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: Point Flat BBQ and Fairway Creamery food trucks will be onsite starting at 4pm!

Project Green Light (our NEW Local Motive) will be here with information about their organization. Don’t forget to purchase a pint of the Local Motive Tropical Pale Ale. $2 of every pint is donated directly to Project Green Light.

Chromatic Reverie marks the culmination of a year-long artistic exploration by KC Clay Guild’s three Artists in Residence: Allison Achtenhagen, Huey Lee, and Izanna Perry. Join us on this journey through color, form and narrative

Achtenhagen’s work begins on the potter’s wheel and is then transformed by combining, altering and piercing each piece. She strives to create pieces that are resolved and highly considered which makes them almost mechanical at first. She then finds ways to soften the pieces, physically or with glaze, to come to a piece that is both mechanical and human.

Lee’s work brings forth narratives steeped in cultural heritage, religious influences, and the bittersweet taste of nostalgia. His drawings and sculptures are vibrant visual diaries that capture a spectrum of emotions. Using whimsical humor and found objects, Lee crafts characters that navigate between strength and vulnerability, reflecting his ongoing exploration of identity.

Perry’s sculptures explore the connection between the human body, the emotions within, and how they overflow into the physical world. She utilizes organic forms and shapes in her work that take on the role of a body and a home simultaneously, because a body is the only constant home we have.

And don’t miss the Clay & Wood United-Sale & Exhibition at the KC Woodworkers’ Guild, 1717 Washington, 5:00pm‑9:00pm! Two local non-profits dedicated to craft and education!

Jones Gallery July Art Show!
First Friday, July 5th. opening from 6pm till 9pm.
Show runs thru August 1st.
All welcome and always free, thanks!
Regular Gallery hours are by appointment,
from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Closed Sunday
Jones Gallery 1717 Walnut, KCMO. 64108
816 – 421‑2111
https://jonesgallerykc.com/

While styles and techniques are unique to each artist, all three delve into themes of memory and the passage of time in their practice. Joel Pisowicz refers to monoliths with his austere, vertical sculptures. His forms and aesthetics pay homage to the post-industrial environment of his blue-collar upbringing. Gina Pisto creates sculptures referencing still life, flora, and domestic space. Pisto meditates on how objects are imbued with memory and emotion, transforming them into metaphorical portals to the past. Logan Reynolds’ familiar yet distorted domestic objects use humor to explore intergenerational relationships and value systems. Collections of cartoonish items referencing popular culture and consumer products are treated equally with “nostalgic fondness” and ambivalence. The exhibition is on view from June 7 through September 7, 2024.

Join us for our upcoming group show of represented artists, opening 

First Friday June 7th through August 23rd

Featured Artists include:

Ky Anderson

Jane Booth

Marcus Cain

Patty Carroll

Anne Currier

Laura De Angelis

Michael Eastman

Cary Esser

Vincent Falsetta

Billy Hassell

Richard Hogan

Michiko Itatani

Calder Kamin

Sung Soo Koo

Sherry Leedy

Mark Pack

Anne Pearce

Barbara Rogers

Michael Schultz

Hollis Sigler

Bobby Silverman

Harold Smith

Charles Timm-Ballard

Momoko Usami

Willem Volkersz

Theodore Waddell

Andrew Watel