Heidmann Art Salon present 20

@ Crossroads Hotel, December 10 - 12, 2021

2020 Charlotte Street Foundation Award Fellows Exhibition

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kansas 66210 (map)

November 4, 2021 - April 24, 2022

Reception: Thurs, Nov 4, 2021, 6 -8pm

Artists’ Lecture: Thurs, Jan 27, 2022, 6 - 7:30pm

ArtSpark Episode with KC Rep!

I had such a wonderful conversation with Yetunde Felix-Ukwu, Artistic Associate at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre!

Tune in until the end to hear about my "Art Prompt"!

My friend Armando Minjarez curated this beautiful exhibition at Marks Art in Wichita and I am incredibly honored to be exhibiting alongside a group of powerhouse artists from the Heartland!  Check out the lovely curatorial statement below by Armando. And if any of you happen to be in Wichita, stop by and experience the show in person!

THE SPACE BETWEEN

Marks Art , Wichita, KS

APRIL 9 – MAY 22

Curated by Armando Minjarez, The Space Between presents recent works from eleven established  heartland artists: Maria Alarcon Aldrete Wolf, Ari Brielle, Justin Tyler  Bryant, Crystal Z. Campbell, Cheyla Clawson Chandler, Brandon De Sha,  Kamela Eaton, Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia,  Matthew Willie Garcia, Kathy Liao and Rodolfo Marron III. Memory and  perception are dissected in The Space Between through works revealing personal identity, narrative, and history.

CURATORIAL STATEMENT

Pulled  from the book “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz, a young Toltec  man seeking knowledge to become a shaman, understands one night that  though he himself  is made of stars, he is not a star, but rather in the space between  them. He was light. In this discovery he understood that harmonious  force between the stars and the light was Life itself, it was Intent.

The  light between the stars is the intent with which we move through space;  it gives shape to our interpersonal relations and can scrawl the  boundaries of a shared  imaginary. With intention indeed and a good jolt of curious energy I  have curated a group of artists from around the Heartland states, all of  whom explore the space between self and space itself, perception and  memory, vestige, and vanguard.

– Text by Armando Minjarez, 2020

CURATOR BIOGRAPHY

Armando  Minjarez is a Mexican interdisciplinary artist, designer, and community  organizer. His practice is guided by themes of displacement,  collaboration, and empowerment  to open space for the development of social change strategy, creative  expression, and liberation for racialized communities.

Armando  has presented work, conducted research, and facilitated workshops and  trainings on racism, displacement, migration and creative expression in  Canada, USA,  Mexico, and throughout Europe. He has been the recipient of several  grants, and his creative and community work has been featured on the New  York Times, Buzzfeed, C Magazine, CityLab Latino and published in  peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Materialist II

Group Exhibition Featuring:

Jessie Fisher

Melanie Johnson

Kathy Liao

Christopher Lowrance

Michael McCaffrey

Scott Seebart

February 5 - March 27, 2021

 LEEDY VOULKOS ART CENTER

2012 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108

“In a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act: to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

MATERIALIST II features new paintings, drawings, and sculptures by six artists; Jessie Fisher, Melanie Johnson, Kathy Liao, Christopher Lowrance, Michael McCaffrey, and Scott Seebart are all local artists and educators devoted to perceptual painting, material exploration, and the physicality of their media. Collectively, the members of this group explore the phenomenological and the material while simultaneously employing the practice of making as a responsive vehicle for invention and a forum for reflection.

The work in this exhibition highlights each artist’s respective devotion to sustaining a poetic mediation between the directly observed, the recounted, and the re-presented, often via painstakingly meticulous, labor-intensive, or counterintuitive approaches. Close inspection of the work reveals individual methodologies that are far from direct, indicative of conscious parameters concretized while engaging with the meditative process of making.

Choices of subject are deliberate; the psychological, the familial, the ecological and the overlooked come together as icons signifying each artist's insight whose full impact is revealed to viewers willing to spend time unpacking process as a function of meaning. The making of the subject is the subject's personification. This devotion is emblematic of a specific kind of intimacy, demonstrated through the artists’ engagement with material and subject simultaneously, hinting at a proxy for intellectual and emotional connections rather than material as a mere means of representation.

Registration open January 4, 2021!

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Figurative Collage: color, gesture & narrative

Jun 21 - 25, 2021

1PM-4PM

Concept

This dynamic, virtual collage workshop encourages students to explore different methods of storytelling through figurative gestures, thoughtful compositions and expressive colors. Participants draw gestures from life while they experiment with materiality, collage, color and composition. These studies, combined with personal imagery and reference photos, are then used to create figurative narratives. Class discussions, facilitated via video conferencing software, focus on the expressive qualities of color and the arresting power of composition. Playing with different kinds of image-making and building up surfaces are emphasized as ways to create eye-catching and unique collages.

This workshop meets via Zoom Video Conferencing software (download free from Zoom.com). An Anderson Ranch staff member co-teaches the class and coordinates the online platform. Further details will be emailed to registrants

Here's to systems change, new normals, new opportunities, and hope in a New Year. Check out my Q&A in @KauffmanFDN’s 2020 Uncommon Voices collection.https://bit.ly/3nqOs8z

Sustained by risk

For artists, risk-taking is the oxygen that sustains them, and success isn't just measured financially. #RiskOptimistic

In the compelling video, above, Arsenia, Liao, and Wilson help us understand how risk is a motivating force for artists. They provide insight into how it feels to make yourself as emotionally vulnerable as their arts require, but also the excitement they get from forging new territory, embarking on journeys where the destination is unknown.

I’ll be teaching a virtual mini-workshop at the Montalvo Art Center on November 12, 6:30 - 8pm. Registration is now OPEN (sign up here).

Sign up and come draw with me!

Collective Disquiet, an online exhibit

Visit the exhibit at Musa Collective

From the devastation of COVID-19 to the voices of the Black Lives Matter protests, from the current president's assaults on people of color, immigrants, women and democracy to the growing threats of a heating planet, this year has brought changes both collectively and personally and revealed wounds that have never healed. Artists often assert a responsibility to raise their own awareness as well as the awareness of others and to speak from places of personal and collective pain and strength using their abilities to create impactful poignant works. By highlighting artists that are seeking to give voice to the feelings and experiences of the times, “Collective Disquiet” aims to provide a space for reflection and communication about the frightening, difficult and hopefully transformative time of our current world.

FEATURING THE WORK OF:

ROYA AMIGH

TIRTZAH BASSEL

NINA BELLUCCI

RACHID BOUHAMIDI

JOEL BROWN

CELINE BROWNING

NIELS BURGER

JENNIFER CAINE

CATARINA COELHO

DEBORAH CORNELL

EXTINCTION REBELLION

SABA FARHOUDNIA

MICHELLE KUEN SUET FUNG

TATYANA GUBASH

KYLE HACKETT

KYLE LARSON

ALLA LAZEBNIK

KATHY LIAO

KAYLA MOHAMMADI

SARAH NOLEN

ELLEN SHATTUCK PIERCE

KATE FRAZER REGO

JUAN SANTOS

TRINA TURTURICI

JAVE GAKUMEI YOSHIMOTO

An Art Exhibition during the pandemic, presented by Heidmann Art Salon. The event took place on the rooftop of the Crossroad Hotel on September 16, 2020.

REBIRTH

her birth was stunning,

she lifted herself up

from depths of despair,

grasped her dreams,

embedded them in her heart,

and walked forward into a future that only her will

and vision could control

Thank you Scott Heidmann and Ken Petti for putting the event together!

I’m very excited to announce I’m a recipient of the 2020 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award!

Each Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award Fellow receives an unrestricted cash grant of $10,000, recognition by Charlotte Street at the time of Award announcement and throughout 2020—including announcements to media, web-based marketing and promotional efforts, special events, and inclusion in the 2020 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards Exhibition at Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, KS later in the 2020 calendar year. The exhibition will be curated by Bruce Hartman, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.

More info about Charlotte Street Foundation: https://charlottestreet.org/

I Like Your Work in partnership with Dutoit Gallery is pleased to present Be. Long, an exhibition encompassing the work of 42 artists from around the world who work across a variety of media and subject matter, co-curated by Mychaelyn Michalec, David Linneweh and Erika b Hess.

Be. Long. speaks to belonging to a community and how participating in that community supports a long creative career. Artists do not create work in a vacuum, rather they are constantly responding to conversations, studio visits and seeing work. It is in this rich place of discovery and dialogue that artists are able to go into their studio and make work.

In addition to the physical show, we are thrilled to share Be. Long. Ing. Online Exhibition, an extension of the physical exhibition that includes the work of 30 artists.

See the online exhibition and installation images of the show at Dutoit Gallery HERE on the I Like Your Work Podcast website! Also tune in to episode of I LIke Your Work Podcast, hosted by Erika B. Hess - it’s definitely worth a listen!

Look Me in the Eye: Portraits of Kansas City

September 15 - November 29

Opening Reception Friday

Sunday, September 15, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Epsten Gallery located at 5500 W 123rd St, Leawood, KS 66209 (map)

Look Me in the Eye: Portraits of Kanas City is a juried exhibition curated by Elisabeth Kirsch and Mike Lyon featuring 65 portraits by 65 artists who live or work within a 60-mile radius of Kansas City. The Kansas City area is a much more diverse community than many realize, and this exhibition intends to acknowledge that.

Pink An Exploration

August 2 - August 28

Henry Zarrow Center for Arts and Education located at 124 E Mathew B. Brady St, Tulsa, OK

74103 (map)

15 artists were included in this show, each with our own meditation on how the work related to the central theme. The show is open through August 28th at the Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education in Tulsa, OK.

Pink: An Exploration brings together artists from across the region as they explore color, both as a physical experience and a cultural symbol. Artists in the exhibition have created work of varied disciplines that explores pink through the lens of material culture, domestic culture, phenomenology, politics, gender, sexuality, and more. Curated by Catherine Crain, CJ Charbonneau, and Gretchen VanWormer.

Listen for more information about Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (or OVAC), a program that supports young professionals seeking a career as a curator, art critic, art journalist, or the like. OVAC has helped several individuals hone their writing and/or curatorial skills, which has culminated in a special "Curatorial Lab" series of exhibits happening at the Henry Zarrow Center for Art & Education in downtown Tulsa.

Programming and Panel Discussions at H&R Block Artspace

“TNT: Process and Materials”. Please join us on July 19 at noon for the public engagement series. Hear from "Now/Here" exhibiting artists Ruben Castillo, Jorge García Almodóvar, Kathy Liao, and Andrew Ordonez in a thematic discussion moderated by Guest Curator Silvia Beatriz Abisaab.

“Now/Here: Building Bridges” Join us on a special panel discussion on Friday, August 23, 12:00-1:30 p.m., co-organized by the H&R Block Artspace and the Kansas City Art Institute's new Diversity Working Group.

For this panel presentation, KCAI Assistant Professor Eleanor Lim-Midyett will moderate a conversation between KCAI students and Now/Here exhibiting artists Kathy Liao, Kiki Serna, William Plummer, and William Toney. Their conversations will explore timely and topical issues including cultural representation, the importance of role models and mentorship in the artist's life, and engaging with communities and networks in Kansas City and beyond.

This marks and exciting beginning for the Diversity Working Group's first year of activity and shapes a promising partnership with the Artspace and its public programs.

Now / Here
June 7 - August 31, 2019 

Join us for an opening reception Friday, June 7, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

The H&R Block Artspace is pleased to present Now/Here, a group exhibition featuring Kansas City-based artists who explore narratives through the lenses of experience, memory, place, history, and race.Now/Here features a selection of works that include photography, painting, sculpture, prints, and installation, while the exhibition presents a range of visual languages and approaches to materiality that consider questions of representation and identity. 

Featured Artists
Patricia Bordallo Dibildox, Ruben Castillo, Jorge García Almodóvar, Rashawn Griffin, Kwanza Humphrey, Kathy Liao, Whitney Manney, Desiree Morales, Andrew Ordonez, Carlos Ortiz-Gallo, Rebeka Pech Moguel, Anthony Marcos Rea, William Plummer, Angelica Sandoval, Kiki Serna, Hyeyoung Shin, Chico Sierra, Heinrich Toh, William Toney. 

About the Guest Curator
Silvia Beatriz Abisaab (’16 Photography) is an artist, organizer, and active member of the Kansas City art community.  Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues in Kansas City, and she has held positions and worked collaboratively with organizations that include the Kansas City Art Institute, Charlotte Street Foundation, Front/Space, and 50/50.  She is a founding member of the Artists of Color Alliance (AOCA), established in Kansas City in 2016 as a collective of self-identifying creatives of color active in the Midwest region, as a discussion forum to explore issues of diversity, inclusion, and equity in the cultural community and to work towards building greater access, awareness, and resources through partnering on public programs and community engagement. 

Community advisers for Now/Here include José Faus, artist, writer, teacher, and founding member of the Latino Writers Collective; Stephanie Fox Knappe, Samuel Sosland Curator, American Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Kreshaun McKinney, manager of audience engagement, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Jade Powers, assistant curator, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; and Raechell Smith, director, H&R Block Artspace at KCAI.

Upcoming public programs:

Opening Reception 
Friday, June 7, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Crane Brewing Company

TNT (the noon thing) 
Fridays, June 21, July 12 & 19 at 12:00 p.m.
Noon-time public engagement series offering additional context to the exhibitions on view. 

Closing Reception
Friday, August 31, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

STUDIOSINC: 2019

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, March 8, 2019

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Studios Inc Exhibition Space - 1708 Campbell, Kansas City, MO, 64108

The Studios Inc Exhibition Space is pleased to present STUDIOSINC:2019, a group exhibition featuring resident artists Ricky Allman, Patty Carroll, Lori Raye Erickson, Caitlin Horsmon, Misha Kligman, Kathy Liao, Miguel Rivera, Benjamin Rosenthal, Emily Sall, Debra M Smith, and Susan White. STUDIOSINC:2019 is on view from 3.08.19 to 4.12.19 with an opening reception Friday, 3.08.18 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM.

Materialist

Leedy Voulkos Art Center, 2012 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108 (map)

Jessie Fisher

Melanie Johnson
Kathy Liao
Christopher Lowrance
Michael McCaffrey
Scott Seebart

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March 1 - April 27, 2019

Main Gallery

MATERIALIST 

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In their inaugural exhibition as a group, MATERIALIST features recent paintings and drawings from six artists and educators in the Kansas City area who are devoted to a poetic mediation between the directly observed, the recounted and the invented. Storytellers, soothsayers and silent observers, what they share, is that it is the physicalism of their material which determines the consciousness of their imagery. 

If, as Bonnard declared, that a painting is a ‘surface whose laws are beyond objects’, it follows that painterly intervention acts as both form’s concealment and its revelation. Hands that vigorously carve out volume, discursively cling to surface and obliterate as much as they reveal, pair with eyes that witness and orchestrate the building of personal allegories and tactile histories.

It’s been a BUSY March! I had two exhibition openings and an artist talk… I just want to take a moment to say THANK YOU ALL for your support, coming by my events, and coming up to me to say hi. Thank you so much!

I had such a blast at the 21C Museum Hotel Artist Talk on March 22 and I was so impressed by the crowd! I am very honored to be able to share my story with everyone. Photo credit: Jazno Francoeur

There is still time to catch “Materialist”! The show will be open April First Friday and will run until April 27!

The piece at StudiosINC show this month was a new direction for me and again, thank you all for coming out to see what I’ve been up to! STUDIOSINC:2019 is up until April 12th!

Elevate at 21c presents temporary exhibitions of works by artists living and working in the communities surrounding each 21c Museum Hotel property. Elevate provides hotel guests with unique access to the work of notable regional artists, while featuring their work in the context of 21c’s contemporary art space. To view these works, please stop by the front desk to arrange access to the vitrines on guest room floors.

On view from January – June 2019, Elevate at 21c Kansas City presents works by two Kansas City-based artists – Kathy Liao and Misha Kligman.

Showing at 21c KANSAS CITY On display from January 2019 - June 2019

21c Museum Hotel Kansas City
219 W 9th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64105 (map)