Heartland 5 Glassblowing Demonstration | | Don’t miss Heartland 5, a juried exhibition of the Midwest region’s finest glass art, now in its final weeks! Nadine Saylor’s artwork (pictured above) received “Honorable Mention” recognition, and she’ll lead the next glassblowing demo on first Friday, May 5, 6-8 pm at the Belger Glass Annex, so mark your calendars.
Heartland 5 includes selected works by: Miguel Alaniz, Shelby Allen, Katie Burkett, Megan Chalifoux, Kate Clements, Brian Corr, Ethan Crawford, Hannah Fine, Robert Flowers, Katie Hogan, Cole Kennedy, Ryan Kepler, Tyler Kimball, Sara Sally LaGrand, Cecilia Labora, Jeremy Lampe, Jessalyn Mailoa, Kayla Ohlmer, Mary Peterson, Nadine Saylor, Evan Seeling, Alison Siegel & Pamela Sabroso, Kat Weltha, Casey Whittier, Nicole Woodard, and Hoseok Youn. This year’s guest jurors were Jessica Jane Julius, Associate Professor and Program Head of Glass at Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, and Tera Hedrick, Curator at the Wichita Art Museum. | | | | | | | | | Due to street closures and heavy traffic near Union Station, our Belger Arts Center location (2100 Walnut St., KCMO) will be closed Thursday, April 27 through Saturday, April 29, and will reopen on Wednesday, May 3. Our Belger Crane Yard Studios location (2011 Tracy Ave., KCMO) will remain open during regular hours and the Belger Glass Annex (1219 E. 19th St., KCMO), as always, is open by appointment. If you're coming to the Crossroads, enjoy NFL Draft events and activities! | | More on view at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery | | Sharif Bey, Star Child Series #1, 2019. Earthenware and mixed media 15 x 13 1⁄2 x 6 inches. Courtesy of 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. | | | | Nikki Fanning is May’s Mug of the Month artist. You may have seen Nikki assisting in the Belger Crane Yard Gallery or providing customer support at Crane Yard Clay. Born in Kansas City, Nikki has a background in fashion design and attended Stephens College Columbia, MO. Nikki finds inspiration in music, movies, pop culture, and the vintage aesthetic. Combining this aesthetic with a fresh perspective, Nikki uses ceramic art to find fun ways to capture emotion in her work. Currently, her focus is on slip casting, special effect glazes, and raku firing techniques. Her vibrant textures and bright colors are evident in her processes. She continues to grow, adding new techniques and mediums to her process. Her mugs will be available for purchase online and in the Gallery on May 1.
Mugs by April Mug of the Month artist Jacqueline Kaplan are still available, but not for long. Purchase one of her mugs today!
Purchase a Mug of the Month even if you don't have a subscription! This means you can buy a mug by an artist you love when they become available. However, having a monthly subscription reserves your spot to receive a new mug every month before they’re made available to the public. | | | | Work by Digital Debut artist Chandler Martin will be on view for only a few more days, so don’t miss it! Chandler Martin’s work captures memories and recreates personal events by sculpting gestural figures which carry the spirit of a particular moment in time. By depicting the actions of everyday life, he shows the viewer that despite how different we may be from each other, we can connect through our collective nostalgia and past experiences. His work will be available online and at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery through April 30. Chandler was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Plano, Texas. In 2015, he received his BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute. Since then, he has been actively involved with various art organizations in the Kansas City metro area. | | | On View at the Belger Arts Center | | 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 opens on first Friday March 3 and runs through August 5, 2023. Stay tuned to our website for more information. The exhibition runs through August 5, 2023 at the Belger Arts Center. 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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