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Upcoming Charlotte Street Exhibition: SITE Seeing
Avantika Bawa, #FFFFFF, 2020 Kansas City, MO, April 13, 2023: Charlotte Street is pleased to present the exhibition SITE Seeing, opening Friday May 12, 2023, from 6-9 PM in the Charlotte Street Gallery at 3333 Wyoming, KCMO. SITE S …
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SPENCER MUSEUM, CHARLOTTE STREET ANNOUNCE ROCKET GRANTS 2023 CALL FOR ARTISTS
The Spencer Museum of Art and Charlotte Street have announced the 2023 cycle of Rocket Grants, with the call for artists opening online May 15. An information session will be held April 21 at the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas for artists interested in applying. With support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Rocket Grants provide direct funding to artists in the Lawrence and Kansas City area who are creating exceptional, under-the-radar and artist-centered projects in public spaces. Artists, curators, collectives and collaborative groups residing within an 80-mile radius of the Kansas City metropolitan area are eligible to apply.
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Rocket Grants Call to Artists Opens May 15, 2023
Kansas City, MO, April 18, 2023: Charlotte Street and the Spencer Museum of Art are thrilled to announce the 2023 call for Rocket Grants, opening online May 15, 2023. The deadline to apply is June 26, 2023. With support from The Andy Warhol Foundation …
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KC Cares: Artistic license from Imagine That! Kansas City
Artistic expression is for everyone, and Imagine That! Kansas City is working to make sure adults with developmental disabilities get a chance to shine in whatever art medium they choose. Imagine That! is part of an organization called Resources for Human Development based in Philadelphia. Another branch of Imagine That! started in St. Louis before they expanded to Kansas City in 2012. Clients of Imagine That! are adults who have graduated from high school and currently range in age from 20 to 60 but need the support of a day program.
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Charlotte Street’s Annual Open Studios
Mikey Yates in his Studio during 2022 Open Studios Kansas City, MO, April 6, 2023: Charlotte Street’s Studio Residency Program opens its doors on Saturday, April 29, 2023 for its annual Open Studios event. This free community program will be located at …
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2023 Spring Crossroads Artboards on View Now
Installation view of Jessica Heikes east-facing Artboards, Left – Displacement I | Right – Displacement II Kansas City, MO, April 7, 2023: This spring, Charlotte Street is pleased to premiere Artboards by artists Joha Bisone and Jessica Heikes, current …
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Michelle Chan’s Artwork Selected For Charlotte Street’s Crossroads Artboards Program
Work by Michelle Chan will be displayed as part of Charlotte Street's Crossroads Artboards program from July through September of 2023. The billboard will feature photographs by Jeff Tamblyn of Chan’s costume pieces that she created as a Charlotte Street Foundation resident. Last summer, three of Chan’s fiber-based works were featured in the NAAAP-KC group show “I Am” at ArtsKC. The works included a flag quilt titled “Compromise(D)” and two collars titled “Free Hong Kong” and “Tiger Mom.”
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Latin Grammy-Nominated Artist Hosting Event for Women’s History Month: ‘You’re Not Alone’
Mireya Ramos of Flor de Toloache, an all-female mariachi band from New York, isn’t taking her foot off the gas any time soon. Today, the Grammy-nominated artist is gearing up for a St. Patrick’s Day show with Trevor Turla at The Ship. Then she returns to record her next album in Kansas City. But amid her busy schedule, she felt a tug to honor Women’s History Month. She wanted to give back. Ramos has been coming to Kansas City for the past 10 years, connecting with local leaders and artists such as Enrique Chi and Erika Noguera. This visit is different. She is focused on community building and women empowerment.
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One Percent for Art in KC
The new Kansas City International Airport terminal houses the largest collection of public art in the history of the city’s One Percent for Art program. This month, “Flatland in Focus” talks to some of the artists who have benefited from this funding and how a thriving arts community can best be supported.
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Professor Barrois Exhibits at Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City
Professor Lyndon Barrois Jr.’s work is included in “clock:work” at Charlotte Street in Kansas City, MO. The exhibition, on view March 17 through April 29, treats sports as a source of inspiration while questioning the institutional bodies that oversee them. The title, “clock:work,” refers to the timed and regulated structure of sports and art practices in a deadline-focused society, sifting through the topics of iconicity, representation, and systemic injustices. Just how games and races create a beginning and end using the shot clock, innings or starter pistol, the work of artists also exists within a self-imposed time frame that determines when an artwork is considered to be done. The selected artworks range from being critical to celebratory, exploring the individual elements that create a shared culture within sports.
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Charlotte Street 2023 Art Omi Residency and Byron C. Cohen Award Recipients
Sunyoung Park, Finger Language, 2022 Harold Smith, The Rib Man 2022 Kansas City, MO, March 9, 2023: Charlotte Street is pleased to announce the selection of Harold Smith as the Charlotte Street Fellow of the Art Omi International Artists Residency Prog …
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Grammy-winning artist Mireya Ramos hosts Ladies Rock! to celebrate Women’s History Month
Ramos the founder of Ladies Rock! and singer for the Grammy-winning, all-female mariachi band Flor de Toloache, wanted to find a way to uplift women in Kansas City that are artists and creators. This event will be a time to network with local artists and uplift female creators. The event, which is open to all women and allies, will begin with a vocal workshop led by Ramos. In the workshop, participants will experiment with their voices and learn techniques that helped the musician strengthen her own skills.
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Charlotte Street Hosts Free Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop
Kansas City, MO, March 6, 2023: Charlotte Street will host a Theater of the Oppressed Workshop on April 1, 2023 from 1PM to 4PM. The workshop will take place in the Stern Theater at the Charlotte Street campus at 3333 Wyoming, KCMO, 64111. Theatre of t …
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Upcoming KC Rainbow Tour aims to preserve rich KC LGBTQ history
This summer, a new self-guided tour will be launched in honor of Kansas City’s rich LGBTQ history. Joel Barrett has been working on the KC Rainbow Tour over the past year, which will highlight the city's rich LGBTQ history he's uncovered dating back to before Stonewall. Barrett hopes the project will launch by June 3. "I often tell people that essentially what was then known as the gay rights movement, back in the early 60s, was conceived here in Kansas City," he said.
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Boon Area 1 is a surprise community asset reclaiming KC’s tarnished history
When I meet up with Carl at the site on a cold January Friday evening, it’s yellow grass, soft earth and a hand-sculpted ferrocement rain barrel. It’s a living project, requiring tending to and a long-term vision. It is art as environmental justice. It’s racial justice. It’s Boon Area 1. Carl Stafford, founder of MyRegionWins!, created Boon Area 1 to be an “environmental, nature-based, interactive, functional art installation that generates revenue.” The site has a way to go before it’s completed, and unless you lived in the neighborhood, the site in winter might seem unremarkable, something to go unnoticed.
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Charlotte Street to Host Earth/Work: A Climate Conscious Speaker and Activity Series this Spring
Photo Credits: EarthWork promotional image photography (clockwise): “Slope” linocut by Matthew Regier, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve photo by Elizabeth Snell, and farm and veggies photos courtesy of Brooke Salvaggio. Kansas City, MO. February 27, 2023: Th …
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Charlotte Street Announces 2023-2024 Artboards Participants
(left to right) Dry, Wet, Jessica Heikes KANSAS CITY, MO, March 1, 2023: Eight artists have been selected to participate in Charlotte Street’s 2023-2024 Crossroads Artboards program. Located in the heart of Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District at 125 …
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Artist to Watch: Seth Andrew Davis
The Kansas City composer seeks to bridge the performing and visual arts and help curate the Midwestern music scene In just under 10 years, Kansas City composer Seth Andrew Davis, 28, has turned the role of the traditional musician on its side, combining the roles of performer, composer, improviser, producer, technologist and electric guitarist into one holistic endeavor.
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Call Open for the Charlotte Street 2023-2025 Studio Residency Program DEADLINE: MARCH 27, 2023
Gwendolyn Murphy a second year resident in her studio during Open studios, 2022Photo by Beeh Becvar KANSAS CITY, MO, February 23, 2023: Charlotte Street’s call for Studio Residency Program applications opens February 23, 2023. Visual artists, perf …
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New Music Competition Call Seeks Scores by Queer Composers
(Left to right) Kyle Blake Jones, SA and Nathan Mertens from the performance KWEe(a)r(e)Photo by Estuardo Garcia Kansas City, MO, February 21, 2023: Charlotte Street is excited to announce a call for music scores for the New Music Compositions Competit …