Crossroads Arts District

Kansas City's Creative Neighborhood

Diversity Artists’ Series — April First Friday — Lexitas Gallery

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DIVERSITY ARTISTS’ SERIES

April First Friday Open Gallery – Lexitas KC

1608 Locust Street, Kansas City, MO

5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Join us tomorrow, Friday, April 5th as we celebrate diversity in our community through art. We are featuring over a DOZEN TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS in our gallery. This is a show you do not want to miss. Each artist will provide art representative of their uniqueness and capturing the spirit of our diversity.

Drinks and appetizers will be provided. Bring a friend, co-worker, and family member. One of the featured artists reminded me of this quote, worth sharing:

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”. ~Pablo Picasso

APRIL CORAZÓN FIRST FRIDAY’S

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Café Corazón’s April First Fridays fiesta in the corazón of KC is here! Enjoy the Black Queer Archive art show by Nasir Montalvo in our Galleria room, and don’t miss out on supporting 5 local vendors. Plus, indulge in mouthwatering empanadas, tamales, burritos, and a delightful selection of cocktails, beer, wine, and coffee. It’s a night of endless fun for everyone!

First Friday Opening Reception

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Opening reception for TWO oil painters! Join us First Friday for the opening of two exhibitions by two of Kansas City’s most collected and celebrated visual artists.

Allen Halsey: “And She Was” 

Kansas City is both the birthplace and the nurturing ground for Allen’s lifelong artistic journey. An innate desire for self-expression led him down various creative paths, with art studies at MU and UMKC enriching his skills. Allen’s professional endeavors flourished at Illusions Unlimited Productions, where he lent his artistic prowess to designing theater scenery, murals, and custom decor for parties and trade shows. His artistic legacy extends far and wide, with an abundance of paintings, art projects, and installations adorning the city and its surroundings. Currently, Allen delves into uncharted artistic terrain, intricately carving linework into the substrate, which he then transforms with masterful brushstrokes. Residing in Independence with his wife and two dogs, he continues to inspire and captivate with his ever-evolving artistic vision.

Jana Duca: “The Story so Far”

Jana Duca is a figurative painter who paints the connections between people and the world. She paints the psychological space between people, and the space between words. She enjoys the push and pull of the paint that causes the background to encroach upon the figures and take away pieces of them, or that causes the figure to dissolve and scatter into the environment describes the figures’ psychological state.
Her painting process is intuitive, and while she experiments with many mediums, she primarily works in oil paint. She is influenced by artists such as Ann Gale and Stanka Kordic, and finds kinship with the artists who paint in the “Disrupted Realism” style.

“I can’t not make art – it is just something I have to do to describe how I see the world and to reflect what is going through my head. For me, painting is more expressive and easier than words. My art is how I connect with people and the world.” — Jana Duca

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