KCAI Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice

Opening today! This two-week exhibition features works by current third year students at KCAI. Schedule your visit today, we hope to see you here!

KCAI Gallery is a proud sponsor of A Common Sense Reading Series and hope you can make it this week's event!

"Bring Blockbuster Back" by Em Gustavson. Schedule a visit at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-tickets-144003114191

"Prauge German" by Jackson Daughety. Schedule a visit at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-tickets-144003114191

"From the Sludge" by Zoe Mayne Schedule a visit at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-tickets-144003114191

"Anat Cohen Quartetinho" by Ricardo Rosales. Schedule a visit at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-tickets-144003114191

"Gough Island Collaborative" by Catherine Lynott Schedule a visit at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-tickets-144003114191

"Body as Power" by Dakota Hume Schedule a visit at: http://ow.ly/2sVz50DVcFU

"Lost and Found" by Hannah Bernadette Negrete Schedule a visit at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-tickets-144003114191

"The Matron" by Morgan Van Ross Schedule a visit at: http://ow.ly/5ovy50DVcFV

kcai_crossroads_gallery 3 KCAI Third Year Students, Spring 2021 Schedule a visit at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-tickets-144003114191

3 KCAI Third Year Students, Spring 2021 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-tickets-144003114191 exhibition graphics by KCAI Senior, Fiona Dougan

With the closing of "Revolution in our Lifetime: An Exhibition in Three Parts," we want to highlight the Leonard Pryor Scholarship. As part of the exhibition, KCAI has received a matching gift up to $500 for the Leonard Pryor Scholarship. This scholarship benefits a KCAI student of color who has demonstrated leadership through student groups, clubs and activities on campus. Leonard Pryor was KCAI’s first African American graduate ('51, Painting). Known as a loyal, encouragin...g mentor, Pryor taught drawing and painting as a member of the faculty for almost a decade before becoming the first African American Academic Dean at KCAI from 1968-1972. Mr. Pryor passed away in 2015 and the scholarship bearing his name was established by his friends and family, who wished to carry forward his legacy at KCAI. If you would like to make a donation to the Leonard Pryor Scholarship, visit donate.kcai.edu and click GIVE. Image is "Freedom" by Emory Douglas #ContemporaryOnCampus #KCAIGalleryCenterForContemporaryPractice

"Revolution in Our Lifetime" by Emory Davis, and the namesake for our current exhibition Revolution in Our Lifetime: An Exhibition in Three Parts.

Thank you from all of us here at the KCAI Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice to all those who exercised their right to vote either today or in the last few weeks. #ContemporaryOnCampus #KCAIGalleryCCP #Vote2020

Happy Halloween! Stay safe and enjoy a WIP photo of our now finished mural by Emory Davis and recreated by KCAI students! Schedule a time to come see it here in our gallery soon!

Thank you everyone who came out to our space during the AAAC collection as part of Revolution in Our Lifetime, An Exhibition in Three Parts. We love to see all of the thoughtful conversations the collection has inspired. We'll be back October 30th, continuing to display the work of Emory Douglas as well as the newly displayed works from KCAI students. #ContemporaryOnCampus #KCAIGalleryCCP... Photos by Daniel D'Angelo

Our last Spotlight Saturday with the African American Artists Collective is Glenn North. North is a founding member of the Collective and is currently filling his appointment as the Poet Laureate of the 18th & Vine Historic Jazz District. He serves as the Executive Director or Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center in Kansas City and is the former Director of... Education and Public Programs at The Black Archives of Mid-America. He is also the author of City of Song, a collection of poems inspired by Kansas City’s rich jazz tradition and the triumphs and tragedies of the African American experience. He is a Cave Canem fellow, a Callaloo creative writing fellow and a recipient of the Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Award and the Crystal Field Poetry Award. His work has appeared in Kansas City Voices, One Shot Deal, The Sixth Surface, Caper Literary Journal, Platte Valley Review, Kansas City Voices, KC Studio, Cave Canem Anthology XII, The African American Review, and American Studies Journal. He collaborated with legendary jazz musician, Bobby Watson, on the critically acclaimed recording project, Check Cashing Day. #ContemporaryOnCampus #KCAIGalleryCCP Poem is "Celebration" by Glenn North Image by Daniel D'Angelo

Don't miss out! Today until 5pm is the last day to see the AAAC works on display here at the KCAI Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice.Get your free tickets on Eventbrite, and come visit! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/revolution-in-our-lifetime-an-

Don't miss out! Tomorrow up through October 20, 2020 is your last opportunity to see the first part of Revolution in Our Lifetime, an Exhibition in Three Parts. Make sure to reserve your free tickets through our Eventbrite page and come see this powerful collection from the AAAC before it is gone! #ContemporaryOnCampus #KCAIGalleryCenterForContemporaryPractice Image is part of "Conversations on Signs" by Jason Piggie

We are grateful as always for the continued community support we have received! Make sure to schedule a time to come check out the collection soon, and stay tuned for more exciting updates here on our social media. #ContemporaryOnCampus #KCAIGalleryCenterforContemporaryPractice

This Sneak Peak Saturday we are so excited to have one of our artists from the African American Artist Collective, Michelle M. Beasley, visiting us here at the gallery today. Beasley creates autobiographical paintings that deal with "her multifaceted life and a reality shared by so many women." It is real simple for me ‘I love art.’ I knew I loved to create from an early age. As an artist I am free to express myself in any medium I want about anything I want. I don’t have a ...philosophical view about why art is so important; all I can say is that its freedom. Although I’ve had some formal training, I’ve always felt that being creative is all about your own personal expression. To be able to take a thought, vision, or idea from your mind and make it appear on canvas or through a photograph is magic to me. I have created something amazing to share. It is humbling to have such a gift. The peace and relaxation I have when I’m up until the wee hours of the night painting, is priceless. -Michelle Beasley Come visit us and take a look at Michelle's work, along with all the other fantastic artists exhibited as part of our exhibit, Revolution in Our Lifetime, An Exhibition in Three Parts. #SneakPeakSaturday #UnwrappingTheArtist #ContemporaryOnCampus #KCAIGalleryCenterForContemporaryPractice Photo by Daniel D'Angelo

This Sneak Peak Saturday we're unwrapping one of our amazing artists from the African American Artists Collective hanging here at the KCAI Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice, Jason Wilcox. Jason is a local Kansas City artist influenced by painting, graphic design, video production, and music. His work shows a contemporary outlook on realism, abstract, and pop art styles. "My art tells a story about how I see life. Its beauty, its pain, its struggle and triumph. I creat...e pieces that welcome you to see through your personal lens, while challenging you to consider another perspective." - Jason Wilcox, https://www.jartpro.com Want to know more? Schedule a time to come check out Jason's work and the rest of the amazing collection out in person! Tickets to the Exhibit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/revolution-in-our-lifetime-an- #ContemporaryOnCampus #UnwrappingTheArtist #KCAIGalleryCenterForContemporaryPractice #SneakPeakSaturday Music by The KCAI Sound Art Collaborative Video by Daniel Edwin D'Angelo

Please join us tomorrow at noon! Simply go to www.kcai.online at noon.

Eager to learn more about the marvelous collection hanging right now at the KCAI Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice, but haven't had the opportunity to Then join us tomorrow for our online panel discussion with the African American Artists Collective and special guests Emory Douglas and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, Saturday, October 3 at 12:00 noon! Reserve your free spot online now:... https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keep-it-movin-artists-activism #KCAIGalleryCenterforContemporaryPractice #ContemporaryOnCampus

We'd like to just give a quick thank you to everyone who came out to our wonderful first week of Revolution In Our Lifetime, An Exhibition in Three Parts! If you couldn't make it here this last week no worries! We'll be open again this week beginning at 1pm to 5pm today through Saturday. Free tickets are available online on EventBrite, and we look forward to seeing you! #KCAICenterForContemporaryPractice #ContemporaryOnCampus... Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/revolution-in-our-lifetime-an- Photo: Daniel D'Angelo