Join us for First Friday at Buttonwood Art Space on May 6th! From 5pm — 8pm, we’ll explore artwork of our beautiful city while sipping beverages and enjoying light appetizers.

Buttonwood Art Space is excited to partner with Kansas City Parks & Recreation again in 2022! The “Kansas City” exhibition will feature artworks of Kansas City, it’s icons, sports teams, BBQ images, jazz themes, beautiful cityscapes and much more! Artworks may include paintings, photography, 3D works and much more!

Each purchase will benefit our city’s beautiful parks with 50% of net sales benefiting KC Parks & Recreation and the remaining 50% going directly to artists!

As part of KC Parks’ “Walktober” series in October, artists will be invited to participate in a plein air painting contest. Winners from these events will be able to auction their winning pieces during First Friday on May 6, 2022.

KC Parks’ mission is to improve the quality of life, health and wellness of our community by providing socially equitable, community-driven programming and environmentally sound natural resource management. The department maintains 221 parks, 12,242 acres of parkland, 159 miles of trails and bikeways, 29 lakes, hundreds of athletic fields and tennis courts, 106 playgrounds, and five public golf courses.