This Friday Senior Kathy Brown will open her thesis exhibition,
Stay tuned for information on a closing event!!!
As it is officially spring, it is also Senior Show season. In the coming weeks we will be announcing the times and locations so stay tuned!
A Textilier Soiree
Katie Kaufman
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The Brick 1727 McGee, Kansas City, MO 3pm to 9pm, April 15, 2012 Katie Kaufman is pleased to present A Textilier Soiree, a steampunk event hosted by The Brick. A Textilier Soireewill be focused on Katie’s costume design work, but also include other local artists and performances, all in the style of the subculture known as steampunk. There will be a free art fair from 3pm to 6pm, and a $15 concert (21 to enter) by The External Combustion Orchestra starting at 7pm. During the art fair, The Brick will be serving from their menu and there will be performances throughout the day by artists including Katie Kaufman, The Scallywags, and Crazy Boy Coy.
The featured art by Katie Kaufman is a realization of characters created to fit into the steampunk realm. These realizations include full costumes and props as well as a background for the model/actor to incorporate into their act.
Katie states “when I discovered the subculture of steampunk, I found a style that allows me to be completely creative and historically grounded at the same time.”
Katie is a graduating senior from the Kansas City Art Institute Fibers and Art History departments. She has been sewing historical costumes for renaissance festivals since 2005, and owns her own business, Enchanted Designs. Her art can be purchased on etsy at http://www.etsy.com/people/katkaufman, and her progress can be followed on Enchanted Designs’ Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Enchanted.Designs.
Beginning April 4th – 30th, The Burns & McDonnell Lobby Gallery will host the exhibition Collective Manipulations, with work created by the junior fiber class.
“On view – a collection of new work by young artists working in the arena of contemporary and experimental fiber practice.”
Burns & McDonnell Lobby Gallery
9201 Stateline Rd., Kansas City, MO
Gallery Hours: 9am – 5pm, M-F
Last Friday The Whipping Man opened at the Kc Repertory Theater. The costumes were designed by Alison Heryer (our performance/costume instructor). It runs through April 8th, so check it out!
Josh Breckenridge
Photo: Don Ipock
Written by Matthew Lopez
Directed by Eric Rosen
March 16-April 8, 2012
Spencer Theatre
recently Kim Eichler-Messmer (color/surface/quilting instructor) was featured on Apartment Therapy’s list of best handmade bedding!
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/best-handmade-bedding-168177
Over Spring Break the department acquired 250 new pets! In the past week they have hatched an started on their productive life cycle. We are tracking their progression via web streaming, they are getting bigger everyday! Follow the below link to keep up on the events of our little friends!
In the semester’s second Corridor Gallery show, the scattering of attention, inherent absurdities, and cultural & visual jumbles are addressed in the space engaging installation.
statement: Bank of America and Netflix, astronomically different, yet somehow still connected by the color red. The threads that pull our life together are all intertwined, albeit usually as related to each other as polyester and wool. The ironically bleak corridor has witnessed many epiphanies amidst its blank walls, deaf, mute, blind. Using only insanity and magic, the sad room can be transformed into a cozy beehive, reminiscent of a hunter’s lodge. By merely mashing brainscapes together into a confined space, it will let itself glimpse the greener grass. After all, what is Tulsa but a slut? All six senses, dead or alive, will be stimulated. Feel with your eyes. Hear with your mouth, sniff the noises, and taste the sights. And don’t forget to smell the textures.
-Lynne Thonet Gross
Happy Leap day! Below is the first iteration of the evolving Installation in the Corridor Gallery by Juniors:
second arrangement.
The following interview is the first in a series of Featured Artists interviews that will be posted throughout the semester.
Name: Maegan Stracy
Year: Senior
Can you briefly describe your history and how you came to be at KCAI?
What Areas of study have you focused on during you 3 years?
Is there an event/ instance that has helped shape your practice?
Who is your favorite or least favorite artist?
What is, in your opinion, the best mode of transportation?
Can you describe what you are working on for your thesis project? What final form
will it take?
Describe your aesthetic in 3 words.
Where would you ideally be in 5 years?
Ideally I will be in Berlin with my own gallery space that could be used as a rotating project/installation space and/or a pop up shop
