August First Friday talk with Jonathan Christensen Caballero

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August First Friday

Left to right: Jonathan Christensen Caballero, José, 2021, Earthenware, secondhand fiber, metal, vinyl, wood, 21” x 12” x 12,” Anna, 2021, Earthenware, secondhand fiber, metal, vinyl, wood, 22” x 15” x 12.”

Join Jonathan Christensen Caballero for an artist talk this Friday, August 6th at 7 PM at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery (2011 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, MO). Jonathan Christensen Caballero’s exhibition La Gente/The People, on view in the Gallery, explores themes of race, class, familial ties, and labor issues. Jonathan will discuss the inspiration and multiple layers of meaning in his work, and the technical aspects and materials used to create his life-sized, mixed-media sculptures.

This presentation is free and open to the public. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided. Please visit our website to RSVP and for our most updated COVID-19 safety measures.

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Left to right: Tuile-Fionnuala and Paul Maloney, Unicorn Squad, 2021, Stoneware, glaze, white gold luster, 11" x 5" x 5.5,” Bottle Bob, 2021, Stoneware, glaze, 7" x 6" x 3,” and Vampire Bud Vase, 2021, Stoneware, glaze, white gold luster, 7" x 2.5" x 2.5.”

Collaborative work by Tuile-Fionnuala and Paul Maloney is on view in the Belger Crane Yard Gallery (2011 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, MO 64108) and is available online through Tuesday, August 31. The creative process for this international collaboration began in the studio of Tuile-Fionnuala, an 11-year old ceramic artist based in Ontario, Canada, where the works were given their initial shape and form. In their wet stage, the newly formed objects were then sent to Belger Crane Yard Studio Manager Paul Maloney. Paul contributed to the process with additional hand-building, glazing, and firing of the work at Belger. To learn more about each artist and their process, visit our website.

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Elaine Buss, Crossing and Dwelling, 2019, Earthenware, terra sigillata, melted raw materials, ink, 9" x 28" x 9."

August is the last month to see the Belger Arts annual resident exhibition, Reset which celebrates the work of the 2020-2021 Artists in Residence: Elaine Buss, Coleton Lunt, Lilly Powell, Kate Schroeder, Amy Young, and ChengOu Yu. For the six artists, the past year has been one of reworking schedules, readjusting expectations, redefining “normal,” and reimagining the future, in a world that’s still reemerging. Reset is the culmination of a year in which existence was pulled inward--into the smaller spheres of our homes, our immediate surroundings, and often within our own minds. Reset remains on view through September 4, 2021.

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Foreground: Ron Nagle, Vase, 1978, Ceramic, 6.5" x 3.75" x 3.75." Background: Viola Frey, Artist Mind/Studio Polytych IV, 1990, Pastel on paper, 86" x 60."

{not} Quiet on the Western Front features paintings, prints, and sculptures by artists of the California Funk Movement from the Belger Collection. The exhibition is on view through January 8, 2022, at the Belger Arts Center located in the Crossroads.

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