Archive for category: NCECA

The artists while at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Photo Courtesy of Katie Parker.

Nothing You’ve Ever Done Before
Arts KC, 106 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, Mo.
Reception: Mar 17, 5:30 – 9pm. Mar 14-29.
Hours during NCECA: Mon-Wed 9am-5pm. Thu (Mar 17) 9am-9:30pm; Fri 9am-5pm.

“Nothing You’ve Ever Done Before,” will reflect the new shifts and directions ceramics is making in the art world and how similar ideas are translated through ceramics, painting, sculpture, and installation. Organized by two KCAI Alumni, Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker. The show will feature work by Future Retrieval, Rebecca Morgan, Amanda Valdez, Paul Wackers, Andy Byers, and Sara Bright.

ArtsKC is thrilled to be an exhibiting gallery for NCECA!

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From Left to Right: Untitled, 2015, by Stephanie Kantor; Untitled (Gold Bush), 2014, by Linda Lopez; Two Cups with Gold Porcelain, 2016, by Julia Galloway; Untitled (Perfect Seed), 2015, by Blanca Guerra; Chasing, Catching, 2016. by Casey Whittier.

Now & Then
Artist Reception: Friday, Mar 18, 5:30 to 7pm
Kansas City Museum 3218 Gladstone Blvd, Kansas City, Mo.

“Now & Then” showcases works offering insight into the intersections between art, culture, and daily life. Set in the Beaux Arts architecture of the Kansas City Museum, this exhibition brings together a selection of graduates and professors from the MFA program at the University of Colorado Boulder as well as some Kansas City ceramicists.

Also on view is “Pueblo to Pueblo: The Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery,” which represents over a hundred tribal cultures, includes ceramic items of everyday as well as ceremonial use. This traveling exhibition is curated by museum professional and scholar Bill Mercer from the Kansas City Museums private collection

Now & Then was co-curated by Casey Whittier who is a recent ArtsKC Rocket Grant recipient.

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Untitled (Conversation Piece: Lips & Legs), 2015, by Dustin Yager, Photo: Peter Lee.
Unconventional Clay: Engaged in Change
Nelson Atkins Museum Project Space, Galleries L7 and L8
Free admission, now – June 12, 2016

How is clay being used today in dynamic, interactive, and innovative ways? “Unconventional Clay: Engaged in Chang e” explores connections between clay, art, social issues, and process. Works by 24 artists range from vessels to large scale installations, with artists responding to contemporary issues while employing innovative approaches to the medium. The exhibition will present ways that projection, 3D modeling, video, and advanced materials can be combined in ways that have an aesthetic and intellectual impact irrespective of their size, but rather in the way they engage viewers. “Unconventional Clay” will also investigate the ways that community-oriented artists create projects that address audience interactivity.

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