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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 …
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Charlotte Street Debuts New Series, In(SITE), Featuring a Cosmic Performance by The Forcefields on February 23, 2024
KANSAS CITY, MO, JANUARY 29, 2024: The Forcefields invite you on a collective journey through sonic space for their upcoming performance Transmissions, happening on Friday, February 23, from 7:30-9:00 PM at Charlotte Street (3333 Wyoming St). Musical d …
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Timbre Arts Writing Incubator Aims to Cultivate Critical New Voices in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, MO, JANUARY 26, 2024: A new opportunity for writers will be coming to Kansas City with the debut of the Timbre Arts Writing Incubator, starting Wednesday, February 14, from 6:00-8:00 PM at Charlotte Street (3333 Wyoming St). The Timbre Art …
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Charlotte Street to Receive $35,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts
(Left) Charlotte Street Studio Resident Celina Curry in her studio (Photo by Estuardo Garcia); (Right) Charlotte Street StartUp Residency storefronts, located at the Pendleton Arts Block in Northeast Kansas City KANSAS CITY, MO, JANUARY 24, 2024: Charl …
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Yashi Davalos curated Miss/They Camaraderie 2024 opens Jan. 19 at Charlotte Street
Miss/They Camaraderie 2024 is an exhibition in pageant form that will be open Jan. 19 through March 2, 2024. The show is curated by current Charlotte Street Curatorial Fellow, Yashi Davalos, and can be viewed at the Charlotte Street Gallery, 3333 Wyoming Street. There will be an opening reception at 6:00 pm on Jan. 19.
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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?
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New Crossroads Artboards Feature Artists Grace Suh and Hanna Oliver
Installation of the east-facing Crossroads Artboards featuring Grace Suh, My Kansas / My Korea KANSAS CITY, MO, JANUARY 4, 2024: Charlotte Street is pleased to announce the first Crossroads Artboards for the 2024 season, featuring artwork by Hanna Oliv …
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“Beauty Begets Camaraderie” in Upcoming Exhibition Miss/They Camaraderie 2024, Opening January 19, 2024
Delaney George, Miss Teen Dream #1, Inkjet Print, 24 x 36 inches, 2021 KANSAS CITY, MO, DECEMBER 19, 2023: Premiering at Charlotte Street (3333 Wyoming) on January 19, 2024, 6:00-9:00 PM is the exhibition Miss/They Camaraderie 2024, curated by Charlott …
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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.
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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.
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Call Opens for Crossroads Artboards, Charlotte Street’s 15-Year Public Art Initiative
Installation of the 2023 Summer Crossroads Artboards featuring Michelle Chan and Jeff Tamblyn, To Reject Modernity and Embrace Tradition? KANSAS CITY, MO, NOVEMBER 20, 2023: Charlotte Street is seeking submissions from local artists who want their work …
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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.
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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.