Short Reviews
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Short Reviews *
Making Masks, Artists Respond to the Social Imperative
Museums and cultural institutions are currently shuttered during the global pandemic and subsequent stay at home orders.
An Embodied Encounter With queer abstraction
It is difficult to make value judgments on works of queer abstraction; in fact, it is antithetical to do so. Instead, I offer an entanglement of sensory observations and visual/textual relationalities for readers to dis- and re-entangle as they see fit.
A Closer Look at Philanthropy and the Kemper Museum Controversy
The history of charitable donation philanthropy in the United States is a mixed bag; either a sincere altruistic gesture (Pioneering American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie said: “The man who dies rich dies disgraced.”) or burnishing tarnished names with extravagant public giving.
After Fatal Shooting, First Friday is at a Crossroads
After last month’s shooting during First Friday in the Crossroads, the local Crossroads Community Association (CCA) has made changes to this month’s festivities, albeit only temporarily.
Wild Open Spaces and Structures for Futures Unseen
Open Spaces is still on our minds in Kansas City. The festival showcased work that embraced the city’s creative growth giving a preview of future potential.