Resident Check In: Ben Rosenthal
What is your artistic medium? I work predominately in experimental animation, video, sound and other new media although my practice extends into performance, drawing and object making. In this way … Continue reading
Resident Check In: Carlos Ortiz-Gallo
What is your artistic medium? Printmaking and Collage/Mixed Media. What do you hope to explore in your art during your time at Charlotte Street? I hope to continue exploring personal … Continue reading
Meditations on Space, Place, Visibility and the Light at the End of the Tunnel by Benjamin Rosenthal
As I write this I sit anxiously at the precipice of dramatic change in my, and all of our social, political and economic realities. In a studio provided for me by … Continue reading
Lost in Narrative
Tis the season to be thankful, and I am truly thankful for the space here at Charlotte Street Foundation Studios. As an educator, winter break mean STUDIO TIME (and maybe … Continue reading
150+ Drawings / 13 Seconds of Animation
Hey all! I’ve started my second year of residency, and I want to show you some stills / in progress shots of what I’ve been making — a film project … Continue reading
The making of “What Will You Think Tomorrow?”
From the perspective of artist, Daiana Oneto: When curator, Andrew Lyles, grouped us together for a two-person show at Paragraph Gallery, Kadie Nugent and I immediately knew we wanted the … Continue reading
Full Time Starts Tomorrow, February 15th
After months of preparation and planning, myself and fellow artist, Eli Gold, will carry out a 5 day performance and installation within Charlotte Street’s La Esquina Gallery. Together, over the course … Continue reading
ARENA Showcase at HAW//Contemporary
Sara Clarken The ARENA showcase, held at Haw Contemporary August 30th, is a one-night event announcing ARENA’s place in the Kansas City and global art scenes. ARENA has curated a … Continue reading
Confectionary to debut at Plug Projects
My solo show CONFECTIONARY debuts at Plug Projects in conjunction with the group show Shape Shifters. Opening reception will be July 18th from 6-9pm. Because of my interest in the … Continue reading
Open Studios: Fire Sale
This weekend for Open Studios I will have all of my remaining prints for sale. Everything that doesn’t sell will end up being destroyed in the creation of my latest … Continue reading
Thread paintings by Amy Fredman at Open Studios!
Come visit my embroidery studio and take a sneak peek at some new work I have been brewing for a show I will be assembling this fall….including experimental flat work … Continue reading
Maegan & Madeline’s UCP BOOTOWN BAZAAR
In conjunction with Charlotte Street OPEN STUDIOS: MAEGAN & MADELINE’S UCP BOOTOWN BAZAAR Town Pavilion 6th … Continue reading
Open Studios sneak peek. . .
Howdy and hello! This year I’ve been creating a new extensive body of work. Cut out spirits stain the page and crystal prayers made of maize. A new exploration of … Continue reading
Madeline Gallucci at Open Studios!
There will be many exciting things to experience during this year’s Open Studios! I will be exhibiting big prints, new paintings, custom iPhone cases, drawings and collage works in my … Continue reading
TONIGHT, TONIGHT: NOW IS THE ONLY THING THAT’S REAL, SOLO EXHIBITION BY JENNIFER LYNN WILLIAMS
“There will come a time when all of us are dead. All of us. There will come a time when there are no human beings remaining to remember … Continue reading
Open Studios Fri April 25 & Sat April 26
JOIN US! 2014 Open Studios Weekend is FRIDAY April 25, 6-10p + SATURDAY April 26, 12-3! Event Details Friday, April 25, 6pm-10pm Saturday, April 26, 12pm-3pm Paragraph Gallery/23 E 12th … Continue reading
“Parade Route” March 22, 7:30 as part of “Time and Memory” at Paragraph
Featuring acting, performance and accompanying music, Parade Route is the story of two friends born on the same day, in the same Kansas hospital, and their route to coming out, … Continue reading
An Evening With Tea Time
Join us this Thursday for a pop up event at the Paragraph Gallery, as you are invited to come be apart of “An Evening With Tea Time”. Here you will … Continue reading
A Few New Writings
Hey UCP Blog readers, Just wanted to let you know of a couple of things I’ve started and wrapped up since the new year began. The first is a review … Continue reading
Did you hear the good news?!? “Here Is A Worm” wiggles its way to Tea Time’s heart.
Tea Time is now carrying Freakly Weekly!!! The dynamic minds of Dustin Williams and Jon Linn bring you all the latest news, weird weather updates, city town scandals and even catch yourself in the … Continue reading
Custom iPhone Cases and New Digital Work to premier at Objet & Tea Time
I’m excited to showcase these limited edition cases for iPhone 5. Printed by CaseMate. Choose from 2 different designs. Comes in a hand painted box- no two alike. Editioned on … Continue reading
LYLAS: Christian Defonte, Kate Falcone, Natalie Ebaugh, Frankie Fleming, Lindsey Eskind – opens Fri Jan 31 at Project Space
LYLAS, an exhibition of contemporary artworks by Christian Defonte (New York, NY), Kate Falcone (Brooklyn, NY), Natalie Ebaugh (Portland, OR), Frankie Fleming (CA), and Lindsey Eskind (Kansas City, MO), opens Friday January 31, 6-9pm at Project Space, 21 East … Continue reading
Tea Time ‘zine showcase opens Friday, Jan 31, 6-9p at Paragraph
Tea Time, a showcase of new ‘zines, opens Friday, January 31, 6-9pm at Paragraph Gallery as part of Charlotte Street Foundation’s Studio Residency Program ¶ Series. Created by Rodolfo Marron III, … Continue reading
OBJET ~ boutique pop-up shop opens Friday Jan 31, 6-9 at Paragraph
OBJET ~ boutique, a pop-up shop curated by Dean Roper, opens Friday, January 31, 6-9pm at Paragraph Gallery, 23 East 12th Street, KCMO. OBJET ~ boutique will host a selection of utilitarian objects … Continue reading
In·ter·ven·tion, site-specific installation by Carolina Aranibar, opens Friday Jan 17 at Paragraph
Debuting at Paragraph gallery, 23 East 12th Street, on Friday, January 17, 6-9pm, In·ter·ven·tion is a temporary, site-specific installation by studio resident Carolina Aranibar. Inspired by natural phenomena of light, color, … Continue reading
Stephanie Syjuco’s FREE TEXTS: An Open Source Reading Room
We’ll Make Out Better Than Okay at La Esquina includes Stephanie Syjuco’s “FREE TEXTS: An Open Source Reading Room”, featuring a wall of flier take-aways of URLs for free online … Continue reading
Solo show to debut at the Bank in 2014
A couple weeks ago I ventured to Matfield Green KS, where I am invited to hold a solo show in late 2014. The space is called The Bank (not to … Continue reading
on launching
http://kcaipainting.tumblr.com/tagged/will-meier Just thought that I would make this more publicly accessible… It’s an interview with myself (and also one each with my co-residents Zac Miley and Carolina Aranibar-Fernanadez on the … Continue reading
Maegan Stracy: Spring Summer 2014 Presentation at San Diego Fashion Week
Second Year resident Maegan Stracy is set to debut her Spring/ Summer 2014 collection at Fashion Week San Diego October 4th. Stracy’s collection is focused on wearable garments inspired by … Continue reading
Brett Ginsburg
“The art objects I create serve as new interpretations of idols and icons. Works reflect on the redress of commodities, desires, and fetishization/frivolity within a material indulgent culture. These notions … Continue reading
Will Meier
“Some people insist that all we think we know about our world is constructed. Others say that everything
exists as an extension of a natural order that is comprehensible only in fragments.”
Zachary Miley
“…Collectively, Miley’s work could be seen as a discussion on the sublime. This suggestion is quickly dismissed because of the physical tactility (which is distant in the drawings, clear and … Continue reading
Jessica Borusky
[vimeo https://vimeo.com/63752268] “The body is a location of mixed cultural messages, which perform and project lived experience via personal and socio-cultural histories. Through satirical video-performance, I address the polemics of problematic … Continue reading
Tim Brown
“My sculptural work is currently concerned with elements of the Light & Space movement combined with the materiality of Arte Povera. It uses inexpensive lighting effects and common materials to … Continue reading
Lindsay Fernandez
“In my studio practice, I create monolithic objects and spaces that show the passage or accumulation of time. I use video, painting, and sculpture to a similar end; all of … Continue reading
Matthew Roche
“I attempt to create installations that transform their housing spaces through the unorthodox use of common and affordable materials and DIY lighting and sound components.”
Erin Jones
“One thing that is very important. I am terrified of the dark. In the dark of my bedroom, a towel draped over a door easily becomes an enormous – possibly … Continue reading
Maegan Stracy
“My work capitalizes on our desire to be tactile. Through my material choices and investigations, I create pieces that appeal to us on a visceral level; they beg to be … Continue reading
Jonas Sebura
“My conceptual practice explores the fundamental aspects of human relationships through the construction of perfect, but slightly odd, vernacular architecture along with absurd actions that test the boundaries of our … Continue reading
Lindsey Eskind
“I employ the Internet and the people who exist within this digital realm as a medium to mold, respond, and create a new understanding or connection where there was not … Continue reading
