Join us for a special evening of art and cultural exchange at Cheryl Eve Acosta’s Sculptural Jewelry studio on October 6th from 5 – 8 pm. The event celebrates the fusion of creativity and international connections as we proudly welcome the International Relations Council (a globally informed, engaged, and active Kansas City community that welcomes diverse perspectives and connects through a sincere desire to contribute to our shared future) during this monthly First Friday’s tradition in the Kansas City Crossroads. This vibrant evening will also showcase the stunning abstract paintings by the celebrated painter Leslie Beck who uses sound and color to express the re-discovery of self. Come meet the artists and immerse yourself in a unique dialogue that amplifies the cross-cultural vibrancy of our community. Please do RSVP to this open-to-the-public event. For more CEA events visit Cheryleve.com.

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 6th, 2022
TIME: 5 pm — 8 pm
LOCATION: 217 West 19th Ter. Kansas City MO 64108

Come and enjoy some new and original pieces from some of Kansas City’s best local artists. Last chance to grab some “donuts” and anime.

Get ready to “fall” in love with 1739 Gallery this Autumn. Amazing things in store!

Also get a chance to shop with some amazing local vendors and locations from The Thirsty Chariot.

See you at 6:30pm

Tap into your wild side at Casual Animal Brewing Company where local beer, plants, and art intersect! Our taproom brims with floor to ceiling greenhouse vibes and graphic design. Enjoy a pint or flight of our 11 rotating taps, including our Local Motive beer where $2 of every pint is donated to a different KC non-profit every two months.

PLUS: Tamaleon KC food truck will be onsite 5 – 9pm with their homemade tamales, birria quesadillas, and more!

The Overgrown Home (Paige Ledom) is setting up her pop-up shop with original art pieces and even one you can WIN! A great way to support local artists!

Shep’s Place (our NEW Local Motive) will be here with information and local artists ready to do a quick sketch of your furry friend! Recommended to bring your favorite picture with you and purchase a pint of the Local Motive Tropical Pale Ale. $2 of every pint is donated directly to Shep’s Place at the end of October. Help them provide the best care and love for all the senior dogs in their care (and support their expansion!).

On first Friday, September 1 Jessalyn Mailoa will lead the Belger Glass Annex crew to create an original glass artwork. The glassblowing demonstration is from 6pm to 8pm at the Belger Glass Annex (1219 E. 19^th St., KCMO).

Jessalyn Mailoa was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass and Graphic Design, and studied psychology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Afterwards, Mailoa moved to Norfolk, Virginia, to join a studio assistantship program at the Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio. Currently, she is a studio assistant at the Belger Glass Annex in Kansas City.

ARTIST STATEMENT

What do you long for? Is it a person, an object, a place, or an emotion? In my life, I have longed for many things; a sense of belonging, a healthy mind, and intimacy to list a few.

Longing is an intense yet delicate emotion. On one end it can cause us to get caught up on the negative; embarking us on a downwards spiral of frustration and insecurities. On the other end, it can create a sense of hope and focus towards a positive goal. My work explores the emotion of longing in relation to the various facets of my identity including culture, gender, and disability.

I create videos and objects that incorporate glass because I am interested in the parallels of this material to human nature. Much like people, glass is fragile yet resilient, moldable yet rigid, familiar yet unpredictable.

A native New Yorker, Terry 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 (ULAE) on Long Island. Winters became one of the leading printmakers in the U.S. At first, he was leaving his Manhattan studio one day a week to work with the master printers at ULAE, and that later escalated to up to four days a week. As art historian Richard Axsom wrote in “The Philosophers’ Stone: The Prints of Terry Winters:”

Printmaking is a forum whose procedures and collaborative protocols have allowed Winters to explore the expressive nature of his drawings. For an artist whose cardinal subject is protean form, printmaking encourages a changing image through the various proofing phases that lead to an editioned print. A print reflects a progressive history of alterations. It is a record of mutation, an accumulation of discrete changes that has no exact counterpoint in drawing or painting.

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.