Crossroads Arts District

Kansas City's Creative Neighborhood

Pedro Trueba — Exhibición de Arte

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Pedro Trueba’s career has been formally recognized in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies. He received the International Art Tour Award at the Mad Museum in New York and Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Xalapa, Mexico. He was recognized as “person of the year” in 2019 by international Spanish-language magazine, ‘El Cip’.

He has created more than nine thousand art works, published more than 21 books, and exhibited in more than 100 national exhibitions in Mexico and over 25 international exhibitions.

He served as deputy director of Museography at the National Museum of Anthropology (1995 – 2001) and coordinator of Projects at the General Directorate of Sites and Monuments of Cultural Heritage of the National Council for Culture and Arts (2002 – 2006). He has headed several cultural projects of national and international relevance and received national and international recognition for his contribution to contemporary art and culture.

First Friday This Isn’t Real

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This Isn’t Real w/ Hollywood Someday & FunkyWorm.

Premiering TRACE chip technology

Tokenized Records for Artifacts Certification and Evolution

A new protocol securing the authenticity of next-generation physical artworks via verifiable records inscribed on-chain.

Soft Opening for July 6th opening with Hollywood Someday & Funky Worm.

First Fridays Comic Creator Meet and Greet

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Come down for our artists event and meet Buster Moody and Baldemar Rivas. Two of KC’s most popular comic book creators! Both of these talented artists have current and upcoming books and will have items for you to purchase or will sign your favorite books.
We will also have some of their books available in the store and we will have store-wide sales.

They will be in the gallery room so you can check out all of the animation art while you are there!
You can find additional information on our Facebook event page.

Opening reception: “Trashed Cans” by James Ramirez

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Join us for the free opening reception of our July Exhibition: “Trashed Cans” 
by James Ramirez.
I’ve been creating assemblage art out of found objects for years. Trinkets. Trash. Wood, metal, glass… I started picking up spent bottle caps for no reason and it became an obsession. I’d even seek them out in some pretty dangerous places. Like snowflakes, no two bottle caps are alike. Smashed cans were also everywhere, but I refused to pick them up. I already had my head full of bottle caps. Then one day I saw two smashed cans lying side-by-side looking up at me. And looking down at them I realized they were spent and cast out just like the bottle caps. So I gave in, with no idea what I was going to do with all these brand new beautiful things that I found in the street.
 
 
As an artist, I wait patiently for the next project to appear. I don’t force it. Over time I notice things that are supposed to be art, and pick up things that don’t know that they are. I never know what’s going to come together. But sooner or later, without any deep thought on my part, something will. One night, out of the blue I thought, cut the smashed cans into one inch squares and make simple abstract designs out of them. Lightning Bolt. So I started cutting up the cans and playing around. As I did this I was reminded of the mosaic tile walls by Jackie Ferrara that decorate the Grand Central subway station in New York. Among the most incredible (minimal) designs that I have ever seen, and I’m sure my memory of them are coming into play. Some of these cans had just been tossed out, and some were so distressed, paper-thin and faded by the sun who knows how many times they’d been run over or how long they’d been out there. I picked up a smashed Budweiser can, but I couldn’t cut it up. It was too perfect just the way it was. It had a personality to it. Almost a sadness. I decided to try making it the centerpiece, designing around it with the one inch squares, and finally, something had come together.
 

I started looking through all the cans for more of these special ones that spoke to me, but there were very few. So I went looking for them. This quickly proved to be a waste of time. I can find smashed cans everywhere, but these special ones that become a centerpiece, somehow find me when I’m not even looking. So far, out of the hundreds of cans that I’ve collected these very few have. I left them Untitled, letting the viewer decide what each piece says to them.

Brimming: Belger Arts Goblet Invitational

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Belger Arts is pleased to present Brimming: Belger Arts Goblet Invitational, an exhibition that opens Friday, July 12 at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery (2011 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64108) and runs through October 5, 2024.

Artists from across the country were invited to create interpretations of the goblet form. The exhibition includes a variety of media, approaches, and styles – from the most pristine representation of the form to the most out-of-the-box design.

The goblet or chalice has a long history filled with mysticism, power, and ritual. At its core, a goblet is defined as a footed vessel intended to hold drink. However, the common understanding of what a goblet is expands beyond its function to its inherent symbolism relating to ceremony and opulence. Playful or traditional, the artists in the exhibition offer their interpretations of the goblet’s history and form. The exhibition includes over 50 ceramics, glass, and mixed media works. Purchase awards totaling up to $2,500 will be offered. The public will also have the opportunity to vote for their favorite goblet.

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