2013 Visual Artist Awards Exhibition - Opens November 22

Posted November 4, 2013

Join Charlotte Street and Grand Arts for the opening of the 2013 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards Exhibition, celebrating the work of Mike Erickson, Erika Lynne Hanson, and Paul Anthony Smith, who received Charlotte Street Awards of $10,000 each earlier this year.

Date: Opening Reception, Friday, November 22
Venue: Grand Arts / 1819 Grand Blvd, KCMO 64108
Time: 6-9pm
Gallery Talk with artists: Saturday, November 23 at 2pm
Admission: ALL free and open to the public
Exhibition Runs: Nov 22, 2013 through February 1, 2014
Gallery Hours: Thu-Fri 10-5, Sat 11-5 and by appointment.

The Charlotte Street Awards intend to recognize and support Kansas City-based visual artists of all media who are creating exceptional, contemporary work. Providing artists with financial support, critical recognition, and public exposure, these Awards aim to reward artistic accomplishment to date and to support the continued development of artists’ work and careers.

The 2013 Fellows were selected by a panel of acclaimed curators including Lauren Cornell, The New Museum; Franklin Sirmans, LACMA; and Stacy Switzer, Grand Arts.

For more details about these artists and the exhibition, see the full Press Release.

View the Brochure for the show.

(Images from Left: Erika Lynn Hanson, but of the relationships between the measurements of its space and the events of its past; Paul Anthony Smith, Port Antonio Market #4; Mike Erickson, Lot #01?2013, One Pair Matching Mysterious Dream Pendants. Owner Receives +2 Wisdom and +1 Charisma)

Charlotte Street Foundation

Charlotte Street identifies the needs and fuels the evolution of an ever-changing multidisciplinary arts ecosystem, acting as its primary provocateur. We cultivate the contemporary, the exceptional, and the unexpected in the practice of artists working in and engaging with the Kansas City art community.