New Exhibition Opens April 7 | | Heartland 5 is a juried exhibition of the Midwest region’s finest glass art, now in its fifth year. The exhibition opens with two nights of programming at two Belger Arts locations: Exhibition opening reception: Friday, April 7 from 6pm to 8pm, at Belger Crane Yard Gallery (2011 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, MO). Artists whose work was selected as “Best in Show” and “Honorable Mention,” will be recognized at 6:30 pm. Free glassblowing demonstration: Saturday, April 8 from 6pm to 8pm, at the Belger Glass Annex (1219 E. 19th St., Kansas City, MO)
Glass artists from Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma were invited to submit work. 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. | | | | | Jacqueline Kaplan is Belger’s April Mug of the Month artist, and her mugs will be available for purchase online and in the gallery on April 1 at 10am. Jacqueline was born and raised in Kansas City. She attended University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington for two years where she studied a diverse range of subjects. After refocusing she began her dedicated practice in ceramics, spending countless hours at the wheel, and taking classes at local studios. Jacqueline combines bright colors and intuitive designs to spark curiosity. Start the spring season with a vibrant and colorful mug by a local artist. Learn more about Jacqueline Kaplan on her artist page. Mugs by March Mug of the Month artist Hunter Smith are still available. Purchase one of his 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. | | | More on View at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery | | Sharif Bey, Kiwi Bird #1, 2019. Earthenware and mixed media. 14 x 10 x 10 in. 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. | | | | Our March/April Digital Debut artist is Chandler Martin. He 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.
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 from March 3 through April 30. | | | 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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