Ending Soon at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery | | Sharif Bey, Kiwi Bird #1, 2019. Earthenware and mixed media. 14 x 10 x 10 in. Courtesy the artist and albertz benda, New York and Los Angeles. | Inspired by modernism, functional pottery, Oceanic Art and Art of the African diaspora, Sharif Bey’s works investigate the cultural and political significance of adornment and the symbolic and formal properties of archetypal motifs. Ancestral Vestiges includes vessel-inspired mixed media works, mask-like sculptures, and large-scale power necklaces. These and other works in the exhibition reflect his continued exploration of functional and ritual objects, and the materiality of clay, metal, wood, and glass. This exhibition is on view at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery through August 5, 2023. To schedule a group tour, please call 816-474-7316 or email gallery@belgerarts.org. | | | | Annie Honn creates functional glass to beautify and elevate the quality of everyday life--a special mug to return to at the end of the day, a decanter set used when guests visit, or a bowl for sharing snacks with a loved one. Her mugs are available online and at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery through July 31.
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Stay tuned for August Mugs of the Month by Kacey Ziegler that will be available online and in the gallery on August 1. | | | More on View at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery | | Muriel Hansen is the current Digital Debut artist! Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, they received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2019. Often referencing textures and forms found in nature, Hansen uses simple, pleasing patterns and motifs to convey a sense of comfort and wanderlust. Through their work, they seek to inspire contemplation and enrich lives. Hansen's work will be on view and available for purchase at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery through August 31. | | | | Gina Pisto, flowerpot VII, 2023. Stoneware, glaze, 54 x 18 x 18 inches. Image courtesy of the artist. | The Belger Crane Yard Gallery presents Milestones: Belger Arts’ Tenth Annual Resident Artist Exhibition at 2011 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64108. The exhibition includes work by 2022-2023 resident artists Cindy Leung, Sun Young Park, Gina Pisto, Adams Puryear, Meredith Smith, and Nicole Woodard.
This year Belger Arts celebrates a significant milestone: the tenth year of its Artists in Residence program. The program originated at Red Star Studios, a long-time Kansas City ceramics gallery and studio. After its closing, the program found a permanent home in May 2013 when Belger Crane Yard Studios opened. Belger Crane Yard Studios continues to host national and international artists through the program, providing ceramic artists the opportunity to expand their body of work or create a special project that may be outside of the scope of their routine studio practice. The group exhibition, with its range of styles, themes, and techniques, also marks a milestone for the six artists, as it is the culmination of their time in the residency program. Resident artist Gina Pisto will be back as a resident artist in 2023-2024. Meet her and several of the new 2023-2024 resident and visiting artists in the gallery on first Friday, August 4 from 6 to 8pm.
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Terry Winters is a contemporary American painter and printmaker who is represented in depth in the Belger Collection. A native New Yorker, Winters graduated from Pratt Institute in 1971, focusing on painting. Through the 1970s, while studying nature, especially molecular level life forms, Winters honed his craft as a drawer and a painter until he was ready for his inaugural exhibition in 1982 at the prestigious Sonnabend Gallery. Later that same year he began his first foray into printmaking at Universal Limited Art Editions on Long Island. Winters became one of the leading printmakers in the United States. Over the years, Winters paintings, drawings, and prints have been featured in major retrospectives at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His upcoming exhibition at the Belger Arts Center runs through January 6, 2024. Stay tuned to our website for more information. To schedule a group tour, please call 816-474-7316 or email gallery@belgerarts.org. | | | For more information about exhibitions, classes, and programs, please visit our website. |
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