A pentimento is the reappearance of an original painting or drawing that has been painted over by the artist.

You may have heard of the pentimento that was found under the Mona Lisa, giving new information about the most famous painting in the world.

As I have been in the process of simplifying my work, I find that there is much more going on that is unseen. I believe painting is a series of adjustments no matter what the subject matter or lack thereof.

Continuous change occurs until the painting says we are done. My job as artist is to know when to stop.

Take time to look…there is more than first meets the eye.

Rainey received he first art award 52 years ago and since has attended Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO and the Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Masters Program. Represented exclusively by Blue Gallery since 2000, William Rainey’s paintings can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide. Select corporate collectors include; Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Data Systems International, Kansas City, MO, Restaurant Management Company, Wichita, KS, Missouri Bank, Kansas City, MO, Lanard Toys Ltd., Hong Kong, and The Conafay Group, Washington, DC.

Artist Talk begins at 7:00pm.

Join us for an Open House at UNION!

This is a FREE event created by UNION Planning to showcase a unique and rock glam winter wedding! Meet some of our vendor partners, enjoy complimentary refreshments, and envision having your wedding at UNION!

Meet the Vendors who made it possible:

Desserts: Kate Smith Soiree — @katesmithsoiree

Rentals: Rustic Elegance — @rusticeleganceeventrental

Charcuterie: Forks+Chill — @forksandchill

Photographer: BG Studios — @bgstudios_photography

Floral: The Rolling Garden — @therollinggardenllc

Entertainment: @acoupleduets

Catering: Culinary Creations — @culinarycreationskc

Speciality Vendor: Alpha-Lit KC — @alphalitkc

Makeup: Caitlyn Hubbs — @kc.cait.creates

Jewelry: Link x Lou KC — @linkxlou.kc

Bounce House: Elevated Bounce Co — @elevatedbounceco

Reserve your spot to join in the fun by visiting Eventbrite. 

‘tis the season!

UNION is hosting a fun holiday wreath-making event on December 1st, from 6 — 8 pm. 

This wreath workshop is a fun and informative DIY class for all wreath lovers! 

Your ticket includes your supplies to make your handmade wreath from Perfect Petals, as well as some holiday sweets from Orange Goat Sweets and refreshments. 

Hurry and grab your spot! Class sizes are kept small for individual instruction! 10% of all ticket sales will be donated to the Assistance League of Kansas City.

Buy your tickets on Eventbrite.

DORA AGBAS — Story Lines

Exhibition Statement

Line, the ultimate human invention, lets us describe our environment, express our inner landscape, and allows us to preserve knowledge for the generations beyond.

Crucial part of my practice is touch, handling materials with my own hands, therefore I chose tactile yarn, rope, and cord as line. My creative practice is a continuously evolving conversation with material. The manifestations of these collaborations are presented to the viewers with an invitation to read them as suited by their own vision, but also perhaps to contemplate how interpretation can alter meaning and intent.

In our times it is critical to think about how our eager twisting and turning of lines eventually leads to the loss of understanding and knowledge.

Artist Bio

Dora Agbas was educated as a biologist at her birthplace, Hungary. After landing in Kansas City, she worked for decades as a research scientist. She recently earned her MFA in Visual arts from the University of Kansas.

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RENA WOOD — Echoes

Exhibition Statement

Echoes is an exhibition of fiber art by artist Rena Wood. Employing vintage textiles and hand embroidery, Wood creates artwork that honors textile histories and past makers. Over the last 8 years, each piece has been made, added to, and re-made (in some instances) to investigate the essential role that memory plays in life. ‘Echoes’ relates to the textiles and patterns, reminding us of people and places that we may have forgotten. It refers to the reimagining of the handwork process, over and over again, to try and find meaning through obsessive making.

Artist Statement

My work gives physical form to the ephemeral sense of memory. The time I spend working is marked by each stitch, each knot, and each repetitive act of my hands. The result of my slow and repetitious handwork connects my process to the biological phenomena occurring all the time, gradually growing, multiplying, or deteriorating. I use stitching to create drawings on the surface of cloth to show a suspension between formation and falling apart, tangling and unraveling, the acts of remembering and forgetting, and to represent time passing and time stopped. I am intrigued by ideas about the visual aspects of how memories might appear in our brain and the changes that occur as memories are lost.

Artist Bio

Fiber artist Rena Wood received her BFA in Fibers from the Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from the Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is an Assistant Professor of Fiber Art at Tennessee Tech University’s Appalachian Center for Craft. As a Fiber Arts educator, she has taught workshops on embroidery and fiber processes at art centers and craft schools throughout the country. Previously, she was a Visiting Instructor at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Rena has been an Artist in Residence at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in Houston, TX, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, and at the Craft Alliance in St. Louis, MO. Her work has been shown nationally in solo and group exhibitions. She was awarded a Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in Craft for 2023.

Come visit Santa at Union Station! He will be making appearances inside Holiday Reflections from 10 AM- 2 PM on,

• NOV 25 – 27
• DEC 3 – 4
• DEC 10 – 11
• DEC 16
• DEC 18 – 24

While Santa is here, he will roam around Holiday Reflections to interact with guests and take informal photos with guests. He will not be seated in a specific area for traditional Santa visits.