TAC-KC: 04.13.12

Friday the 13th weekend

Stephen T. Johnson, whose work is inspired by language and the Roman alphabet, is on view at both the downtown/main Kansas City Public Library and at Weinberger Fine Art in the Crossroads.
Image: courtesy of the artist; may not be reproduced without permission


The Speakeasy is open now. Rest your eyes or ears and you will miss something. New talks, works, collaborations (and food) happening daily. Read about it here (in The Pitch, by Theresa Bemnister).

On Saturday, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opens a truly fun romp of an exhibition about fancy things from the Worlds Fair shows, 1851 through 1939 (admittedly, I am a 19th century junkie and can't wait to get over to the Titanic exhibit at Union Station … ). I wrote about Inventing the Future here for The Pitch, where I also did a little profile on Judith G. Levy, one of this year's Artopia honorees (party is Saturday at Screenland).

In true Kansas City style, there is plenty of visual arts culture to take in this weekend, even if it's not a First Friday:

Abstractions
Stephen T. Johnson
at Weinberger Fine Art, 1800 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri: 913-940-0104
Event: April 14, noon-3 p.m., with Reading Reptile and "their famous cupcakes"
Open Tuesday-Friday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday: noon-5 p.m., through April 28, 2012
(Johnson's Art, Language & Play is on view at the Kansas City Public Library through April 28, 2012.)
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Derrick Breidenthal and E. Spencer Schubert: New Work
at Leopold Gallery, 324 West 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-333-3111
Opening reception: April 13, 6-9 p.m.
Open Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., through at least April 19 (please contact gallery for more information)
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Hobbs Open Studios
at Hobbs Building, floors 1-4, 1427 West Ninth Street, West Bottoms, Kansas City, Missouri
Open: April 13, 6-10 p.m. with music by Whiskey for the Lady, and vendors from Good You, Prairie Fire Oven, and CartWheel & April 14, 1-4 p.m.; more than 25 artists work from the Hobbs Building; open studios are twice a year and a great opportunity to see work in progress, to talk about art, and (a-hem), to buy new things : )
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Pop-Up Store
HalfLetter Press
at The Speakeasy, located at la Esquina, 1000 West 25th Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-221-5115
Open April 14, noon-6 p.m.
The Speakeasy has something happening (different! and including a BREADKC! microgranting dinner/presentation each Sunday) constantly through May 12, 2012; please see their site for updates . The space is open Friday & Saturday: noon-6 p.m.; Sunday: noon-5 p.m. and special events (so, please check back with Speakeasy and drop in often).
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Undergraduate College Student Exhibition
at Kansas City Artists Coalition, 201 Wyandotte Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-421-5222
Opening night: April 13, with reception, 7-8:30 p.m.; Executive Director Janet Simpson to give remarks at 6 p.m. (open to all); this annual event shows off juried work by those who are up-and-coming
Open Wednesday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. , through April 27, 2012
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War Is Trauma
by Temporary Services, a portfolio organized by Brooklyn, Justseeds and IVAW
at The Speakeasy, located at la Esquina, 1000 West 25th Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-221-5115
Talk with Marc Fischer (Temporary Services) and William Stewart (Iraqi Veterans Against the War) is April 13, 6-9 p.m.
The Speakeasy has something happening (different! and including a BREADKC! microgranting dinner/presentation each Sunday) constantly through May 12, 2012; please see their site for updates . The space is open Friday & Saturday: noon-6 p.m.; Sunday: noon-5 p.m. and special events (so, please check back with Speakeasy and drop in often).
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Wes Janz Presentation
Hear from the first architect in the United States to get a permit for a permanent structure made out of discarded shipping pallets shares his story.

at The Speakeasy, located at la Esquina, 1000 West 25th Street, Kansas City, Missouri: 816-221-5115

Talk: April 14, noon-1 p.m.

The Speakeasy has something happening (different! and including a BREADKC! microgranting dinner/presentation each Sunday) constantly through May 12, 2012; please see their site for updates . The space is open Friday & Saturday: noon-6 p.m.; Sunday: noon-5 p.m. and special events (so, please check back with Speakeasy and drop in often).

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