Crossroads Arts District

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Still Shakin’

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Belger Crane Yard Gallery presents Still Shakin’ opening Friday, November 5, 6 pm – 8 pm at 2011 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64108. Artists’ remarks at 6:30 pm. The exhibition will remain on view through December 31, 2021.

Still Shakin’ is an exhibition that celebrates salt and pepper shakers. Artists were asked to create their versions of these functional tabletop essentials, which resulted in a playful array of styles and forms. From miniature outhouses, to control top panty hose, the inspiration and creativity behind these shakers is sure to make you smile and view these mealtime mainstays in a new light.

Belger Arts’ 2019 debut of this concept was such a success, the exhibition is back with new and returning artists. This year’s participating artists include: Nicole Aquillano, Andrew Avakian, Alison Brent, Bianka Groves, Pierce Haley, Mandy Henebry, Al Holen, Meredith Host, Paul Maloney, Courtney Michaud, Lilly Powell, Cydney Ross, Jamin Shepherd, Melanie Sherman, Malcolm Mobutu Smith, Casey Taylor, and Shalene Valenzuela.

The State of Contemporary Drawing

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Drawing is frequently considered the basis of all visual arts. Vasari states, “Drawing… represent the necessary beginning of everything [in art], and not having it, one has nothing.” Old Masters drawings by Michelangelo, Raphael and da Vinci were considered “studies” for a final painted work. Today all that has changed, drawings currently exist within the artworld as more than a means to the end, but for many artists has become the ends itself. The popularity of Contemporary drawings is increasing and no longer are they treated as less valuable artworks than paintings. Currently, there seems to be a renaissance for them among artists and art enthusiasts both.
What does contemporary drawing look like today? This show will address what it implies to be a contemporary artist as well as provide an overview of contemporary drawing. The State of Contemporary Drawing will examine the art of contemporary drawing by artist selected from a national juried pool of submissions. Traditionally drawing was considered the technique of producing images on a surface, usually paper, by means of marks, usually ink, graphite, chalk, charcoal, or crayon. But over the last couple of decades, artist have constantly pushed the boundaries of what drawing can mean and be, redefining drawing. Drawings currently don’t merely consist of the previous mentioned methods, but have seen processes like burning, cutting scratching, sticking, writing, and sewing. Materials such as wax, and metals have even been used. These works blur the boundaries between drawing and other mediums of art. Contemporary artists are using drawings to address questions of identity, place, time and memory, protest, power, and systems.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Carla Aspenberg Ileana Barbu Mary Becker
Joseph Bellofatto Julia Bowden Jonathan Bridges
Emily Broussard Sally Brown Amy Bumpus
James Burrell Keith Buswell Susan DAmato
Sara Drescher Rosalyn Driscoll Lou Eberhard
Bruce Erikson Emily Fedorchak Joshua Field
Agop Gemdjian Ronald Gonzalez Jason Guynes
Dean Habegger Ahmad Hassan Curtis Hendrickson
Nona Hershey Richard Hoff Deepa Mahajan
Elena Masrour Denton Peter McCabe Michelle McHale
Lauren Myers Susa Nawrocki Jim Pearson
Kevin Perkins Beth Peck Whitney Powell
Brett Poza Chris Revelle Ana Sophie Ruju
Michael Ryan Hasna Sal Emily Shepard
Clark Stoeckley Kim Taggart John Thrasher
Clark Valentine John Vinklarek Russell Horton
Blake Hughes Peter Illig Hattie Lee
Natalie Levy-Costa

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Linda Nickell

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Inspired by the colors, shapes, lines and textures in nature, I enjoy developing layers of history within my work using paint and mark making. Each mark, scrape, and tear reveals the history and beauty underneath the surface. I enjoy finding hidden beauty in a landscape and employ abstraction to bring forth the essence of the scene. Using oil paint with cold wax medium in my paintings allows me to create many transparent and opaque layers which I can excavate into, thus revealing hidden treasures underneath.

It is my hope that the art I create brings the viewer into a closer looking experience and succeeds in expressing the beauty, intrigue and depth in the world around us. — Linda Nickell

Currently residing in Leawood, KS, Linda Nickell enjoys creating art in her home studio space.

She is a former manager of school programs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and for many years enjoyed opening up the world of art to students of all ages through creative programming. She has a degree in art education and fine arts from Missouri State University. Previous to employment at the museum, Linda was an art educator in public and private schools as well as a graphic designer and illustrator for corporations in the Kansas City area.Linda has exhibited in solo and group shows in the Kansas City and Dallas areas with many of her works being held in private collections in a variety of cities

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