LEEDY-VOULKOS ART CENTER JULY FIRST FRIDAY July 6, 2018 6pm - 9pm We will be CLOSED on Wednesday, July 4th Have a Happy and Safe Holiday! |
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RED SQUARE William Counter May 4 - July 6, 2018 Main Gallery Using objects like vintage magazines, album covers, paperback books, etc., William Counter reexamines Pop Art through a socially generated context. Paintings are poetically arranged offering the viewer a personal experience and interpretation based on past and present cultural associations. The artist is personally interested in representing what he terms ‘contradictions and coincidence.’
William Counter is based on his family farm outside of Chapman, Kansas, and a graduate of Painting-Printmaking from KCAI in 1999.
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Raw Umber Scott Seebart May 4 - July 6, 2018 Front Gallery In abstract constructions of observed events, everyday materials are transformed into color, light, texture and mark. Repeated observation of the world sets up a history of ideas. Thoughts and emotions set to paint. Scott Seebart is a painter who lives, paints and teaches in Kansas City, Missouri along with his partner Jessie Fisher and son Tino. He received his BFA from the University of Minnesota, and his MFA from the University of Iowa. He has also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and at the Scoula della Grafica in Venice, Italy. He has taught at the University of Iowa, Wartburg University, University of Missouri, KCAI and Longview Community College. Seebart has shown in many group and solo exhibitions in the United States as well as Italy and China. |
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Optiprismatic Travis Porter June 1 - July 28, 2018 Opie Gallery A combination of the words “optimistic” and “prismatic”, "Optiprismatic" is a collection of colorful, multifaceted monoprints. My process throughout "Optiprismatic" involves layering elements of color and cropped pieces of patterns. The layering simultaneously builds secondary colors while splitting the patterns into smaller facets.
The intersection of unique characteristics creates tension. The resolution creates new shapes and colors with unpredictable yet familiar features. This integration of separate, perhaps opposing, elements doesn’t mean the surrender of identity. Rather, the inclusion of it within a larger context. The hope of creating a new beginning from disparate identities is a driving force throughout this collection.
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Mircotopia Sarah Hearn May 4 - July 7, 2018 Back Gallery Microtopia is a collection of small still lifes that call attention to invisible terrestrial life forms while revealing new, artificial ones. These Lilliputian worlds incorporate specimens I have collected, photographed, drawn or imagined. Each composition is unplanned and has grown spontaneously. Many of the real species appear otherworldly when observed close up- illustrating how reality can be stranger than fiction. ...read more... |
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The Ordinance Project: Voices Raised Curated by Austin R. Williams and Kathryn B. Carpenter June 1 - July 7, 2018 Lower Level Gallery
This installation, curated by Williams and award-winning designer Kate Carpenter, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the ordinance passage by highlighting voices from struggle within the context of the AIDS epidemic—a crisis which fanned the flames of homophobia and forced issues of LGBT discrimination to the forefront of political activism.
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Eric Justin Grimes Memorial Exhibition July 6 - July 28, 2018 |
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Amelia Studio POP-UP SHOP Featuring Work by Amy Harding
July 6, 2018 | 6pm - 9pm
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July 7, 2018 | 11am - 5pm
Amy Harding is a graphic designer and ceramicist from Kansas City. Amelia Studio is her line of modern functional ceramics. Amy first started working with clay nearly 15 years ago, taking classes and workshops locally at the Kansas City Clay Guild, Red Star Studios, and Johnson County Community College, and continues her practice independently and through workshops. Her foundations in graphic design can be seen in the surfaces of her pottery, which include black and white patterns, graphic shapes, and bold colors. The forms are clean and modern, and sometimes serve as a canvas to play with combinations of hazy color — reminiscent of photographic blurs and bokeh — and more focused graphic patterns or botanical illustrations. The Amelia Studio line includes serving pieces, planters, home goods, and, occasionally, jewelry. Amy works out of her home studio in Prairie Village, Kansas. Her work was recently included in STRIKE: an exhibition of clay and flame, presented by Kansas City Urban Potters, and her work can currently be found at the Kansas City Clay Guild’s Centered Earth Gallery and the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Shop. |
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YOU'RE INVITED! Saturday, July 28, 2018 11am-5pm Leedy-Voulkos Art Center During the month of July, we will be hosting an Operation Breakthrough Birthday Closet Toy Drive Fundraiser sponsored by We Are Going to France Designs. Receive 20% off your entire purchase in our Shop when you donate a new toy for a child ages 6 months - 12 yrs old.
Make sure to stop by Saturday, July 28th 11am-5pm, which will be your last day to donate but the most FUN! Enjoy Birthday treats, activities, shopping and the joy of giving. Make a toy or cash donation and receive not only 20% off your purchase but a special "Thank You" gift from We are Going to France Designs. You may also drop off toys and redeem your 20% coupon during our regular gallery hours in July (Wed-Sat from 11am-5pm) from July 6th - July 27th ...read more... |
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The Leedy-Voulkos Art Center now offers Art Money, the new, easier way to buy art! Payments are spread over 10 months. No interest. No fees. Pay a minimum 10% deposit, and take your artwork home. Art Money is available from $1,000 to $50,000 Apply Now! |
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