Join the ARGOT/NOTS as they celebrate the release of the pilot episode for their new web series, Critical Discourse. Critical Discourse is a web-based video series committed to removing the jargon from art rhetoric. The event will take place in La Esquina Gallery and is open to the public. The event is free and free drinks by Boulevard Brewing Company will be provided to guests.
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Donor listing as of March 5, 2025
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Anonymous
David Hughes, Jr.
Hall Family Foundation
Louetta M. Cowden Foundation
Missouri Arts Council
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund, City of Kansas City, MO
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc
Richard C. Green Jr. IRA
Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts
Ruth Foundation of the Arts
Windgate Foundation
Cade Black, LLC / Emily and Todd Voth
Ellen and Jamie Copaken
Hallmark Corporate Foundation
Seeley Foundation
Tremaine Foundation
ArtsKC
Ann Baum
Joan Horan
Emily and Mark Johnson
Lisa Schmitz Interior Design
Laura and Hatch McCray
Sue and Lewis Nerman
Charlie and Jeanne Sosland
Sosland Foundation
21c Museum Hotel Kansas City
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Creative Planning Foundation
Pam and Gary Gradinger
Kissick Construction Company
Mid America Arts Alliance
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP
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Eileen Cohen
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Dible Foundation
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Joseph Gray
Donald Hall, Jr
Amy and Jeff Hargroves
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Myles Howell
Hufft
Jane E. Ratcliffe Charitable Fund
Leonard and Irene Bettinger Philanthropic Fund
Mike Lyon
Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund
Josue Montes
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Newkirk Novak Construction
Andrea and Kent Price
Pure Workplace Solutions
Lisa and Charles Schellhorn
Lisa and Chuck Schmitz
Senorita Margarita
Linda Shipp
Susan Stanton
Stephen Abend
Maryanna Adelman
Beverly Ahern
Mark Allen
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Spencer Museum Of Art
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Sandy Banks
Jenna Bauer
Holly Bawden
Nancy Bean
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Wesley D Benson
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Bruce Bettinger
Noah Blackwell
James Michael Bland
Whitney Bones
Brooke Bowlin
Douglas Brahl
jessica bressler
Mary Lou Brous
Lydia Butler
Bridget Cain
Cheryl Calderon
Poppy DI Candeloro
Stuart Carden
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Jennifer Davidner Cattano
Conrad Cedar
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CJ Charbonneau
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John Houston
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City In Motion Dance Theatre Inc
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Sherri Jacobs
Rachael Jane
Andrew Johnson
Lisa Johnson
Katheryne Johnson
Frank Jurden
Jefnah Kamal
Gordon Kauffman
Sandra Kelly
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Shannon King
Amy Kligman
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Andrew Linn
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Melanie Miller
Randell Moore
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Noah Peairson
Elizabeth Penick
Shai Perry
Matt Phillips
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Randall Roberts
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Anne Russ
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Jeff Shafer
Phil Shafer
Lee Smalter
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Debra Smith
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Stewart
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Steven Swartzman
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Mary Watkins
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Charlie Williams
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Burgess Zbryk
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Folly Theater
Hemma Hemma
KC Daquari Shop
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Taco Naco
The Prospect KC
Unicorn Theatre
Yoli Tortilleria
Max Adrian
Archive Collective
Argot/Nots
Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez
Craig Deppen-Auge
Justin Beachler
Boi Boy
Jessica Borusky
Thayer Bray
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Tim Brown
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Michelle Chan
Miranda Clark
Christopher Daharsh
Rena Detrixhe
Drea DiCarlo
Molly Dillon
Eric Dobbins
Lindsey Eskind
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Amy Fredman
Madeline Gallucci
Fredy Gebuardy
Mariah Gillespie
Brett Ginsburg
Rachel Helm
Adriane Herman
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Mary-Clara Hutchison
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Leon Jones
Melanie Johnson
Matthew Krawcheck
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Zachary Miley
Cristina Muniz
Gwendolyn Murphy
Carrie Musick
S.E. Nash
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Daiana Oneto
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Jada Patterson
Matthew Roche
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Lara Shipley
Lauren Sobchak
Damien Spader
Maegan Stracy
Gillian Tobin
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Joey Watson
Jennifer Wilkinson
Jennifer Williams
Johanna Winters
Elizabeth Woodfill
Zachary Voss
Mikey Yates
Jillian Youngbird
Erin Zona
Vanessa Aricco
The Bohemian Magazine
CJ Charbonneau
Mo Dickens
Jackie Hedeman
Lauren Kirby
Will Meier
Melina Neet
Melanie Pierce
Paris of the Plains
Jason Preu
David Wayne Reed
John Elizabeth Stintzi
Kent Szlauderbach
Courtney Faye Taylor
Danny Volin
Craig M. Workman
Lucas Wetzel
Karan Karla Aron
Black House Collective
Rev. William Ellis Bradley
Beth Byrd
Chin Ting Chan
Caroline Dahm
Adee Dancy
Seth Andrew Davis
Chadi El-Khoury
Gamelan Genta Kasturi
Leo Gayden
Jane Gotch
Melinda Hedgecorth
Danielle Hennerberg
Elizabeth Hougland
Hellerud
Tyree Johnson
Kacico Dance
Ted King-Smith
Haley Kostas
Cat Mahari
Andi Meyer
Erin Muenks
Nicholas Omiccioli
Brian Padavic
MacKenzie Reed
Shades of Jade
Stephonne Singleton
Russell Thorpe
Carrie Anne Wallen
Jeramy Zimmerman
Stray Cat Film Center
1662 Broadway Blvd, KCMO
www.straycatfilmcenter.com
Stray Cat Film Center is an artist-run non-profit media arts organization and neighborhood microcinema space. Stray Cat is dedicated to offering our community film programming that reflects the diversity of voices and visions in cinematic expression and using cinema as a conduit to inspire, educate and explore.
Blackbox on Troost
4001 Troost Avenue, KCMO
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Driven by artists and community leaders from the Troost Corridor and the east side of Kansas City, Blackbox on Troost hosts community theater performances, learning workshops, cross-disciplinary media collaborations and more. Cynthia Hardeman, former Neighborhood Artists Resident and Founder of Drama Time, will lead the ongoing transition from the NAR residency site into a community performance space.
Kansas City Public Theatre (2019-20 StartUp Residents)
2300 Independence Avenue, KCMO
https://kcpublictheatre.org
Kansas City Public Theatre provides access to the arts through year-round theatre entertainment free of charge to the public. This mission is carried out in two activities: first, through producing aesthetically and ideologically diverse new works and reimagined classics which reflect the unique history and concerns of the Kansas City community; and second, to cultivate civic-minded artists, audiences, and citizens through community-based devised theatre workshops. By providing quality theatre productions free of charge to the public, Kansas City Public Theatre envisions theatre as an essential cultural good which should be fully accessible to all members of the community.
Kansas City Society of Contemporary Photography (2019-20 StartUp Residents)
2300 Independence Avenue, KCMO
http://kcscp.org/
Kansas City Society of Contemporary Photography (KCSCP) is an artist centric organization. They focus on providing opportunities for photographers to exhibit and promote their photographic work in Kansas City and surrounding areas. KCSCP offers a minimum of four exhibits a year with no boundaries put on what type of work can be submitted so long as it be founded in some way on a photographic process. They have several members working in alternative processes, so KCSCP intends to offer more programing featuring those mediums–wet plate, cyanotype, digital collage and printing to unusual substrates are of interest to members and non-members alike. KCSCP offers workshops and demonstrations and plans to create an atmosphere of collaboration with the Northeast neighborhood and greater community by offering talks and hands-on experiences that are appealing to various ages.
