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Kansas City artist Harold Smith is everywhere these days — including on the TV show ‘Bel-Air
For decades, Harold Smith has created colorful paintings and multimedia works in his Kansas City, Kansas, living room. These days, he has a big new space and his artwork is in museums and on national television.
Harold Smith's paintings are easy to spot in the TV show “Bel-Air,” a reboot of the 1990s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
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Charlotte Street Fellows create portals at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
I wasn’t ready to travel into new dimensions on a Tuesday afternoon. But at the Nerman Museum, the artworks of Charlotte Street Foundation fellows glyneisha, Cory Imig, and Kathy Liao created portals that shaped the space around me in new ways.
Cory Imig’s abstract installations, glyneisha’s sacred spaces, and Kathy Liao’s massive drawings constitute the Portals show housed within the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College.
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For experimental musicians in Kansas City, sometimes a traditional concert hall just won’t do
The grand concert hall may not host experimental music as much as traditional performances, but musicians creating new, more avant-garde compositions are finding homes and audiences for their work.
With vaccination cards in tow, Kansas City's music lovers have ventured back to venues where they can enjoy the anticipation of a live performance, buoyed by the energy of the musicians.
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Charlotte Street Foundation grants opportunities for Kansas City artists
The long-time supporter of the arts has been approved for a $35,000 grant to support studio and startup residencies.
Two programs will be supported by this grant from the National Endowment of Arts: studio residency and startup residency.
Charlotte Street’s studio residency program provides visual artists, writers, and generative performing artists with free studio and rehearsal space, professional development, exhibition and performance opportunities, and mentorships.
Jada Patterson, a current studio resident says she's benefited from the program. It allows her to interact with other artists and bounce ideas off her peers. Engaging with other artists is something Jada says she really thrives on and was unable to do during the pandemic.
Via KC Studio Magazine
Cultural Producer Grants Unveiled in Kansas City
Charlotte Street Foundation’s New Grant Series Breathes Life into Kansas City’s Grassroots Art
As the broader Kansas City cultural landscape reemerges from the depths of a pandemic, the Charlotte Street Foundation has inaugurated a new funding stream to benefit some of the community’s smallest creative organizations. Unveiled in 2021, the Cultural Producer Grants are the product of an intensive collaboration between the Charlotte Street Foundation team and David Hughes, Jr., the group’s founder and emeritus director.
Although Kansas City’s arts community is fortunate to have the support of innumerable generous benefactors, the Cultural Producer Grants are specifically geared toward assisting small, artist-run operations that typically subsist on modest budgets. Amy Kligman, executive director of the Charlotte Street Foundation, explains how these organizations “have historically been underfunded and are primarily run on the volunteer efforts and funds of the organizers . . . we are hoping to contribute to more sustainable and equitable ongoing operations for the grantees.”
Via KC Studio Magazine
Worth Waiting For
After a year deferred, the 2020 Charlotte Street Foundation Fellows finally get their exhibition at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. Recognized for their excellent work and chosen by a panel of local and national curators, the artists receive financial support and exposure through their exhibition.
Via Kansas City Magazine
Why You Won’t Hear Any Jazz Standards At Eddie Moore’s New Series
Since Eddie Moore arrived in Kansas City in 2010, he has been a trailblazer on the jazz fusion scene and beyond. His original music draws heavily from hip-hop with live sampling and looping, as well as soul and rock, all while remaining deeply rooted in the improvisatory nature and tradition of jazz. His 2013 debut album as a bandleader, The Freedom of Expression by Eddie Moore & The Outer Circle, gained momentum and was awarded a solid review from Downbeat Magazine. In August, in conjunction with Charlotte Street Foundation, Moore launched a one-of-a-kind multimedia performance series: ProdoLAB. The series brings together creatives of all types, combining improvised music and visual art.
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“With Liberty and Justice” Charlotte Street Foundation
Organized by the Charlotte Street Foundation’s Jedel Family Foundation Curatorial Fellow Kimi Kitada, “With Liberty and Justice” features the works of nine contemporary artists looking closely at American history. As Kitada stated on the foundation’s website, “the show provides a space to re-learn histories, focusing on the omissions and erasures of BIPOC voices in American history.”
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Kansas City Underground Film Festival, Charlotte Street Foundation
If there is something close to cinema withdrawal, it would be the sensation of having just returned from a trip to someplace both exotic and familiar. The Kansas City Underground Film Festival, which opened Sept. 16 and runs through Sept. 26, features 114 films, culled, says KCUFF’s director and co-founder Willy Evans, from 800 submissions requiring 400 hours of viewing by the KCUFF board. Represented are 27 countries, and 39 of the films are from filmmakers in Missouri and Kansas. The festival succeeds in presenting the familiar in its weirdness and the exotic in its commonplace.