A crash course in growing your own cool & healthy plants.

Get your hands dirty while we talk plants: the basics, care tips, and repotting. Hand-mix a custom soil blend with Café Corazón coffee grounds suited for your selected plant before taking it home to flex that green thumb. Good vibes only.

We guarantee you will go home a better plant parent. Living with plants has proven to increase cortisone levels, improving your overall mood and attitude. You’ll understand how plants grow so you can live in harmony with your plants and effortlessly show off your plant game.

Approximate time: 45 min

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“Player” directs the audience into seven theater sets by Peregrine Honig. Each 6x9 foot oil painting presents life size characters in pigment layered backgrounds waiting for their light. Staring out from the woods, swinging from the moon, hanging by their ankle, the viewer is invited into and out of the dark. The characters and audience are players being played.

Peregrine Honig began the series “Player” in 2021 after receiving The Studios Inc Studio Exchange, a competitive residency curating mid-career artists into accessible downtown production spaces. Studios Inc is programmed by curators and collectors and includes a five week public solo exhibition.

Preview the process on social media: #everylayerisaplayer

Understudies and Auditions will be on display in conjunction with Player November 17th through December 30th at Blue Gallery. This body of oil paintings on wooden panels, vintage floral linen and canvas paper present cameos and backdrops to Peregrine Honig’s largest paintings to date. Two years in production during her residence at Studios Inc, each piece is a cameo of fairytales, mythology and theater sets. Please join us in meeting the artist after experiencing her installation at Studios Inc. Drinks and light fair will be provided in celebration.

Admission to the premiere of and Artist Talk for “Player” are free, but reservations are encouraged. Reserve your spot for the premiere at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/player-tickets-716939103157.
Reserve your spot for the artist talk: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-talk-peregrine-honig-tickets-732231613467?aff=oddtdtcreator

“Player” will be on display at Studios Inc thru Saturday, December 23rd. To schedule a private walkthrough with the artist or for more information, please contact mallory@thestudiosinc.org.

Exhibition hours: Wednesday through Friday from 10 – 4pm, Saturday from 12 – 4pm, and by appointment

Location: 1708 Campbell Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Honig is a well-known artist both in and outside of Kansas City, MO. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Albright Knox, Buffalo, NY; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; the Milwaukee Art Museum; the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. Honig has had solo and group exhibitions at Dwight Hackett Projects in Santa Fe, Geschiedle Gallery in Chicago, and Larissa Goldstein, in New York.

“Player” directs the audience into seven theater sets by Peregrine Honig. Each 6x9 foot oil painting presents life size characters in pigment layered backgrounds waiting for their light. Staring out from the woods, swinging from the moon, hanging by their ankle, the viewer is invited into and out of the dark. The characters and audience are players being played.

Peregrine Honig began the series “Player” in 2021 after receiving The Studios Inc Studio Exchange, a competitive residency curating mid-career artists into accessible downtown production spaces. Studios Inc is programmed by curators and collectors and includes a five week public solo exhibition.

Preview the process on social media: #everylayerisaplayer

Understudies and Auditions will be on display in conjunction with Player November 17th through December 30th at Blue Gallery. This body of oil paintings on wooden panels, vintage floral linen and canvas paper present cameos and backdrops to Peregrine Honig’s largest paintings to date. Two years in production during her residence at Studios Inc, each piece is a cameo of fairytales, mythology and theater sets. Please join us in meeting the artist after experiencing her installation at Studios Inc. Drinks and light fair will be provided in celebration.

Admission to the premiere of and Artist Talk for “Player” are free, but reservations are encouraged. Reserve your spot for the premiere at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/player-tickets-716939103157.
Reserve your spot for the artist talk: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-talk-peregrine-honig-tickets-732231613467?aff=oddtdtcreator

“Player” will be on display at Studios Inc thru Saturday, December 23rd. To schedule a private walkthrough with the artist or for more information, please contact mallory@thestudiosinc.org.

Exhibition hours: Wednesday through Friday from 10 – 4pm, Saturday from 12 – 4pm, and by appointment

Location: 1708 Campbell Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Honig is a well-known artist both in and outside of Kansas City, MO. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Albright Knox, Buffalo, NY; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; the Milwaukee Art Museum; the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. Honig has had solo and group exhibitions at Dwight Hackett Projects in Santa Fe, Geschiedle Gallery in Chicago, and Larissa Goldstein, in New York.

Join textile artist Debbie Barrett-Jones, creator of Healing with Weaving, for a two-hour weaving workshop hosted by the Leedy Foundation as a part of their Art & Mindful Workshop Series.

Healing with Weaving Frame Loom Workshop | Art & Mindful Series

Date: Saturday, January 20, 2023

Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Cost: $50

Location: Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, 2012 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO 64108

Instructor: Debbie Barrett-Jones

Workshop Description:

Weaving can help reduce anxiety and can help with grief and loss, leading to a healthier and more grateful you. During this two-hour workshop, you will learn weaving basics, all while connecting with others. Weaving together fosters human connections and reminds us that we’re not alone in this journey. Each participant will receive a small frame loom and yarn supplies to create their own woven creation to take home after the workshop.

About Your Instructor:

Since graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI), textile artist Debbie Barrett-Jones has exhibited her work throughout the United States, including the Kansas City area locations, such as Children’s Mercy Hospital in North Kansas City, Truman Medical Center, Community Christian Church, Lead Bank in the Crossroads of Kansas City and The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. And in late 2016, she collaborated with the Kansas City Ballet for an Unspoken art installation and performance. In May of 2023, Barrett-Jones graduated with her Master of Fine Art at the University of Kansas, focusing on textiles. Currently, Barrett-Jones was one of nineteen Kansas City artists to be commissioned to make permanent public artwork for the new KCI Airport.

In 2016, she began envisioning the “Healing with Weaving” initiative to highlight how art, specifically weaving, can be a therapeutic tool for healing. The first Healing with Weaving Community Outreach Program’s pilot project at Children’s Mercy Hospital Adele Hall Campus in Kansas City, MO. The project provides 200 Healing with Weaving Frame Loom Kits with instructions to be used by patients, family members and staff to explore the meditative and therapeutic benefits of weaving during the summer and fall of 2021.

Join us for this FREE event to launch our Art & Mindful Series. The act of making art can take a toll on the creative mind. The Leedy Foundation is committed to educating artists in every aspect of being their very best.

Makers Meetup | Art & Mindful Series

Date: Thursday, November 11, 2023

Time: 3:30pm‑5:00pm

Cost: Free

Location: Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, 2012 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108

Event Description: The act of making art can take a toll on the creative mind. The Leedy Foundation is committed to educating artists in every aspect of being their very best. As part of this new series, we begin by offering a gathering space for artists to meet, chat, and learn basic methods of breathing, stretching and meditating to create a relaxed mind and body conducive to the act of making.

In the tradition of a quilting circle or a stitch and bitch group, bring a small project you can work on while chatting in our gallery — maybe knitting, small weaving, or sketching. It’s up to you. Nothing messy, please.

We look forward to seeing new and old friends in the spirit of connecting with our artist community.

Lead by artists Shari Hartbauer and Debbie Barrett-Jones

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