Join us at The Bird every First Friday for a night of comedy & art, featuring some of the best comedy acts & artists from right here in Kansas City.
Come & go as you please, have a beverage & LAUGH dammit.
Donations appreciated. Free AF.
Follow us on the internet for monthly lineups!
Only at The Bird.
The Bird Comedy Theater is the Kansas City Crossroads Comedy Destination! Featuring improv, sketch, stand-up & more every week in the historic Hemingway Building.
www.TheBirdKC.com
Join us at The Bird every First Friday for a night of comedy & art, featuring some of the best comedy acts & artists from right here in Kansas City.
Come & go as you please, have a beverage & LAUGH dammit.
Donations appreciated. Free AF.
Follow us on the internet for monthly lineups!
Only at The Bird.
The Bird Comedy Theater is the Kansas City Crossroads Comedy Destination! Featuring improv, sketch, stand-up & more every week in the historic Hemingway Building.
www.TheBirdKC.com
Join us at The Bird every First Friday for a night of comedy & art, featuring some of the best comedy acts & artists from right here in Kansas City.
Come & go as you please, have a beverage & LAUGH dammit.
Donations appreciated. Free AF.
Follow us on the internet for monthly lineups!
Only at The Bird.
The Bird Comedy Theater is the Kansas City Crossroads Comedy Destination! Featuring improv, sketch, stand-up & more every week in the historic Hemingway Building.
www.TheBirdKC.com
Don’t miss your chance to see world-renowned glass artist, Rob Stern, at the Belger Glass Annex this March!
Free Glassblowing Demonstration: Friday, March 3 from 6:00 to 8:00pm
Four-Day Glassblowing workshop: Thursday, March 2 — Sunday, March 5 from 8:30am to 5:00pm each day (registration required)
Rob Stern has worked with glass for over 30 years. He’s also studied glass internationally, most notably apprenticing, teaching, and working in the Czech Republic mastering traditional Czech glassblowing techniques. Rob is known for his large-scale installations, site-specific sculpture, and as a contestant on the third season of the hit Netflix show “Blown Away!” Rob’s adventurous spirit has led to the mastery of many skills and a willingness to attempt any project. Rob’s wide range of expertise and versatility make him an excellent instructor. His energy and showmanship make him an entertaining artist to watch live!
Born in Miami, acclaimed artist Rob Stern has been working with glass for over thirty years. He first began studying glass 1988 and holds a BFA from San Francisco State University and an MFA from the University of Miami.
He apprenticed for 5 years with John Lewis Glass (Oakland, CA.) where he trained as a metal fabricator and expert glass caster/cold-worker. He then went on to train as a master in the Czech Republic in the Ajeto Glass Factory with Master Petr Novotny where he continues to design and execute monumental site specific sculptures.And,for the last 32 years, has taken partin various capacities at the Pilchuck Glass School.
Rob routinely conducts workshops at prestigious educational institutions around the world including Penland School (North Carolina),The Glass Furnace (Turkey), Corning Museum of Glass (New York), and Bildwerk (Germany) as well as in various universities and private studios around the world. He led the glass program at the University of Miami and was a visiting guest professor in the Glass Department at the University of Texas, Arlington.
Since 2003, when he founded Rob Stern Art Glass, Rob has operated his own studio in the Wynnwood Arts District of Miami. There he and his team have createdand executed all aspects from design to production and installation of large-scale architectural commissions, lighting and original sculptures that are shown and collected worldwide. In 2022, Rob moved his studio to Dania Beach where he hopes to further expand his operation and become part of the growing arts community.
Rob is a member of “Ty’s Team” and frequently collaborates and creates glass designs with longtime friend Ty Pennington of Extreme Makeover and HGTV fame. Most recently, Rob was a featured contestant in the third season ofNetflix hit glass blowing competition series Blown Away.
Join us at the Belger Glass Annex (1219. East 19th St.) this First Friday, February 3 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm for a free glassblowing demonstration led by Hoseok Youn.
Watch as Hoseok Youn leads the Belger Glass Annex’s glassblowing team to create a piece of his artwork. This demonstration is an open-house-style event, so pop in for a little while or stay the entire time!
Hoseok Youn is a South Korean glass artist and educator specializing in glassblowing. He was born in Seoul, Korea and currently based in the United States. Youn holds his Bachelor of Fine Art degree in glass and ceramic major from Namseoul University, Cheon Ahn, Korea. After completing his undergraduate school, Hoseok traveled to Japan for International Glass competition in Niijima Island and was awarded 1st place and got opportunity to study at Pilchuck Glass school in 2018. In 2021, Hoseok earned a Master of Fine Art in glass from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois, USA. Hoseok is currently a glassblowing instructor at Belger Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri. He has worked at Toledo Museum of Art as a studio artist and has taught at Bowling Green State University as an adjunct professor in 2022.
Youn’s work has received various scholarships and awards including Corning Museum of Glass, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Penland School of Art, Pilchuck Glass School, and Glass Art Society. His work has been exhibited broadly and internationally in Illinois, Missouri, Texas, California, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Italy, and China.
I am interested in toys. I was a single child for long time so I spent the most of my childhood playing with toys, games, and watching science fiction movies. Even as an adult, toys are a big collectible for me and they provide me endless artistic inspiration. In everyday life, toys are usually just playful things. However, toys actually mean and speak of many things. It is closely related to society, history, tradition, culture, religion, art, industry, science, technology, and any kinds of trend of the time. Also, a toy is a unique object that allows any fantasies to exist in reality almost as a real in a three dimensional model. Therefore, toys are more than just toys and make me rethink about the meaning and value of them. To me, glass is another special toy and also a fascinating material for making toys. The Venetian traditional glassware is one of the most brilliant designs that I can transform into anything. Particularly, the goblets made with delicate details and decorations are my favorite shapes with full of playfulness. As a glass artist playing with the traditional techniques, the historical designs, skills, and tools are the important research areas for finding ideas. I disassemble the stemware and traditional glass forms as much as possible and turn them into individual components, and the parts are reconstructed to create my own toys. My works are the figurative form of fantasy characters looking like heroes or villains; as known as BEAST, and their crystal-clear appearance exudes noble and luxurious feelings at the same time as humorous and surrealistic. The BEASTs represent the dystopia and speak of the blind people living in fantasy and competing for success and wealth in contemporary society.
