We’re offering special gallery hours for any last minute holiday shoppers to shop our in-stock bags, furniture, and wall art pieces in the Madison Flitch gallery. Come shop with us!

20% off everything

Madison Flitch Gallery

Friday, December 22, 10am — 6pm

Saturday, December 23, 12pm — 6pm

Get ready for a Navidad pop-up at Café Corazón! Join us with Peonies D’amour, a local Latina-owned gem. Discover stylish shirts, amazing Holiday gifts, and exquisite jewelry! Celebrate the season with local charm and the vibrant spirit of Peonies D’amour. Don’t miss this opportunity to find unique presents while supporting our community’s creativity. It’s a holiday gathering full of seasonal joy at Café Corazón! ✨

Do you have CDs, hard drives, and computers with disorganized digital photos? If so, then this workshop is for you! Learn the best practices for storing, clearing, and preserving your images. Get advice on what to delete, what to keep, and what to do with your precious photographic memories.

Session 2 | Digital Photography 

Date: Thursday, January 25, 2024 | 6 – 8pm

Cost: $50

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

Class Description: Let’s Get Digital — Best practices for storing, managing and organizing your digital photo files

Instructor: Shari Hartauer

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Do you have boxes, bins, and albums full of photos? Are you drowning in prints, negs, and slides? If so, then this workshop is for you! Learn the best practices for storing, clearing, and preserving your images. Get advice on what to toss, what to keep, and what to do with your precious photographic memories.

Session 1 | Analog Photography 

Date: Thursday, January 18, 2023 | 6 – 8pm

Cost: $50

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

Class Description: Let’s Get Digital — Best practices for storing, managing and organizing your digital photo files

Instructor: Shari Hartauer

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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: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

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.