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Charlotte Street Executive/Artistic Director Announces Resignation
National Search for New Leadership Begins KANSAS CITY, MO, June 9, 2024: After nine years as Executive/Artistic Director at Charlotte Street, Amy Kligman publicly shared her plans today to exit the organization at the end of 2024. Charlotte S …
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“Read the Room,” Charlotte Street
The enduring appeal of comics dwells in the art form’s fundamental power of sequential imagery to tell any story by anyone who has something to say.
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KC Public Theatre’s “The Head of Medusa” Lets a Tragic Figure Tell Her Own Story
Third annual KC Public Theatre's Theatre Lab Fest at Charlotte Street Foundation brings classic stories with fresh perspectives to the stage.
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One-Night Showcase Highlights the Diverse Talents of Drummers Across Generations
KANSAS CITY, MO, June 4, 2024: The June installment of Charlotte Street’s in(SITE) series features the upcoming one-night-only showcase titled Give the Drummer Some. Friday, June 28th 7PM at Charlotte Street’s Stern Theater promises to be a spectacular …
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Charlotte Street Announces 18 Artists for the 2024-2026 Studio Residency
Clockwise from top left: Merry Sun, Wayward Bridge, Westward Sun, 2023, Oriented strand board, coated steel pipe, cement, 12 channel live processed sound (CPU w/ Max MSP, 20 speakers, 6 amplifiers, 2 interfaces); Tommy Lomeli, Kandy Krater, 2022, Stone …
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Upcoming Charlotte Street Exhibition Invites Viewers to Read the Room
Clockwise from right: Jenny Jo Hrabe, Untitled, 2021; Josh Rios, Lightning Snatched from the Tyrant of Time, Ongoing collage series 2024; Momoko Usami & Joshua W. Cotter, Traversing Twilight, 2023 Kansas City, MO, May 17, 2024: Charlotte Stree …
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Rocket Grants 2024 Call for Artists Now Open
Image: Hazlett Henderson and Skyler Adamson planting fruit trees (April 6, 2024) Kansas City, MO, May 13, 2024: Charlotte Street and the Spencer Museum of Art are pleased to announce the 2024 open call for Rocket Grants, with applications accepted thro …
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Charlotte Street Announces 2024 Cultural Producer Grant Recipients
Kansas City, MO, May 9, 2024: Charlotte Street is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Cultural Producer Grants. This year, Charlotte Street has awarded 8 grassroots arts organizations and artist-run pr …
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Spring Crossroads Artboards on View Now
KANSAS CITY, MO, May 7, 2024: Charlotte Street is pleased to premiere Artboards this spring by artists Andrew Mcilvaine and Hùng Lê, currently installed at 125 Southwest Boulevard. The Artboards program is a collaboration with the Crossroads Community …
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Charlotte Street’s Annual Open Studios Returns April 27
Originally from Bari, Southern Italy, first year Charlotte Street Resident Alberto Racanati (alias Alber) is a musician and creator established in Kansas City, MO KANSAS CITY, MO, April 11, 2024: Charlotte Street’s Residency Program opens its door …
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Charlotte Street Launches 3-Part Guest Curator Series
Left to Right: Curators Taylor Jasper, Jadine Collingwood, and Carlos Quijon, Jr. KANSAS CITY, MO, April 3, 2024: Charlotte Street is pleased to announce its 2024 The Guest Curator lecture series featuring Taylor Jasper, Assistant Curato …
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Charlotte Street Launches Three-Part Guest Curator Series
Charlotte Street has announced its 2024 The Guest Curator lecture series featuring Taylor Jasper, Assistant Curator of Visual Arts, Walker Art Center; Jadine Collingwood, Associate Curator, MCA Chicago; and Carlos Quijon, Jr., Curator, Philippine Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale and C-MAP Fellow for Southeast and East Asia, MoMA. These curators will travel to Kansas City to give a public talk, as well as engage with local artists for studio visits.
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Eight Local Artists Commissioned for Charlotte Street 2024-2025 Crossroads Artboards
July-September 2024 Crossroad Artboards, Celina Curry, Making Memories (image proposal) KANSAS CITY, MO, March 13, 2024: Eight artists have been selected to participate in Charlotte Street’s 2024-2025 Crossroads Artboards program, supported in part by …
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Final Week Farewell: “Miss/They Camaraderie 2024” exhibition curated by Yashi Davalos
This is the last week to immerse yourself into Charlotte Street’s newest exhibition, Miss/They Camaraderie 2024. Curated by Charlotte Street Foundation Fellow Yashi Davalos, this innovative exhibit converges the worlds of Black beauty pageants and drag performance, offering a compelling exploration of intersectionality and identity.
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Charlotte Street Announces 2024 Art Omi + Byron C. Cohen Award Recipients
(Left to right) 2024 Art Omi Artist Residency recipient Jill Downen (Photo by Honesty Taszhé Gant); 2024 Byron C. Cohen Award recipient Aleah Washington KANSAS CITY, MO, February 27, 2024: Charlotte Street is pleased to announce the selection of Kansas …
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“Miss/They Camaraderie 2024,” Charlotte Street Foundation
Under blinding stage lights, only one is crowned, but there is a bond backstage of shared experiences and desires. At Charlotte Street, the exhibit “Miss/They Camaraderie 2024” is filtered through the lens of a beauty pageant, homing in on themes of race, class and sexuality. Archival materials from Kansas City archives, including the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America, the Black Archives of Mid-America and the Kansas City Public Library, are interspersed with both lens-based and sculptural art.
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Charlotte Street introduces a new art series with ‘In(SITE): Transmissions’
Charlotte Street introduces a new series, IN(SITE), that will debut Friday, Feb. 23. The series kicks off with the performance Transmissions by artists Julia Othmer, and James T. Lundie, known collectively as The Forcefields. Transmissions will begin at 7:30pm in the Charlotte Street Stern Theater and will run for an hour and a half.
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Charlotte Street Announces 2024 Visual Artist + Generative Performing Artist Award Fellows
(Left to right) Kevin Demery, Seance of the Unarmed, 2022; Juan Diego Gaucin, Separation, 2020; Aleah Washington, Season of Harvest, 2023; Haley Kostas; Unique Hughley KANSAS CITY, MO, FEBRUARY 13, 2024: Charlotte Street is pleased to announce the 2024 …
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Missouri Arts Council to Honor 2024 Missouri Arts Awards Recipients
St. Louis, MO – On Wednesday, February 7, the Missouri Arts Council will honor the recipients of the 2024 Missouri Arts Awards, the state’s highest honor in the arts, at the Missouri State Capitol. The ceremony is open to the public.
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Artists Jill Downen and Corey Antis Invite the Community to Investigate the Urbanscape in Workshop Series and Exhibition Reflecting the City
Jill Downen, Test Piece, Metal leaf and concrete, 2024 KANSAS CITY, MO, JANUARY 24, 2024: Charlotte Street is pleased to announce Reflecting the City, a series of workshops and an exhibition that invites the Kansas City community to investigate the urb …