Goethe Pop Up Kansas City is excited to present the poster exhibition Shaping the Past. This exhibit will also highlight the many projects that we developed in 2020 as part of Shaping the Past (“Gestaltung der Vergangenheit”).

Shaping the Past builds connections and showcases patterns that constitute a transnational memory culture at work to address systemic racism and sexism, social and economic exclusion, and legacies of colonial and state violence. Featuring works by artists, activists, and collectives from North America and Germany — all part of the Monument Lab Fellows Program — this exhibition broadens understandings and illuminates ongoing memory interventions that reimagine civil society.

The spotlighted projects offer innovative and reparative models that highlight creative changemakers who are actively shaping the past and our paths forward.

At Goethe Pop Up Kansas City we took part in this project in 2020, inviting Monument Lab fellows Alisha B. Wormsley and Patrick Weems to collaborate with artists, activists, and intellectuals from Kansas City and beyond on themes that are relevant to our community and the process of (re-)connecting with the past. You can learn more about these various projects by visiting the Shaping the Past exhibition presented at the Goethe Pop Up as a concluding project.

Randy Bacon is a long-standing, acclaimed contemporary American photographer based in Springfield, Missouri. He has an extensive history in portrait and documentary photography, as well as, humanitarian work. At the core of his work is the ability to present emotive, authentic visual stories of the people he photographs.

Just As I Am, presents a series of large-scale black and white studio portraits and personal narratives told directly by the subjects Bacon photographed. Just As I Am invites us to view the world through the clear lends of someone living with Down syndrome; a lens of pure love, honesty and compassion. The exhibit’s aim is to create awareness and a better understanding of Down syndrome through intimate studio portraiture, raw, authentic narratives and short film series, as to change the way we see those with Down syndrome. These individuals are not deficient in any way; but are in fact “extra.” An extra chromosome gives those with Down syndrome an extraordinary ability to see the good, the joy and the beauty in this world that the rest of us often can’t see. This project challenges us to celebrate those with Down syndrome just as they are and to recognize the unbridled joy, genuine compassion and clarity in life they express every day of their lives.

Project in partnership with Down Syndrome Innovations and 7 Billion Ones.

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Experience Cerbera Gallery’s new exhibit “POP!”… and more | Selected works by various renowned local and international artists

“POP!… and more”

Selected Works by Ben Allen, Shuby, RF Art, El Bocho, Tatjana Doll, Robert Indiana, Michael Wittmann as well as Kansas City Artists Lori Keenan and Colete Martin.

July – Late August 2021

2011 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO 64108
+1 – 844-202‑9303 | info@cerberagallery.com

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Please join Cerbera Gallery in celebrating “POP!… and more”: July – Late August 2021

MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES 

NO MASK – NO ART

SUNDAY: CLOSED
MONDAY – FRIDAY: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY | unless the “Traffic Light” in the entry door is switched to “GREEN” and/or the door is unlocked
SATURDAY: 12pm – 5pm (unless the gallery dog wants to come earlier or stay longer to play with visitors!)
(please call +1 – 844-202‑9303)

We CLOSE on “First Friday” between 6 – 7pm unless otherwise noted. 

For private showings please call us at +1 – 844-202‑9303 to setup an appointment.

NO FOOD, NO DRINKS. PHOTOS CAN ONLY BE TAKEN AFTER HAVING CONFIRMED WITH GALLERY STAFF.

Mid-America Arts Alliance has commissioned two new poems from six regional artists, as selected/curated by noted poet Quraysh Ali Lansana and the Tulsa based Tri-City Collective. Each poet has been asked to write about/on the forgotten stories of places, people, or histories from their states/regions. The poets’ words and voices will be presented through our outdoor audio system, and will begin August 1 with work by ire’ne lara silva. The poems will run audibly from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., the first to the last day of each month from August 2021 through January 2022 at Mid-America Arts Alliance, located at 2018 Baltimore.

July Group Art Show.

July First Friday Show.
First Friday Artists Reception: Friday, July 2nd, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Regular show Dates: Wed., June 30th to Thurs„ July 29th

Gallery open daily, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Closed Sunday., thanks!

Jones Gallery, 1717 Walnut, 64108
816 – 421-2111.
https://jonesgallerykc.com/