New 2014-2015 Residencies Kick Off with Artist “slide slam”

Charlotte Street Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of 22 visual artists, 5 writers, and 11 performing artists and ensembles for year-long Charlotte Street Foundation studio residencies, to begin September 2014. Charlotte Street Foundation’s Studio Residency Program provides free studios, rehearsal space, and related support for artists of all disciplines in downtown Kansas City. The 2014-15 residents, selected through a competitive process beginning with an open call for applications, include some artists relocating to Kansas City.

Studio Residents Slide Slam
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Time: 7pm
Location: la Esquina gallery \ 1000 West 25^th St , KCMO

To kick off the new studio residency year, the public is invited to meet the artists and learn about their work at a free “Studio Residents Slide Slam” on Wednesday, September 17, 7:00pm at Charlotte Street’s la Esquina gallery. This fun, informal evening will feature 3-minute (timed) slide presentations (10 slides per artist) by 38 of the incoming studio resident artists—thus providing a rapid-fire introduction to the work, ideas, processes and personalities of these diverse artists.

THE 2013-14 CHARLOTTE STREET STUDIO RESIDENTS ARE:
VISUAL ARTISTS: Miranda Bertucci, Jessica Borusky, Thayer Bray, Shenequa Brooks, Tim Brown, Hannah Carr, Rena Detrixhe, Fredy Gabuardy, Mariah Gillespie, Sarah Hearn, Adriane Herman, Paige Hinshaw, Melanie Johnson, Cristina Muniz, Carie Musick, Marco Rosichelli, Gillian Tobin, Zachary Voss, Joey Watson, Jennifer Wilkinson, Elizabeth (Annie) Woodfill.
WRITERS: Lauren Kirby, Melina Neet, The Bohemian, Danny Volin, Lucas Wetzel.
PERFORMING ARTISTS: William Bradley, Chin Ting Chan, Jane Gotch, Elizabeth Hougland, Cat Johnson, Russell Thorpe, Joshua Williams, Black House Collective, Gamelan Genta Kasturi, Hellerud, Kacico Dance.

Images from left: The Bohemian, Botopia; Rev. William Bradley, Reverend Gold Recordings; Shenequa Brooks, Half-Circle; Adriane Herman, Dually Noted (with Brian Reeves).

For more details, see the full Press Release.