Articles Posted by Blair Schulman

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Blair Schulman is an art writer, critic and independent curator. Past exhibitions have discussed the social issues of HIV/AIDS and the history of cruising for sex. Blair's writing has appeared in Art in America, HuffPost Culture & Arts. Hyperallergic, Kansas City Star, Juxtapoz, VICE, and was a longtime contributor to the late Review magazine. In 2015, he and InformalityBlog founder Melaney Mitchell developed Guerrilla Docents, a social art practice engaging strangers off the street, taking them into galleries to discuss art where the opportunity might not otherwise be present. Blair participated in the 2012 Oklahoma Art Writing and Curatorial Fellowship presented by OVAC (Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition) and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Mattie Rhodes Art Camp is Open, Observing Safety Protocols
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Summer Art Camps at Mattie Rhodes at Mattie Rhodes Art Center on Kansas City’s Westside is happening! Mattie Rhodes staff will be following all …

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Office of Culture and Creative Services Eliminated in Budget Crunch
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While not too surprising, Kansas City’s Office of Culture and Creative Services was eliminated from the fiscal year 2021 budget. The importance of this …

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Making Masks, Artists Respond to the Social Imperative
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Museums and cultural institutions are currently shuttered during the global pandemic and subsequent stay at home orders. Artist’s reliance upon these spaces is now …

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Eye of the Tiger, Belly of the Beast. Jessercise at UCM Gallery of Art & Design
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Humorous cliches were abound in Jessica Frelinghuysen’s installation Jessercise Gymnasium, which recently closed at the University of Central Missouri Art Gallery in Warrensburg, Missouri. …

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Kansas City Budget Proposes Annihilation of Artist Resources
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Last week, Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas and Acting City Manager Earnest Rouse announced the annual budget for FY 2020-2021. Among the budget, …

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Charlotte Street Announces Visual Artist Awards and Generative Performing Artist Awards for 2020
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Charlotte Street Foundation (CSF) announces the 2020 Visual Artist and Generative Performing Artist Awards from the Kansas City region. A milestone on CSF’s giving …

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Studio Inc Announces Four Artists Selected for Residency Program
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Kansas City’s Studio Inc announces the arrival of four artists selected for their three-year residency program at its East Crossroads location. The artists include …

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Kansas City Chiefs Win Super Bowl! Museums Closed MondayKansas City Chiefs Win Super Bowl! Museums Closed Monday
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The Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl Champions for the second time ever and the first time in 50 years after beating the San …

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Rocket Grants Director Julia Cole Exits Program
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Rocket Grants Director Julia Cole has vacated her position after a decade in that role. Launched in 2009, The Rocket Grants program is “a …

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Denim’s Social Construction: William Toney at Kiosk Gallery
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Denim is a baseline of modern history. As much a part of the Western canon as television or sugar, it is the underlying current …

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    Reposting from  @onnissia  - an important conversation will be taking place tonight via  @smalterart  with  @onnissia  and  @naro_oran  . We
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    We have been on a short hiatus as we have been editing and preparing some pieces that have been submitted,
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    Thank you so much again to Isabella Matute and Caleb Harman for talking to me about their work and studio
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    TOMORROW! Saturday, May 2nd  @5 :30, we will be chatting with Isabella Matute and Caleb Harman for our 5th Virtual KC
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    **  @sophiapaints  here again** I had a blast yesterday chatting with  @melanie .l.johnson  @kimberly_lavonne   @_morgan_calabrese  It’s great to hear about how
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    **Artist take over of KCCC**  @sophiapaints  here! ✨Tune in tomorrow at 5:30pm, I’ll be visiting three amazing artists  @melanie .l.johnson  @kimberly_lavonne 
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    Thanks so much again to these fabulous artists, Madeline, Zac, and Mana, who spent some time talking to me yesterday
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    This Saturday, April 25th, for our 4th KC Crit Club we will be virtually visiting the studios of Madeline Brice,
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    Thank you SO MUCH again to Elise, Lewis, and RJ for sharing your work on our third Virtual KCCC yesterday!
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    Today! @ 5:30p! We will be chatting with these three artists on our Instagram livestream about their home studio practice
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    Thank you Blair for writing this important story, and an even bigger thank you to those making and distributing masks
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    thanks so much everyone for tuning in!!! The live video will be accessible on our story for the next 24
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    We just sent out an email about our next Virtual KC Crit Club! This time featuring Onnissia, Cesar Lopez, and
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    Hey!! We had our first Livestream yesterday it was such fun thank you to those that watched and asked questions!
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    ⚠️⚠️TONIGHT @ 6:30pCST!!!⚠️⚠️ We are going LIVE for virtual studio visits tours with some artists here in KC! We have
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    Amidst this time in quarantine, Blair Schulman and Julia Monté took some time to chat with some of the organizers
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    This Tuesday,the 31st!! We will be live-streaming our first KC Crit Club session tune at 6:30 for the conversation, we
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    If you haven’t read it, now would be the greatest time to check out this review on ‘Jessercise’, Jessica Frelinghuysen's
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    Don’t forget to check out another essay in response to queer abstraction up at The Nerman Museum, written by another

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