,
Blake Sidebottom, Brandon Briscoe, Brett Ginsburg, Brian Henkel, Calder
Kamin, Chloe Mann, Chris Thomas, Christian Velasquez, Christina
Dostaler, Christopher –Daharsh, Chuong Doan, Clayton Skidmore, Cody
Gurley, Colleen Burner, Colleen Lucas, Cory Imig, Craig DeMoss, Cydney
Ross, Daniel Reneau, David Rhoads, Dean Roper, Derek Combs, Diane Henk,
Dusty Colyer, Emma Green, Eric Persson, Eric Wolever, Erica Mahinay,
Erica Peterson, Erika Hanson, Evan Davies, Fred Byrd, Frederick
Vorder-Bruegge, Gabrielle Costello, Hannah Lodwick, Heather Day, Jaclyn
Senne, James Woodfill, Jane Sheldon, Jason Carron, Jay Canty, Jeff
Schwenk, Jessica Dassing, Jonah Criswell, Julia Cole, Julia Icicle,
Julie Lehenbauer, Julie Malen, Justin Beachler, Kahlil Irving, Kate
Clements, Kate Ford, Kate Smithson, Katherine Novotny, Kelly Clark,
Krystal Kuhn, Lee Piechocki, Leila Jean, Leslie Kinsman, Lexi Janezic,
Lindsay Fernandez, Lindsay Iliene, Luke Firle, Madeline Gallucci, Marie
Dougherty, Mary O’Brien, Matt Jacobs, Matteus Leonhard, Max Crutcher,
Micah Lidberg, Misty Gamble, Molly Kaderka, Molly Ryan, Neil Thrun,
Nicholas Naughton, Paul Anthony-Smith, Peter Granados, Philip Wilkerson,
Rachel Gregor, Rachel Rolon, Rhiannon Birdsall, Ricky Allman, Roberto
Lugo, Ronald Slowinski, Ruben Castillo, Ryan Haralson, Ryan Lawrence,
Sarah Hazelwood, Sean Blott, Sean M. Starowitz, Stephen Proski, Stuart
Scott Smith, Sunny Stanila, Terry L. Campbell, Todd Christiansen, Waseem
Touma, Will Meier, and Zoë Pedziwiatr
at Spray Booth Gallery, 130 West Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-471-5555 (inside Volker Bicycles)
First Friday Second Reception: March 2, 6-10 p.m.
Open Tuesday-Friday: noon-6 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., through March 17, 2012
PS,
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