Crossroads Arts District

Kansas City's Creative Neighborhood

REALITY SAVES | a solo exhibition by Lori Raye Erickson — Opening Reception

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Studios Inc presents the solo exhibition, REALITY SAVES, by Lori Raye Erickson. This work is a culmination of Erickson’s 3 years at Studios Inc with a focus on social issues, religious hypocrisy and political discord.

Erickson shares, “My tendency is to take a concept and construct it in whatever material best suits it’s message whether it be painting, sculpture or found objects. This exhibition consists of a variety of mediums that express my thoughts of the current climate in which we live.”

This free and open to the public exhibition will be on view from September 10, 2021 to October 22, 2021. Gallery hours are currently Wednesday through Friday from 10 – 4pm and Saturday from 12 – 4pm.

REALITY SAVES | a solo exhibition by Lori Raye Erickson — Artist Talk

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Studios Inc presents the solo exhibition, REALITY SAVES, by Lori Raye Erickson. This work is a culmination of Erickson’s 3 years at Studios Inc with a focus on social issues, religious hypocrisy and political discord.

Erickson shares, “My tendency is to take a concept and construct it in whatever material best suits it’s message whether it be painting, sculpture or found objects. This exhibition consists of a variety of mediums that express my thoughts of the current climate in which we live.”

This free and open to the public exhibition will be on view from September 10, 2021 to October 22, 2021. Gallery hours are currently Wednesday through Friday from 10 – 4pm and Saturday from 12 – 4pm.

Science City kidFEST

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It’s going to be a TROPICAL JAMBOREE at Science City’s kidFEST presented by PNC. Join Science City THIS Saturday, August 28, 10 am – 5 pm for a family-friendly day full of science play for our youngest explorers. Activities specifically created for infants to six-year-olds PLUS fun for all the whole family. Create floral necklaces, explore tropical fruits, sail the oceans, celebate with a drum safari, face painting and balloon artists and so much more! Regular Science City admission applies — Union Station Members attend FREE! Science City kidFEST is presented by PNC Foundation. For more information, visit: sciencecity.unionstation.org/event/kidfest/

Extension Master Gardener Continuing Education Event – 18B Food Pantry Garden — Open House and Garden Tour

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Learn more about this garden and the fresh vegetables grown here by EMGs and Community Volunteers since 2010. All produce is donated to Harvesters Community Food Network for distribution to those in need in our metro area.

This event is worth 1 hour of Continuing Education for Extension Master Garden volunteers (EMGs).

We will start at the top of the garden and work our way down the slope to:

  • Learn more about the vegetables, herbs, and flowers growing here. Try some next year in your own garden, containers, or balcony gardens.
  • Learn about the fruit orchard on site and where to get more information on growing fruit trees at home.
  • Hear from community volunteers about their experiences as urban gardeners at 18B.

Please sign up for this free event at this website- https://extension.missouri.edu/events/extension-master-gardener-continuing-education-event-18b-food-pantry-garden.

If you have questions, please contact Cathy Bylinowski, Horticulture Instructor, University of Missouri Extension, bylinowskic@missouri.edu.

Judy Onofrio: Bliss — Private Reception

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Judy Onofrio has always been in love with the stuff of the world. In the first three decades of her fifty-year career, she worked with clay, then built, painted, and often set on fire enormous sculptural constructions. For the past twenty years, she has told optimistic stories about strong women, lush gardens, and circus through her elaborately embellished figurative sculptures.

In 2008, when Onofrio was confronted by a serious illness, everything changed and she turned to her studio practice to process her experience of mortality, renewal and healing. The resulting series mirrored Onofrio’s own journey through illness to renewed health. Always a master of material, Onofrio began to subtly and organically integrate animal bones into her repertoire of sculpted, embellished and painted forms.

Then Onofrio took a leap of faith. The female figure, star of her work for decades, vanished. Sleek, vibrant color mutated into shades of slippery, creamy ivory, and bones became the material of choice. Onofrio’s increasing awareness of the physical and spiritual energy of life lived, held in the bones left behind in the earth, had a profound influence on her understanding of healing and enlightment.

In the series, Earth Bound, Judy Onofrio shows us a heartbreakingly beautiful, poignant and lush, delicate and seductive nature morte throbbing with life. Judy Onofrio’s baroque sculptures pulse with life and confirm that every death is essentially only a passage to a new beginning. Of this work, Judy Onofrio says, “To me, they feel like prayers.”

Onofrio has exhibited extensively nationally & internationally. Her work is in numerous private and public collections including National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Frederick R. Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN; North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND; Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, MO; McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO; Hallmark, Kansas City, MO; Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY; Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AK; Greenville County Museum, Greenville, NC; Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada; Museum of Contemporary Art, Voor Hedendaagsa Kunst Het Kruithuis, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; and others.

Please RSVP to allisonking@sherryleedy.com

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