Crossroads Arts District

Kansas City's Creative Neighborhood

You’re the DJ: Emo Night

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You’re the DJ is back! Enjoy fresh craft beer and see who can play the most crowd favorites!
How it works:
1. Download the Rockbot app.
2. Request your favorite emo songs.
3. See who can get the most upvotes on their picks.
What is Rockbot?
Rockbot is a free jukebox app. Guests can request 2 – 3 songs at a time, see what’s playing next, and upvote songs, all for free.
Free and open to the public. Outside food is always welcome.
Email jessica@borderbrewco.com with any questions.
Song examples:
Sugar We’re Goin Down — Fall Out Boy
Cute Without the ‘E’ (Cut From the Team) — Taking Back Sunday
I’m Not Okay (I Promise) — My Chemical Romance
Ohio Is For Lovers — Hawthorne Heights
I Write Sins Not Tragedies — Panic! At The Disco
Misery Business — Paramore
The Taste of Ink — The Used
Lover I Don’t Have to Love — Bright Eyes

You’re the DJ: Holiday Music

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You’re the DJ is back! Enjoy fresh craft beer and see who can play the most crowd favorites!
How it works:
1. Download the Rockbot app.
2. Request your favorite holiday songs.
3. See who can get the most upvotes on their picks.
What is Rockbot?
Rockbot is a free jukebox app. Guests can request 2 – 3 songs at a time, see what’s playing next, and upvote songs, all for free.
Free and open to the public. Outside food is always welcome.
Email jessica@borderbrewco.com with any questions.

The State of Contemporary Drawing

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The State of Contemporary Drawing

What: First Friday Art Exhibition
When:  December 3, 2021 First Friday opening reception 6 – 9pm,
Show Runs through December 23, 2021,
Where: Hilliard Gallery
1820 McGee St.
Kansas City, MO. 64108
Contact: Bob Swearengin
816 – 561-2956
bob@hilliardgallery.com
www.hilliardgallery.com
Gallery Hours : Tues & Sat 12 – 4, Wed-Thurs 12 – 6 Fri 12 – 5 or by appointment
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 exhibit will examine the genre of contemporary drawing by artists selected from a juried pool of national 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, artists 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
Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund
Crossroads Community Association

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