First Friday at KC’s First Digital Art Gallery located at 2018 Main Street.

Featuring the opening exhibition for June, Digital Nostalgia.

8 collage artists will be on display.

Dromsjel

https://dromsjel.com/

Michelle Thompson

https://www.michelle-thompson.com/

David Krovblit

https://linktr.ee/krovblit1.com

Miirror

https://bio.link/

Alejandro Peters

https://linktr.ee/alejandropeters

Second Sight Visuals

https://linktr.ee/secondsightvisuals

Ben Walters

https://www.instagram.com/tandemsegue/

Ducky Animations

https://www.instagram.com/duckyanimations/

Digital Nostalgia asks artists to look at our memories and the way memories are increasingly stored in digital means and how that affects the fluidity of memories and causing them to become pixelated.

REMINDER TO JOIN US THIS FRIDAY! June First Friday Reception, (June 7th) in the KC Crossroads Art District from 5pm to 8pm at Lexitas in Kansas City (1608 Locust Street)! We are proud to have the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City (AWL-KC) join this event to encourage new members at a great networking event. Drinks and appetizers served. Free parking. Our Diversity Artists Series is featuring amazing local artists Eugenia Ortiz, Xiao Faria da cunha, Smitha George, Daniel Alberto Lopez Herrerias, Andrea Cira, Anita Easterwood, Denita Robinson, Isaac Tapia, Rodrigo Alvarez, Raffaela Malazarte and Caleb Orr.

Crossroads Comics and Art

1830 Charlotte St. KCMO, 64108

Event time: June 7, 2024 4pm-8pm (store is open 11am-8pm)

Facebook event link:

https://facebook.com/events/s/first-friday-comic-artists-mee/438389332239247/

Meet artists that make comics and more! Kansas City is full of incredible artistic talent, and so much of it is in the comic creator world. Some of the best KC has to offer are getting together at Crossroads Comics and Art to show you what that’s all about. 

Our June First Friday guests will be: Buster Moody, Baldemar Rivas and Jim Mahfood (Food One). All of them are working on current and/or upcoming titles and have a lot of previous work, as well. 

You may have met them at Planet Comicon or other shows, or maybe you missed them because you can’t get to EVERYTHING, so here’s your chance. 

They will be hanging out in the animation gallery so you can come and say Hey!, have something signed, buy some of their art and/or comics, and hang out for a bit! These are people working hard to make art happen for all of us to enjoy and they’re all super freaking cool. 

We will be posting more details about the individual artists soon, so be sure to check back for more info, or in the meantime, you can look them up!

Outside of a con, you don’t normally get so many artists all at once, so we’re really excited to offer this unique opportunity. 

We will also have some great sales and specials in-store for comics, animation art and jewelry, including bringing back the “blind box pick”- there are still some GEMS in there. We look forward to seeing everyone. 

About us:

We at Crossroads Comics and Art are so excited to be a part of the Crossroads Arts District and the Crossroads Community Association (KCCrossroads.org).

In addition to our retail store and animation gallery (check out our socials and sites for all the details!), we are artists, too. We are all about supporting art in many forms and also focusing on local/ regional artists and the artists we personally know and love. We are so fortunate to live that dream and to share it with all of you.

Studios Inc is happy to announce its annual collaborative exhibition Inspiration Point: Sparks of Art in partnership with MINDDRIVE. Studios Inc will host an opening reception on June 28, 2024 from 5 – 8 pm and will host a First Friday reception on July 5th, 2024 from 5 – 8 pm.

MINDDRIVE is a project-based experiential learning program that serves students from around the Kansas City Metro. Inspiration Point: Sparks of Art will feature works from students participating in the organization’s Welding Art Studio program. Mentors participate along with students to design and create metal fabricated pieces that showcase their creativity and technical skills. Using metal scraps and recycled materials, they innovate and experiment to transform discarded items into unique and functional works of art.

Launched to serve mid-career artists, Studios Inc is Kansas City’s only nonprofit arts organization offering pivotal three-year residencies to mid-career artists who are poised to significantly expand their careers. Studios Inc offers a unique immersion experience for resident artists, who use their studio and exhibition space to produce and exhibit work, network and learn from one another, and attract and cultivate relationships with art patrons, collectors, and arts professionals.

Inspiration Point: Sparks of Art will be on view through August 10. Exhibition hours are Wednesday thru Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday 12 – 4pm