KANSAS CITY, MO, April 8, 2022: Charlotte Street Foundation’s Studio Residency Program opens its doors on Saturday, April 30, 2022 for its annual Open Studios event. This free community event will be located at Charlotte Street’s new campus at 3333 Wyoming Street, Kansas City, MO 64111 from 3:00 to 10:00 PM. Open Studios highlights recent work of the 29 visual artists, writers, and performers currently in the two-year Studio Residency Program.
Visitors will enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process for many of the most forward-thinking emerging and mid-career artists in Kansas City. The lively campus-wide event includes multidisciplinary performances, curatorial talks, readings, and the opportunity to engage with artists in their studio spaces.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
3:00 PM
JERAMY ZIMMERMAN SOLO
Puscheck Courtyard
Jeramy Zimmerman explores play and movement though an interpretive performance.
3:30-4:00 PM
TYREE JOHNSON SOLO
Stern Theater
Producer/Drummer Tyree Johnson performs new tunes blending Jazz, Fusion, Neo-Soul.
4:00-5:00 PM
WRITER’S BLOCK PARTY
Puscheck Courtyard
Resident writers Vanessa Aricco, Jackie Hedeman, Melanie Pierce, JES, and Courtney Faye Taylor read new poems, essays, and excerpts written during the residency.
5:00-5:30 PM
IN ALL FORMS
Stern Theater
Residents Haley Kostas, dance choreographer, and Drea DiCarlo, visual artist, collaborate with musician Conner Giles to present a dark commentary on the experience of mental illness, explored through the connection between shape and sound.
5:30-6:30 PM
EXTEMPORANEOUS MUSIC SOCIETY
Stern Theater
Cybersyn: for ensemble of improvisers, live electronics, and video
Extemporaneous Music Society (EMS) features Ben Baker – woodwinds, Seth Andrew Davis – laptop/electronics, Alex Goldwasser – laptop/electronics, Krista Kopper – double bass, Ian O’Neil – live video, Aaron Osborne – gongs/percussion, and Evan Verploegh – drums
6:00-7:00 PM
DINNER BREAK
Puscheck Courtyard
6:30-7:00 PM
STEPHONNE
Puscheck Courtyard
Stephonne Singleton performs new songs scored for string quartet by fellow resident Adee Dancy.
7-7:30 PM
ROSÉ PEREZ
Stern Theater
Second year performance resident Carrie Anne Wallen’s experimental pop group with Darcy Higgins and Lina Dannov create an interactive, consciousness-expanding performance using fixed media, video montage and live musical instrumentation.
7:45-8:00 PM
All Talk
Stern Theater
Choreography by Caroline Dahm and performed by Ashleah England, Ashlan Zay, and Max Nelson-Steinhoff. “Meaningless talk for the sake of talking.”
8:00-8:30 PM
45° FLAMENCO
Stern Theater
Afilmed excerpt from the full-length production of Orígenes, a music and dance timeline about the influences that created flamenco produced by dancer/choreographer Melinda Hedgecorth with musical direction and guitar and oud by Beau Bledsoe, singer Antonio Rojas, cellist Ezgi Karakus, and percussionist John Currey.
8:30-9:00 PM
AN UNTUCHING, EN FOOR PARTS
Puscheck Courtyard
Visual resident Johanna Winters presents a new collaborative performance with New York-based cellist and composer Ethan Philbrick. This work explores the politics of touch by pairing experimental shadow puppetry and new music for solo cello.
9:00-9:30 PM
HOMAGE to HOME
3rd Floor Lounge
Site specific immersive performance with a disorienting domestic scene combining musical performance with theatre and sculpture created by residents Adee Dancy and Mary Clara Hutchinson.
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For an interview or to request further information please contact Boi Boy, Communications and Volunteer Coordinator, at [email protected].
ABOUT THE STUDIO RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Charlotte Street’sStudio Residencyprogram provides visual artists, writers, and generative performing artists with a rich creative environment that promotes community-building, creative production, artistic experimentation, learning, and cross-disciplinary work. Approximately 30 artists each year receive free studio space (accessible 24/7), rehearsal space, professional development, exhibition and performance opportunities, and mentorships. Charlotte Street’s annual Open Studios event makes Resident art more accessible to a broad public audience and encourages exchange and collaboration among the Studio Residents. Artists receive Studio Residency for two-year terms, on a rotating basis, with a new cohort of approximately 15 residents joining each June.
ABOUT CHARLOTTE STREET
Charlotte Street centers Kansas City’s most forward-thinking visual artists, writers, and performers—acting as the primary incubator, provocateur, and connector for the region’s contemporary arts community, and its leading advocate on the national stage. Since 1997, Charlotte Street has distributed over $2 million in awards and grants to artists and their innovative projects, and connected individual artists to each other and to the greater Kansas City community. For more information about Charlotte Street, its awards, programs, and initiatives, visit www.charlottestreet.org.
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