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RIVER MARKET REGIONAL EXHIBITIONSOUNDS OF THE CITY
Kansas City Artists Coalition
July 13 – August 10, 2018
Juror
Saralyn Reece Hardy
Marilyn Stokstad Director
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art
The University of Kansas
Major Award
Rubin Castillo
Awards
Kirk Decker
Amanda Jolley
Terri Wheeler Pollack
Stephen Proski
Debbie Williams
Kansas City Artists Coalition 201 Wyandotte #105 Kansas City, Missouri 64105 816.421.5222 www.KansasCityArtistsCoalition.org
© 2018 by the Kansas City Artists Coalition, Inc.
Assistance has been provided by the Mallin/Gibson Family, Kemper Charitable Trust Inc,ArtsKC Fund, Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund, and by the Artists Coalition’s patrons and members.
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KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION
Board of DirectorsLaura Nugent – President
Ada Koch – Vice-President Angie Jennings – Secretary
David DeSimone – Treasurer
John BakerCynthia Bjorn Maura Cluthe
Lori Fluegel Moriah Hillson
Kwanza HumphreyKreshaun McKinney
Townley Morrison Eugene R. Pal
Shelly Pinto Terri Wheeler Pollack
Katrina RevenaughSonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin
Debbie Williams
StaffJanet Simpson – Executive Director Marissa Starke – Assistant Director
Erin Hall – Executive Assistant
KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITIONRIVER MARKET REGIONAL EXHIBITION
Sounds of the City
The theme "Sounds of the City" was selected to celebrate the 2017 designation of Kansas City as a music city by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Artists were invited to interpret the theme; drawing on whatever musical, rhythmic, organic, staccato sound that inspired them.
The River Market Regional Exhibition is KCAC’s 36th Annual Juried Competition. RMRE is unrestricted media, but limited to artists residing in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Arkansas and to members of the Kansas City Artists Coalition.
SARALYN REECE HARDY: JURORESSAy
Artists are industrious. Driven by personal and contextual motivations, they work throughout their lives to press insights, objections and vivid queries through the seams of human inattention, anxiety or numbness. If fortune smiles on the active perceiver, we are up for the perceptual challenge of seeing a new creative work because our assumptions are ready for disruption. If we allow for the pleasures of wondering, perceptual habits must recede or resist. We are invited to shed a rigid perspective on the world. The artist Grayson Perry helps us consider how to travel into art and life with his suggestion-- “carry your beliefs lightly.”
The industrious life of an artist is often overlooked when we experience their finished work. It is that work ethic that I admire most—hours in the studio, research trips to archives, experimentation in labs and on the ground, fixing the restless body in front of a page, surface or screen, or in some cases engaging in constant dialogue with communities. I chose several works that demonstrated a sense of rigorous questioning, so much so that my own questions emerged. I hope that the installations, images and objects that convene in the gallery function for you as a prompt for your own personal debates, giving equal weight to modest daily choices, quirky scratch-your-head humor, life-altering revelations, and then pausing with respect when the unanswerable mortal awareness enters the room. I was inspired by Ruben Castillo’s Can
Saralyn Reece Hardy has led the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas since 2005. Prior to her arrival at the Spencer, Hardy served as director of Museums and Visual Arts at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and director of the Salina Art Center in Salina, Kansas.
Under her leadership, the Spencer has expanded academic programs funded by a Mellon Challenge Grant, established the International Artist-in-Residence program and entered into The Commons, a partnership with the Biodiversity Institute and the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas.
Dishwashing be Queer to share the questions that flickered through my consciousness while jurying:
Is suspense required to feel pleasure and fear?
When does pleasure become ritual or art?
Why must we imagine other worlds?
How does a mundane task free the mind for understanding?
Why does a drawing feel more intimate than a screen?
Do musical instruments conspire as potent objects of race and gender?
How fast does the wheel of time turn when it rusts?
Where does art go when the people are gone?
The Kansas City Artist Coalition exhibition does not require coherence of theme, media or style, offering Kansas City communities the opportunity to experience what is top of mind and encouraging artists to tangle with all nature of questions. I especially appreciate the elevations of those questions continuing without too much attitude, the sly disregard of high and low. My grateful thanks to the staff, board and volunteers of the KCAC, especially Marissa Starke and most of all my long and admiring respect for Janet Simpson, the stalwart soul at the center of it all.
Saralyn Reece Hardy Marilyn Stokstad DirectorSpencer Museum of Art
Lynn Benson
Jane Booth
Bill Bowerman
Joe Bussell
Blake Carroll
Ruben Castillo
Kirk Decker
Valerie Doran Bashaw
P Ebel
Michael Allen Engstrom
Genevieve Flynn
Tim Forcade
Rachelle Gardner-Roe
LeRoy Grubbs
Rita Guile
Kwanza Humphrey
Roy Inman
Don James
Angie Jennings
Amanda Jolley
Ada Koch
Ruth Kolker
Chris LaValley
Judith G. Levy
Teresa Mastro
Hugh Merrill
M.O.I aka The Minister of Information
Kristin Powers Nowlin
Benjamin Parks
Shelly Pinto
Terri Wheeler Pollack
Zig Priede
Jane Pronko
Stephen Proski
Robert Quackenbush
Katrina Revenaugh
Diane Salamon
Kyle Selley
Robert Slotterback
Sheron Smith
Jeff Smith
Terry Super
Linda Teeter
Fred Trease
Lee Walker
Desiree Warren
Jackie Warren
Debbie Williams
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
LYNN BENSON". . .Kansas City here I come"
(Missouri River Headwaters)
Oil on Canvas36 x 36 Inches2018
Water in a l l i t s forms prov ides content for my work . Here the sate l l i te v iew of r ivers br ings at tent ion to a spec i f i c p lace and s tory—one of many whic h need our at tent ion . I seek to g ive shape, del ight and power to these s tor ies wi th reverence for the fragi l i ty of our waters .
J ANE BOOTHSonorous
Acrylic on Canvas66 x 50 Inches2016
I see the process of paint ing as captur ing the fe l t sense of l i fe moving through space. Us ing co lor and mark , a snapshot i s created of the open aper ture through whic h one peers .
In order for the paint ing to s incere ly ho ld and t ranspor t th i s snapshot , the senses must be engaged, as wel l as emot ions and memory, to use a fe l t sense of co lor and mark . Tapping in to th i s sense, wi thout a f ixed narrat ive, creates unbound v i sual s l i ces of l i fe.
B I L L BOWERMANLeaf Duet No 12
Archival Digital Print18 x 18 Inches2017
Bi l l Bowerman’s ar t i s t i c purpose i s to create s imple, surpr i s ing works that are beaut i fu l , evocat ive, and/or whims ical . H i s images explore ordinary events or objects, of ten involv ing people. Moods, metaphors, and ambigui t ies abound in h i s work , so personal in terpretat ions and conversat ions are encouraged. His pr imary media inc lude scanography and ink drawing.
JOE BUSSE L LAnother After #12
Mixed Media14 x 11 Inches2017
I began th i s ser ies of works immediate ly af ter the e lect ion of Tr ump. Everyth ing c hanged in the s tudio that November day, ground, ground s ize medium and process . My ar t wor ld went dark . As we approac h the midterm elect ions there i s an awakening of co lor and a gl immer of hope, l ike bot t le rockets in a n ight sky.
[email protected]://www.joebussell.com
BLAKE CARROL LKenny Barron Tr io
Archival Inkjet Print21 x 17 Inches2016
Personal in teres t s, l ike jazz , mot ivate my photographs and paint ings, wi th people in both publ ic and more in t imate s i tuat ions populat ing my ar twork . In the Kenny Barron Tr io, I sought out a different vantage poin t f rom the typical audience v iewpoint , prov id ing an e lectr i c atmosphere and dynamic space for th i s accompl i shed jazz master.
RUBEN CAST I L LO Can Dishwashing Be Queer?
Video2017
Ruben Cast i l lo received h i s B.F.A. in pr in tmaking from the Kansas Ci ty Ar t Ins t i tu te, an M.F.A. in v i sual ar t f rom the Univers i ty of Kansas, and i s a 2017-2018 Char lot te Street Foundat ion Studio Res ident . H i s work addresses images of in t imacy, queerness, p lace, and the body us ing drawing, pr in tmaking, scu lpture, ins ta l lat ion , and v ideo.
Th i s photograph reminds me of The T ime Mac hine by H.G. Wel l s, The Steerage by Alfred St iegl i tz , and perhaps Yer t le the Tur t le by Dr. Seuss . The s tor ies by Wel l s and Suess a long with the photograph by St iegl i tz depic t a soc iety f ractured between people of le i sure and people of labor.
City Subconscious
Photography24 x 18 Inches2017
The t i l ted head and raised foot of the
walker are the on ly th ings in mot ion in th i s
photograph and yet the f ixed cur ves and
converging l ines of the concrete descent ing
towards the c haos below imply that mot ion i s the
only opt ion avai lable here.
K I RK DECKERThe Descent
Photography10 x 7 Inches
2016Black and White Silver
Halide Photograph - Pigment on Paper
VALER I E DORAN BASHAWReflect ions
Rust printed Dyed Fabric with Embroidery16 x 20 Inches2018Rust printed silk fabric, collaged, with embroidery
Valer ie Doran Bashaw, Grandview, Missour i , i s a f iber/mixed media ar t i s t and f ine ar t s educator. Many years of development/explorat ion in surface des ign on natural fabr ics . She creates wal l p ieces of res i s t -dyed fabr ics, sewn/pieced together, s t retc hed over a deep frame. New work i s r us t pr in ted, embel l i shed wi th metal l i c thread, themes are mandalas, c i rc les, cyc les, sawblades.
P EBE LPick Up the Beat
Mixed Media20 x 16 Inches2016
My col lages are not an at tempt to reproduce any ident i f iable object but ins tead a way to evoke a sense of movement and playfu lness . In th i s work repet i t ion of f ree formed and geometr ic shapes marc h ing hor izontal ly across the canvas i s remin i scent of a mus ical s taff wi th notes .
MICHAE L A L L EN ENGSTROMDown by the Rivers ide
Mixed Media on Panel24 x 25 [email protected]
Mic hael Al len Engstrom creates evocat ive images por traying the c haracters and c haracter i s t i c s re lat ing to our mus ical her i tage. Fo lk , b lues, roots, country; a personal cal l and response and t r ibute to a mus ical id iom. I f you hear the mus ic , tur n i t up…
GENEV I EVE F LYNNUrban Egret ( l )
Copper and Sterling Silver6.5 x 2 x 2 Inches2016
Hercules Beetle Bracelet
Sterling Silver2 InchesHercules beetle cuff chased and repoussed.
Most people wouldn’ t th ink of nature when ta lk ing about sounds of the c i ty. I f ind inspirat ion at Kauffman Garden where insects, leaves and yes somet imes an urban egret res ide. My work i s one of a k ind and created us ing anc ient s i lversmi th ing tec hn iques suc h as repousse and forming.
T IM FORCADEWhere To?
Pigment Print on Rag Paper36 x 36 Inches2018
My pic ture “Where To?” i s a photograph – I suppose. Given decades as an ar t i s t , I ’ve cons idered paint , e lec t ron ics, computat ional a lgor i thms and more, equal ly express ive and in terre lated. May photography and paint ing be cons idered one? Maybe. I am sure I cou ldn’ t have made th i s wi thout both a camera and my exper ience as a painter.
RACHE L L E GARDNER - ROERhythm No. 2A
Lace, Resin, Acrylic, Metallic Powders27.5 x 31.5 x 6.25 Inches2015
Rac hel le Gardner-Roe works wi th lace — l i teral ly, f igurat ive ly and scu lptural ly. Th i s atypical media has become both a metaphor for in terconnectedness and a means of recontextual iz ing “women’s work .” Her under ly ing need to seek a balance of oppos ing forces a l so al lows her to b lend h i s tor ica l craf t and the generat ional pass ing down of knowledge and labor wi th contemporary pract ice. An award-winn ing ar t i s t , wi th local and nat ional commiss ions, grants, and res idenc ies, Gardner-Roe i s current ly based in Miss ion , KS.
L EROY GRUBBSBeauti ful
Ceramic Vase18 x 6 x 6 Inches2016
Th i s i s a whi te on whi te crys ta l g laze over a 24” vase wi th cobal t b lue accents . The work i s created wi th the most advanced computer contro l led f i r ing and glaze c hemis t ry tec hn ique represent ing ten years of s tudy. LeRoy Grubbs current ly has ceramic , g lass and scu lpture work in mul t ip le gal ler ies in Kansas Ci ty, makes coffee cups for coffee shops. In h i s f ree t ime i s a computer pro ject manager and bus iness development exper t . And hos t the Kansas Ci ty Empty Bowls fundraiser for Har vester ’s Food Network .
R I TA GU I L ELul laby
Acrylic on Wood Panel24 x 24 Inches2018
Ri ta Gui le has exhib i ted her paint ings in gal ler ies and in jur ied exhib i t ions in th i s country and in the UK.
I create paint ings of th ings that are impor tant to me. Lu l laby, s ign i f ies that there are many rendi t ions of the t radi t ional lu l laby, but none sweeter than a mother s ign ing to her baby.
KWANZA HUMPHREYNote d
Oil on Canvas40 x 30 Inches2018
My love for my son , paint ing and mus ic are s t rong. I ’ve en joyed watc h ing h im learn and pract ice wi th h i s t r umpet . He inspires me every day wi th h i s determinat ion , k indness and sense of wonder. I imagine fatherhood and jazz share s imi lar t ra i t s of improvisat ion and f low as somet imes you don’ t know where you ' re going but you s tay on the path and t r us t in the journey.
ROY INMANBird Fl ight Downtown
Photography48 x 30 Inches2017
Any s t reet photographer knows the spontaneous moments make the best photos. So i t was wi th th i s image of the pigeon f lapping between two downtown bui ld ings. Ass i s tant , brother George, sa id “Roy, look up!” poin t ing to p igeons on the wing. I was able to get three frames, th i s being the best .
DONALD J AMESLul laby to The Moon
B/W Photograph10 x 10 Inches2017B/W photographic print. Limited Edition 1/12
When I make a photograph, I am look ing for the except ional moment h idden in ordinary events . I v iew my surroundings from a s l ight ly d i f ferent perspect ive through the lens ; cu t t ing through the fami l iar layers to f ind a s tory that might be over looked by the casual obser ver.
ANG I E J ENN INGSFruit Sel ler ( l )
Archival Pigment Print/Polaroid7 x 5 Inches
2018 Mirror
Archival Pigment Print/Polaroid7 x 5 Inches2018
Angie Jenn ings u t i l izes her photographic sk i l l s acquired in the past 30 years in var ious s ty les of the photographic medium to depic t s tor ies in a s ingle image or ser ies . Her images are a combinat ion of d ig i ta l , f i lm, Polaro id and photogravure. She has exhib i ted nat ional ly as wel l as in ternat ional ly, Oregon, Colorado, Kansas, Missour i , Oklahoma and Bei j ing.
[email protected]://www.angiejenningsphotography.com
AMANDA JO L L EYSinging Bowl
Encaustic30 x 24 Inches2018
I n sp i red by an obser vat ion of v i sual or modal pat tern , Amanda Jol ley painted “S inging Bowl” as an express ion of sound pat tern overf lowing and reverberat ing wi th fu l lness . Her paint ings explore ref lec t ion on these forms and how they complement and of ten mirror the connect ions in the brain and process ing of the subconsc ious .
Bang! Bang! KC
Mixed Media on Paper10 x 21 Inches2018
“Bang! Bang!” and “Bang! Bang! KC” both refer to the sounds of v io lence in our country and spec i f i ca l ly in Kansas Ci ty where gun v io lence has become a fr ighten ing problem. The abstract p ieces a l lude to black and whi te re lat ionsh ips, b lood in the s t reets, and v io lent deaths .
RUTH KOLKERWaterfront
Mixed Media Painting on Paper32 x 24 x 1 Inches2018
“Waterfront” i s a mixed-media paint ing on paper that was inspired by landscape and natural forms. By combin ing pr in tmaking and paint ing an exc i t ing journey of d i scovery can be reac hed. How the two disc ip l ines are layered i s key. Pat tern , texture, l ine and co lor are woven together to create a v i sual texture.
CHR IS L AVA L L EYPetr ichor: Sol i tude
Watercolor and Ink12 x 9 Inches2018
“Petr ic hor” , the ear thy scent produced when rain fa l l s af ter a long per iod of warm, dry weather. Rhythm: the sound of ra in s t r ik ing a mul t i tude of surfaces, creat ing i t s own melody. Pat terns : created as the rain fa l l s , c reat ing topography on the surface. Color : d i lu ted, f ragmented through the lens of the rain .
JUD I TH G . L EVYThe World Outside and the Pictures in my Head #2
Video2018
Th i s v ideo explores my c h i ld and adolescent effor t s to f ind my queer se l f through watc h ing Noir f i lms on te lev i s ion . I photograph detai l s f rom those f i lms to make layered v ideo images. I appropr iate mus ic and audio to re-s ign i fy and recontextual ize in order to create a queer abstract aesthet ic wi th narrat ive content .
T ERESA MASTROContemplated Beat
Acrylic40 x 30 Inches2018
I bel ieve my work can be def ined as geometr ic abstract ion . I t i s a s imple t imeless des ign that s tands the tes t of t ime. The f in i shed des igns are der ived from many detai led sketc hes and co lor pal le t s . I use many th in layers of acry l i c to br ing out the des i red effect . No taping i s used in the process .
HUGH MERR I L LWoven Utopia
Mixed Media Drawing Paint Print50 x 42 Inches2016
I at tempt to keep the creat ive act ion al ive, and in the present . The content of a work i s not presupposed but comes in to being through making. I s t r ive to speak through a v i sual language al lowing a degree of f reedom for the work to express more than my input and for the v iewer to complete the work giv ing i t meaning through the i r own eyes/exper ience.
M.O . I . A KA THE M IN IS T ER OF INFORMAT IONPlease Stand and Remove Your Headdress
Mixed Media60 x 96 x 60 Inches2018
With P lease Stand and Remove your Headdress, m.o. i . , hav ing spent +25 years in c iv i l ser v ice to our nat ion , cont inues h i s inqu i ry in to the complex nature of patr io t i sm, US f lag cu l ture, and pol i t i ca l discourse. No matter your percept ions, at t i tudes, and/or biases about suc h subjects, m.o. i . f inds you compl ic i t in any outcome.
[email protected]://www.warriorantpress.com/
KR IS T IN POWERS NOWL INCharming Companion: An Ideal Combinat ion
Lithography18 x 14 Inches2016
Kr i s t in Powers Nowl in received her MFA in Pr in tmaking from Ohio Univers i ty in Athens, Ohio. Current ly, she creates woodblock pr in t s in her home s tudio and teac hes at Kansas State Univers i ty in Manhat tan , Kansas. Her work explores how Amer ican cu l ture def ines and determines race and has been in over 200 exhib i t ions across the country.
BEN JAM IN PARKSGrace
Acrylic on Canvas60 x 60 x 2 Inches2016
Th i s p iece, of a Kansas Ci ty woman, captures a coming of age moment in the subject ' s l i fe. Parks worked to por tray the essence of the subject , us ing eac h layer of paint and process to emot ional ly mirror l i fe events surrounding Grace.
SHEL LY P IN TORecord Boogie Loop
Acrylic Paint and Shizen Paper on Board12 x 12 x 1 Inches2018
I usual ly s tar t wi th a premedi tated concept of ei ther pat tern or co lor, then le t the i r meet ing determine the outcome. My goal as an ar t i s t i s to g ive the screen pr in ted paper a second l i fe in a new aesthet ica l ly p leas ing way and preser ve the essence of the hand touc hed paper.
I n sp i rat ion for th i s ser ies came from several p laces, a paint ing I saw in a gal lery in the crossroads, a pr in tmaking workshop that I took las t summer that lead me to rev iewing some old sketc hbooks, images and other ar tworks .
I was in teres ted in exper iment ing wi th layer ing o i l pain t ing over of acry l i c paint ings and layer ing images in that manner. I have en joyed the v ibrant effect on the co lors s tar t ing on co lored backgrounds.
TERRI WHEELER POLLACKFigure #2 ( l )
Oil on Canvas20 x 20 x 20 Inches
2017
Kel ly
Oil on Canvas24 x 20 Inches2017
Z IG PR I EDESound Receiver ( l )
Mixed Media40 x 30 Inches
2018
Care Mai l
Mixed Media20 x 16 Inches2018
My layered mixed media works are both l i teral and metaphor ical layers of t ime represent ing moments of my l i fe. I inv i te the spectator to come in to h i s ar t and exerc i se the i r own s tory l ine in terpretat ion .
J ANE PRONKOWhere’s Henry
Oil on Canvas24 x 36 x 1.5 Inches
KU Graduate, Jane Pronko has exhib i ted in Kansas Ci ty and the Midwest . She i s best known for her urban landscapes.
Not a l l sounds of the c i ty are harsh and loud. They can be as qu iet as water lapping the shore. The t i t le refers to the miss ing Henry Hudson and set adr i f t by h i s mut inous crew and never found.
There i s a cont inuous f low of sound pumping in to the paint , f luc tuat ing, and drool ing on the surface. Colors are corrected and t ranscr ibed, where they are then in terpreted again as an image, in terr upted beyond recogni t ion . Bur ied under a blanket of d i s tor t ion , the paint ings hum an e lectr i c hymn, resounding ampl i f ied lu l labies .
STEPHEN PROSK IThe Limousine Driver 's
Daughter
Hand-sewn Oil, Thread, Sharpie, and Canvas
55 x 35 Inches2017
Night People ( l )
Marker on Paper7 x 19 Inches
2018
ROBERT QUACKENBUSHUnearthed Fragments
Mixed Medium on Canvas36 x 36 x 1.5 Inches2017
I cons ider my s tudio to be a laboratory. A place where you can explore and take r i sks . “Unear thed Fragments” began in 2017. A surpr i se of textures and co lors l ike the reveal of an arc heological d ig wi th newly discovered t reasures ; messages from the past ; anc ient secrets ; o ld smel l s ; and, los t memor ies .
KATR INA REVENAUGHHear Here
Ink7 x 18 Inches2018
With her work , Katr ina Revenaugh hopes to make people see graff i t i d i f ferent ly. “Hear Here” i s a pr in t combin ing f igurat ive e lements and photographic graff i t i f ragments shot in Kansas Ci ty. Graff i t i f ragments appear to reverberate from the mega phone, emphas iz ing— “Love i s Love” a message she hopes i s heard loud and c lear.
D I ANE SA LAMONIn Fl ight
Acrylic36 x 36 Inches2017
Diane i s represented local ly by Eva Reynolds Gal lery. Her work i s inc luded in many co l lec t ions inc luding St . Anthony’s Hospi ta l , OKC and the Off ic ia l State Col lec t ion of Oklahoma. She i s in the Clara Database for the Nat ional Museum of Women in the Ar ts . “ In F l ight” i s a mus ical f l ight f rom real i ty.
KYLE SE L L EYFirework Paint ing Demonstrat ion
Video2017
Kyle Sel ley i s a twenty-f ive-year-o ld ar t i s t , l iv ing and creat ing in Kansas Ci ty, Missour i . Kyle i s exper ienced in a var iety of ar t i s t i c methods and mediums but h i s most recent way to create i s through the use of f i reworks . Fo l lowing th i s avenue of creat ing ar t wi th f i reworks, he has found mul t ip le methods.
ROBERT S LOT T ERBACKCityscape
Walnut, Blood, Wenge, Maple, and Canary Wood48 x 26 x 26 Inches2017
Three thoughts came together in creat ing th i s p iece. A few years ago I f lew in to New York Ci ty. The image out the airp lane window real ly s tuck wi th me. Las t year I read “Al l The L ight You Cannot See” i n whic h a father created a min iature model of the c i ty in whic h he and h i s b l ind daughter l ived. A few months ago, whi le c leaning up my shop I mused about what I might do wi th the many accumulated smal l p ieces of hardwoods. “Ci tyscape,” a s ty l ized render ing, i s the sum total of these thoughts .
J E F F SM I THRichter Scale
Acrylic and Latex on Panel24 x 36 x 2 Inches2017
With a degree in F ine Ar ts f rom KU, I have made a career out of des ign . Pain t ing has a lways been an out le t and oppor tun i ty for me to be free to create. Th i s paint ing i s par t of a ser ies t i t led "What L ies Beneath" . Th i s i s a body of work from th i s las t year that explores my feel ings and turmoi l ’s . Eac h work i s a process of addi t ion and removal that leads one to look deeper in to what was "beneath" .
SHERON SM I THChaotic Harmony in the City
Acrylic30 x 40 x 1.5 Inches2017
I was inspired by jazz and the non-s top mot ion of the c i ty. Th i s p iece expresses the movement , exc i tement , no i se, and co lors of the c i ty. I used mixed media e lements to create texture to enhance the effect of "c haot ic d i s sonance" .
T ERRY SUPERKC Jazz
Oil on Canvas20 x 20 x 1.25 Inches2018
Terry Super, Kansas Ci ty born and raised, exerc i sed lef t brain sk i l l s dur ing h i s tec hn ical career and i s now nur tur ing h i s r ight brain creat iv i ty through o i l pain t ing. The mus ic ian in th i s p iece, ta lented and conf ident , thoroughly en joys performing - can you feel the beat?
L INDA T E E T ERViol in on San Luis
Photography26 x 32 x 2 Inches2017
I am a photographer of Ci t i scapes. What you v i sual ize i s ref lec t ive of my emot ions at the t ime the shut ter f roze that moment . One Summer n ight I was walk ing along Royal Street , in the Frenc h Quar ter. I heard th i s angel ic sound and then I saw her. . . thus the Vio l in on San Lu i s !
www.photoscapesllc.com
FRED TREASEI t ’s Complicated
Digital Drawing17 x 11 Inches2018
My educat ion has been as a bio logis t and a soc io logis t . The major i ty of my career has been spent in the pract ice of env i ronmental publ ic heal th . Whether I was making double exposures wi th a Brownie as a boy, photographing c hromosomes and ce l l s in co l lege or document ing env i ronmental condi t ions profess ional ly, photography has a lways been a par t of my l i fe.
L E E WALKERThe Mage’s Coat
Porcelain Clay44 x 28 x 14 Inches2018
Soft knock ing and c l i c k ing s ignal the arr ival of the Mage, h i s robes at once fami l iar and fore ign , mark ing h im as both of and apar t f rom h i s communi ty : the garments we wear speak of where we belong, who we are. Lee Walker i s a ceramic ar t i s t f rom Lee’s Summit , MO.
DES IREE WARRENBird of Columbia
Aluminum, Paint, Vinyl24 x 24 Inches2017
Div i s ion , migrat ion; moving in , moving on; f ly ing over, walk ing by; contras t , many moving and ident ica l par ts ; one whole un i t .
J ACK I E WARRENA Different Path
Acrylic on Canvas48 x 32 x 2 Inches2018
L ight , co lor, form and l ine are employed in a var iety of ways to ac h ieve my commentary on the beauty of t ime and place. The scene must be ambiguous enough to ask the quest ion , ‘Where i s th i s? Have I been there? Where wi l l i t lead? ’
DEBB I E SCOT T W I L L I AMSBrass Pract ice
Digital Photography8 x 10 Inches
Debbie Scot t Wi l l iams i s a scrap booker and memory keeper who became a more ser ious photographer af ter receiv ing her f i r s t DSLR camera as a gif t in 2011. A graduate of Pr inceton Univers i ty and the Univers i ty of Texas Sc hool of Law, she i s a member of the board of the Kansas Ci ty Ar t i s t s Coal i t ion . Her work i s great ly inf luenced by ar t i s t s and exper iences she encounters as a res ident of the ar t s r i c h Kansas Ci ty area. She most of ten photographs f lowers, espec ia l ly the lo tus grown in her ne ighbor Bet ty ' s backyard water garden. Her photographs tend to ser ve as both t ravel/grat i tude journals .
THE KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION’S FRIENDSVISIONARY The Francis Families FoundationJane VoorheesMissouri Arts CouncilDr. Lee NormanRobert & Merry QuackenbushScott FrancisMallin Gibson Family PropertiesDana GibsonMel MallinBrad MansonSandra Castillo-JacksonDr. and Ada KochGene PalTom CorbinNeighborhood Tourism & Development Fund
INNOVATOR Vickie TrotterPeter G. and Elizabeth Torosian FoundationKim & Tracy StearnsSteven EarnestDavid & Ann DeSimoneFriend & Associates, LLCJeff & Colette BangertRita BlittCarolyn BerraDr. Regina NouhanJackie WarrenClarence SimmonsKemper Charitable Trust Inc
CREATOR IBEWBeth LureyThe Hankins FoundationAdam Johnson
Sara CurranMargo KrenRusty and Paula Hauser LeffelPam PefferFacebookAnita TobyLaura NugentJanet SimpsonArts KC Regional Arts CouncilWalter & Daisy MuffAmanda JolleyJeanne LevenLisa BlockJames & Colette MajerleMichael VaughanCarolyn SummersLorrie McEachernSuzann Vogl GeringerSteve MayseMarilyn CarbonellAnnelies StoecklinButtonwood Art SpaceDrs. Bob & Terri MathewsMichael & Catherine ValentineJewish Community Foundation of GKC
PARTNER Kathleen PattonLaura CarrikerJefferson BlairKevin & Genevieve FlynnPatrick & Alice KellerJane PronkoArts KC Regional Arts CouncilBetty BiksonRichard HamiltonLorrie Crystal EiglesLarry Thomas
Bill TinkerBob TravaglioneDr. Jhulan MukharjiSandra Van TuylNikki DealCharlene PryorJerry & Debbie WilliamsTeresa MastroShakura JacksonCarlyle RaineBev GegenCheryl WallMaryellen MungerLinda Filby-FisherGinny JohnsonIone AngilanKelly & Diana WertsCatherine VesceGreater HorizonsRobin VanHoozerMimi PettegrewNora Campbell-HumeRitchie KayeKaren SchoryKwanza HumphreyRae Ann NixonLarry WolfeSharon Hunter-PutschBarbara Lamy CooneyClaudia TrueAnita WetzelJean HowardLarry & Barbara Waterman-PetersAnne GarneyJane BoothBecky BladesJulie FlanaganBarbara Mueller
Linda TeeterJay CoffeltBetsy CacioppoMaryanna AdelmanButch & Corva MurphyJoe BussellLaurel DeFreeceMaura ClutheTerri PollackHolly MillerTeri Keegan-CastropDelaware Street Community AssociationArts Alive KC IncMetalabs, LLCMark & Rhonda ZiemanZahner, Inc.
PATRONS Greg & Susan RighterBrett ChenowethJean Lynn ShoemakerBill BowermanMichael MolickIndiana University South BendKarrie Marie BaxleyWilliam BourneEd & DJ MathenyMichael WallingJP RandJean WenderCarol ZastoupilLorrie BoydstonPaul BrownJeff LyonsJulie CooperPatricia ThomasMarydorsey WanlessGeorge Rousis
Michael TerryRuth ScherrerRuth LaughlinLeonard & Margaret DavisMark ThorsonMark KolosickCatherine Theis-AndersonCynthia BjornMary Ann CoonrodNancy BoveeTrudi BurnsBernadette TorresDiane SalamonTeresa DirksTeede StipichDebra CallawayJim HasselleRachel MindrupJulián & Nathalie ZugazagoitiaFidelity CharitableOliver FancherVanessa LacyJan PrestonElenor ChipmanPaul FeuerbornMichelle WadeJane BoosNelson SmithGrant & Nancy Tilson MallettAnn FriedmanJim NeedhamElda StarkeKathleen MendenhallRita GuileDiane MorganJackie PellowReed FletcherBarbara ToddKarl MarxhausenMonica KettenhofenAngie JenningsDr. Victoria Little
Cecilia RaabJudith BroughamJoleen GoffDistribution By AirSonie Joi RuffinPenny ThiemeSheron SmithSheri SoKatrina RevenaughMary ElmusaLaurene Krasny BrownCathy LoganRoberta EichenbergKyle & Chris DahlquistJoha BisoneCharles ChickRamsay WiseSandy LundyRandy & Linda SeinerMichael & Jennifer KennyNate TrotterJoseph SmithMichael HarpRon & Bonnie ElginKim LindaberryLaura SchonsJohn BakerJames LiesJohn & Debbie LambertonElizabeth RoeLee Ann PerezEric RyserRebecca Barling PashiaTom StyrkowiczAnson OrneryNy WetmoreHomer JanssensMichael CherepakNoel & Vicki RussellRashelle WeissenbachMary Angela Parra ReyesKaren Steen
Gloria HeifnerWanda GreeneAndrea LeeMichael LyonSteve TurleyAmy WrightTim ForcadeNoelle StoffelAdam FinkelstonKirk DeckerJustin BorderRon AndersonHeinrich TohRachelle Gardner-RoeChristy SteinbergRuth KolkerHayes MartensSusan KieferKansas City Society for Contemporary PhotographyJohn HayesHeather RomanKatheryn KrouseRick WrightSarah BergerGary CadwalladerQuinton LucasEli PupovacLeRoy GrubbsTanya LueckKristin Powers NowlinRhonda DavisCallie Parrott-BowerSharon FateUniversity of Wisconsin- MilwaukeeTimothy BusterKathryn BarkerAnastacia DrakeRoy InmanDebra KeithlyJim Ramirez
Lynda LeonardGregory & Mary McCoyLori FluegelSusan GraceGarry Houston-GarnerDan ConradtDeanna DikemanPatricia StreeperTony CartellaSharon NigusDenise ChevalierWanda TynerJeffery & Suzanne CalvertTroy ColbyCandi Ayres-PhillipsHolly BuchholzBill LyonsShelly PintoKathleen MoburgLarry EvansGenevieve LandreganJoseph JurkiewiczPeter IsmertMaxim OkuonghaeTara KaraimCarl D'AmicoMary LeeLeAnn BovaMark KuykendallDaniel BaxleyMark HennickNelson-Atkins Museum of ArtEric CarverNicholas BunnellLaura Petta and Paul TylerDavid V. and Janis E. FrancisIngerlene FrickJeff SmithKimberly MartinDixie BussHeather FarrellDr. Judith Scott
Susan BubbAlexander RaineDavid QuisenberryEmily SmalterBethany SpringerTom MattDavid CollinsDenise RuggeriPaula PettyBrent WheatleySophia ReedSandy WoodsonElise KeelingMark KielkuckiPat VenoPatricia Iris RoneyJean Ann BasoreTeresa GroveDr. Teresa HarrisonJohn KnellLee WalkerTerry RunyanLydia Mallison-JonesHarold SmithDeborah LawlessTom SchillerKelly FinnTrap GalleryLynette UbelLouanne HeinJudy CrisseyBryce RandolTravis StewartStacy KriegDon LambertSteve & Diane EpsteinKaryn EpplerJustin BrowningMichael EngstromCort AndersonMatthew BlakeGlobal Art Materials
Kevin & Julie Hosley&y MaughNancy VuoloKatharina BossmannRobert BallardSean KeiltySusan TinkerAmy CrouseTheresa BenavidezSharon PossonGail McClurePadraig BarryRochelle BricknerAaron RossDoug McNairJudith LevyTheodore Aguirre-LagandreMarty OlsonWilliam HeinekenDesiree WarrenDavid Tierney-KanningSteven HueyRob BauerFred TreaseGeorge ChrismanPaul ToshKelly ConnerRobb ImbierowiczKelly JohnsonCarlo PascoliniBarbara MyersDennis & Sheryl MullinsTJ TempletonJerry DowdleHeidi BenchLisa HealeyDaniela FaillaTrey MorganHeather BeffaLeah Shay-ZapienSharron PerrymanClarence White
Jeremy GartonJenn BrakeDiane FeuerbornPolly McCannJohn JungeSandy LeppinDennis LemonsIris GreggLea MurphyShelley PrestonLisa BurgePaula MarkerKim TaggartKaren Avery MillerScott RandolDaniel RiekenaLinda HanleyDon WilkisonBradey SadlerTina SanchezJulia SteinbergJeanette WeaverDaniel NeyKrystal AntonTaj MattinglySara SellittoHadley LeasmanJean McGuireRobert McNownSusan BlankenshipJames NelsonCarolyn FoxClarissa RandolphSheila StoryNimesha UdaniChristi PattersonMarcia NesbittMaureen MeyersLouis CaskeyOliver WrightLiz HalstedMerik Coltrain
Jill HuxtableDouglas SteffenLee AhlskogBelinda BlakeJoy BakerGregory LeeGayle FaulknerMatthew AllenHugo Ximello-SalidoJennifer SoricAnne LamoyMajo JohnsonEmily CramerJosephine RinerMarcella LallyMargaret RoseBrad UlticanShari ShriverClarissa KnightenHeather GibbonsGary W. WilliamsGlynn & Nancy BrownBeth SauerChar HuntJon OnstotRichard SargentBrad and Jane KleindlJake FowlerKellie Rushelle LehrCathy MoffettCraig AugeCheryl MoranNate EvansThomas MontgomeryAllison OlsenDaniel Garcia
UNDERGROUND GALLERY – BELGER CRANE YARD STUDIOS strives to bring the best and most relevant ceramic makers from across the nation to Kansas City for its Red Star Residency program. The work of these five emerging-career artists along with Studio Manager Tommy Frank displays the cross-section of processes, techniques and conceptual ideas present in the current ceramic field. Artists left to right: Emily Connell, Kelly Daniels, Tommy Frank, Wen-Dan Lin, and Rachel O’Flannagan.
SNAP SPACE – JUSTIN BORDER explores visual storytelling. Through the combination of human figures, elements taken from collaged studies and preliminary drawings and an organic texture that mimics topography, an overall dreamlike atmosphere is constructed. Each piece has a narrative, a sense of reminiscing or of folklore. The story lives somewhere between the conscious and subconscious, within their own imaginary realm that we create when viewing them. Process, collecting, re-purposing materials and research are important factors within his working style and Border finds himself following many of the same patterns when approaching a new work.
Kansas City Artists Coalition
201 Wyandotte #105
Kansas City, Missouri 64105