CSF news from elsewhere.
Via The Pitch
Bricolaje, at La Esquina, examines the personal and the political in the Mexican-American experience
In the news, a border wall is discussed as an economic concern, immigration reduced to statistics and talking points. Bricolaje, a new exhibition at Charlotte Street Foundation’s gallery La Esquina (1000 W 25th St), offers the personal and the specific in contrast to these political generalizations. It manages to be timely without being reactionary.
Via KC Studio
Artist Pages | Fuko Ito: Fumblys, Shruggles and Plushscapes
Using colored pencil, graphite and gel pen, Kansas City/Lawrence artist Fuko Ito conjures imaginary worlds in her entrancing small works featuring “fumblys,” the artist’s name for the invented little characters she presents in “plushy environments.”
Via Informality Blog
Vistas of Decay in Mirror Eupepsia
The death drive was alive in Mirror Eupepsia, an exhibit about decay and transition. Monstrous portraits, deconstructed digital video, and haunting mythological symbols created an environment for the viewer to not only digest, but decompose, while held in the softness of collaboration.
Via KCUR 89.3 FM
Kansas City’s Charlotte Street Foundation Set To Build New Headquarters In Midtown
Kansas City's Charlotte Street Foundation, which for the last 20 years has been a nomadic arts organization with offices, studio residencies, exhibition spaces and black box performances in various spaces around the city, has plans to consolidate its operations at a new location in Roanoke Park.
Via Informality Blog
Kansas City’s Charlotte Street Foundation to Open New Campus
Charlotte Street Foundation (CSF) in Kansas City, Missouri, will be centralizing their artistic and administrative spaces into one 20,000 square foot campus, slated to open at the end of 2019.
Via KCUR 89.3 FM
Inmates’ Airplanes Fly To Freedom In Kansas City Library Exhibition
Benjamin Todd Wills seems to understand that community is all-inculsive. That is, a community is not just made up of law-abiding families and hard-working citizens, it's also composed of those who've made grave errors and are paying the price.
Via KCUR 89.3 FM
KC Artists Engage Community, Pivot From Violence With Creative Expression
Artist Chavonna Adams saw her idea come to life Saturday with the Start the Arts initiative kick-off at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City Public Library. And she was pleased.
"I'm not a first responder," Adams said. "I'm not someone who can just run in and save the day, but I felt that art would be a way to introduce another conversation, another way of doing things, to change the narrative around violence."
Via KCUR 89.3 FM
This Kansas City Artist Traveled 2,000 Miles To Report From The U.S.-Mexico Border
Over the last few weeks, as Kansas City artist Israel Garcia made his way through Texans' backyards to the barrier that divides the United States from Mexico, he imagined everyone in the neighborhood would be well-versed on immigration policy.
Via Startland News
Battery Tour energizes Sunshine Boxes with global vision to power developing economies through music
The Battery Tours, a 2018-19 Rocket Grants recipient — Young’s bootstrapped music festival series powered completely by a combination of solar power and batteries — conducted donations into a $1,000 check, which Hazelrigg will use to pay for two Sunshine Boxes. The 10-outlet devices provide electricity to developing countries. The check presentation is set for noon Thursday at WeWork Corrigan Station, Young said.