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Dive into Kansas City’s art scene this winter with 7 dynamic and diverse exhibits
Throughout January and February, galleries and museums across Kansas City are showcasing an array of work from artists local, regional and national. In this season of fresh starts, what better way than visual arts to explore a fresh side of the metro?
Via Sixty Inches from Center
Review: Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award Exhibition
Each year, Kansas City arts non-profit Charlotte Street enlists a panel of guest judges to select three local artists for their annual Visual Artist Award. The winners participate in an exhibition and are given $10,000, the largest unrestricted prize designated for a local KC artist. This year’s awardees, SunYoung Park, Sean Nash, and Ruben Castillo, have their exhibition: Charlotte Street Fellows ᐧ 2023.
Via Startland News
KC Rainbow Tour highlights LGBTQ+ history: You can legislate us, but our stories keep us alive
Kansas City’s LGBTQ+ history is one of its best kept secrets, Joel Barrett said, explaining his journey to share a wealth of local lore with residents and visitors alike.
The KC Rainbow Tour — a free, 90-minute self-guided driving tour — uses the VoiceMap app to highlight about 20 destinations with LGBTQ+ significance, including the sites of notable historic gay bars like the Dixie Belle and Jewel Box, the former Womontown neighborhood, and the former workhouse in the historic 18th and Vine Jazz District.
Via KC Studio
Honors: Tiara Nicole
Known for her gritty yet sensitive tone, the award-winning Kansas City spoken word artist is a true-to-form storyteller
2023 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Award recipient Tiara Nicole’s path to spoken word began on her way to an anthropology class at Penn Valley Community College. As she passed through the student union, someone handed her a flier about a spoken word competition.
Via KC Studio
Arts News: We Open Shop Opens Wood and Metalworking Instruction to Women, Trans and Nonbinary Makers
The smell of sawdust, the deafening din of power tools, the dull click and spark of the welding gun — these are the visceral, full-bodied sensations of being in a shop, of creating something new and seeing it take shape. However, for women, trans and nonbinary makers, this environment can be thorny with undercurrents of misogyny.
Via KC Studio
Charlotte Street Fellows 2023
Charlotte Street annually honors three outstanding Kansas City-based visual artists with unrestricted cash awards. These Charlotte Street Awards recognize local artists who are creating outstanding artwork and provide financial support, critical attention and increased exposure for Award Fellows with the aim of fostering their continued artistic and professional development.
Via The Pitch KC
Creative incubator Charlotte Street brings meaning to the meaningless at their Dada Fun House Gala
Charlotte Street knows how to party. In a semi- industrial pocket of midtown on October 21, artists, vendors, and patrons showed up and showed out for an absurd night. The Dada Fun House Gala came together with whimsy, candy, and color.
Charlotte Street (CS) acts as Kansas City’s primary “incubator, provocateur, and connector” for contemporary artists in the community while advocating for the arts and artists on a national scale.
Via The University Daily Kansan
Transgender representation takes the screen at Stray Cat Film Center
Transgender lives were first depicted on screen with a focus on tragedy, gender dysphoria and discrimination. Stray Cat Film Center, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is taking a closer look at trans representation in cinema with the Trans Lives On-Screen series alongside University of Kansas film graduate teaching assistant Saturn Rage.
Via kcmo.gov
ReBuild KC Awards $4.4 Million
The City of Kansas City proudly announces its continued commitment to enhancing the community through its ReBuild KC Grant Program. These funds support essential community projects and programs that promote growth, well-being, and development. ReBuild KC has selected 69 projects and programs to receive funds this round.