LEEDY-VOULKOS ART CENTER MAY FIRST FRIDAY May 4, 2018 6pm - 9pm |
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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 - June 30, 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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Mircotopia Sarah Hearn May 4 - June 30, 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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Accumulation Sarah Hearn March 2 - May 26, 2018 Opie Gallery I am an interdisciplinary visual artist researching how humans can collaborate with, understand and learn from nature. My creative practice is strongly rooted in photography, drawing, site-specific installation and participatory culture. As a citizen researcher I incorporate components of the scientific method into my process. Through earnest investigations of biological life and natural phenomena, I make work that reveals shifting boundaries between science, pseudoscience and science fiction. ...read more... |
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Entangled Voices Nicole Hartman, Mary Kuvet and Diana Lerma May 4 - May 26, 2018 KCAI | Undergrads Underground Gallery Nicole Hartman, Mary Kuvet, and Diana Lerma are three graduates of the Kansas City Art Institute displaying works that express the entanglement between the past and present. The work featured addresses questions about isolation, vulnerability, culture and its relationship to language. Through the use of fiber processes such as weaving, paper-making, knitting, piecing and dyeing each artist navigates their own narrative to reflect the tension and conflict that is inherent to their individual circumstances. ...read more... |
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Studio A Trunk Show Featuring Work by Angelica Sandoval Friday, May 4, 6-9pm Saturday, May 5, 11am-5pm This First Friday and Saturday, meet our featured artist, Angelica Sandoval of Studio A as she displays her lovely porcelain jewelry. Purchase something for yourself or someone you care about. Hint Hint: A PERFECT Mother's Day gift! |
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