First Friday: New Exhibition + SipShop + Meet the artists

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February First Friday

April Felipe, What Comes Through, Will, 2022. Porcelain, underglaze, cotton floss, gold fringe, pastels, gouache, and acrylic paint, 24 x 26 x 2 in. Photo: April Felipe.

Common Thread opens this Friday, February 4, with artist remarks by Casey Whittier at 6:30 pm at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery (2011 Tracy Ave., KCMO 64108). Common Thread brings together the work of five ceramic artists who are inspired by textiles and textile processes. While the artists’ inspirations and representations vary, each incorporates fibers or fiber techniques in their process. The exhibition will be on view through May 7, 2022.

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Extended Exhibitions

Belger Arts Center (2100 Walnut St., KCMO 64108) is extending Joann Quiñones' exhibition La Gruta/The Grotto and Towers: Alice Kettle through Saturday, February 19. Don't miss your chance to see both of these powerful exhibitions.

Joann Quiñones, These Hands Do Not Work Here (detail), 2020, terracotta, wood, whitewash, acrylic, ribbon, 125 x 19 x 6 in.

La Gruta/The Grotto: Joann Quiñones is based on the concept of the grotto, an artificial or natural cavern used for both sanctuary and devotion. Rich in iconography and symbolism, La Gruta/The Grotto holds figurative sculptures, including “relics,” that explore the intricacies of race, class, gender, sexuality, and religion. The work in the exhibition is an invitation to contemplate narratives of the domestic, family, and womanhood and how they are complicated by a history of slavery, stolen labor, and racism, particularly in the U.S. and the Caribbean.

Stay tuned to our website for more information about Joann's upcoming artist talk.

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Alice Kettle, Towers, 2003, textile installation, 118 x 98 x 27.5 in.

Also on view through February 19, 2022, is a large-scale, textile triptych titled Towers by British artist Alice Kettle. The artist created the work in response to the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. After the work was first shown in the U.S. during a 2009 Surface Design Conference in Kansas City, the artist gifted Towers to the Belger Collection so that it would remain in the U.S. We are honored to have received this special gift and to share it with visitors. To learn more about Alice Kettle, please visit her website.

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Work by (left to right): Nicole Woodard, Sun Young Park, Eleanor Foy (top), Summer Brooks (bottom), Elaine Buss, Adams Puryear.

The highly anticipated SipShop kicks off on First Friday, February 4th and runs through February 12th! This sale of cups, mugs and drinking vessels created by Belger Artists in Residence, is in its eighth year. Proceeds support residents’ studio practices and professional pursuits. SipShop is perfect for new and returning collectors, and for Valentine’s Day gift-giving. Plus, you'll get to meet the artists. Each Resident Artist makes a limited number of SipShop pieces. Some are available at a special collector’s price of $35, to encourage a new generation of collectors. Belger Annual Members are invited to a special preview event and can buy mugs before they're available to the general public.

For more information about exhibitions, classes, and programs, please visit our website.

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