Upcoming Events
Saturday, October 24, 2026; Sponsor Pre-party from 6-7 PM; Main Event 7-11 PM
2026 Gala: Rodeo Nouveau
The best art party ’round town is just ’round the corner!
Wet your whistle and enjoy fine vittles with fellow supporters at the best art party ’round town—immersive installations, performances, and activations from local artists and off-the-wall-activities! Enter the corral designed by Gaylin Eugene Nicholson, try for 8 seconds on Mecha-Moo the bucking robobull, clown around with our friends from The Emerald, encounter cowboy flash with The DynamitExperience, serenade a lonely cowpoke with Brodeo-kee, saunter into Hunter Silvey‘s absinthe-washed lounge, practice your lasso skills with President Your’Majesty Elbey riding in from Copper Boyz Ranch, saddle up for some ink from Tintoretta Tattoo Studio, and do-si-do the night away with DJ Dr. Violet Dream! We’ll have vittles from Allouise Pâtisserie, Casa Ama, Dispatch Pizza, Golden Brown, Nivis’ Minis, The Town Co./Dear Donna, Workman’s, andYoliTortilleria. Gala Sponsors will enjoy fine provisions from Clay & Fire. Wet your whistle with Beer Oro and custom cocktails from gala beverage director Nicole Dearing.October–December 2026
Crossroads Artboards: Caroline Honas / Arin Yoon
Charlotte Street is pleased to premiere Artboards this winter by artists Caroline Honas and Arin Yoon, to be installed at 125 Southwest Boulevard. The Artboards program captures the creative spirit of the Crossroads neighborhood and serving as an alternative outdoor platform where artists’ work can be viewed during all hours of the day. The current work will remain on view through the end of December 2026.
Caroline Honas says of her Artboards:
Rendered as oil paintings, these two images depict the vibrant duality of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. The prairie is a delicate, dwindling environment. These partnered paintings characterize this landscape through stylized flora and the interwoven patterns. The first image depicts woody encroachment, a natural phenomenon spurred on by climate change, wherein native and naturalized trees are slowly spreading across the plains, disrupting the tallgrass by occupying root space and blocking the sun. Woody encroachment is one of the biggest threats to the last remaining prairies. Growth, in this phenomena, means decline. The second image depicts evidence of controlled burning. This custodial practice is traced back to Indigenous land caretaking, and is used to promote soil health and burn off invasive growth. The charred grass stalks fertilize the soil which protects the deep roots. Fire, typically seen as a destructive force, becomes a symbol for regeneration.
Kansas City lies on the easternmost edge of the tallgrass ecoregion. These paintings blend imagery captured from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, the Konza prairie, Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie Park, and the Flint Hills
My long-term project ‘To Be At War’ explores the social impacts of war on the military community. To understand my new role as a military spouse living on a remote military base, I began taking pictures to make sense of this life. I don’t recall at what point I realized that John had poor hearing. Service members are at a greater risk of hearing loss than their civilian counterparts due to repeated exposures to high intensity noise such as small arms fire and explosions from training exercises and deployments. It’s something I became accustomed to and now, my children too. John was shot in 2007 during the “surge” in Iraq. It was not until recently that the children were old enough to notice the scar on his right shoulder. “Will Daddy get shot by a sniper again?” my youngest asked. I began thinking about the trauma that we inherit through John’s experiences with war. I wanted to make a photograph of John’s hearing aid, which for me, symbolized this secondary trauma. When our son, Teo, drew close to his ear, his face close enough for John to feel the warmth of his breath, I knew this was the photograph that I was trying to make.
Date- April 18, 2021
Location- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
About the Crossroads Artboards
Since 2008, the Crossroads Artboards has featured over 100 commissioned works by Kansas City-area artists. The Artboards capture the creative spirit of the Crossroads neighborhood while serving as an alternative platform for contemporary art. For a complete listing of artists and more information, visit charlottestreet.org/crossroads-artboards.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 from 6:00-9:00 PM
2026 Artist INC Live WorkShare
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 from 7:30-9 PM
EMAS Presents
EMAS Presents is an experimental and improvised music series curated by Seth Andrew Davis + Evan Verploegh. An extension of the collective Extemporaneous Music & Arts Society, EMAS Presents highlights local, national, and international music practitioners to grow Kansas City’s improvised music community.November 13 & 14, 2026
Nightshades Experimental Animation Festival
Nightshades is a free experimental animation screening by and for the animators of Kansas City, Missouri happening November 13 and 14, 2026! Applications are now open to the submit your work to be part of Nightshades! It is free to submit (and to attend).Requirements for submission:
- Filmmakers must live in or be from Kansas or Missouri
- Animation must be "experimental" in content, medium, or technique.
- Films should be approximately 15 seconds to 15 minutes in length.
- No AI
- Films must be finished (no in process work)
- Content is NOT required to be family friendly, but no racist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive content will be allowed.
Apply through this Google form: bit.ly/nightshades-apply
Thursday, November 19, 2026 from 6–7:30 PM
Beyond the Studio: Lisa Maione
