Visual Arts

Chris Cook, executive director/curator of the Salina Art Center and former curator of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, interviews artist Keltie Ferris about her first solo museum exhibition "Keltie Ferris: Man Eaters."

By Drew Bolton

Kansas City, MO – "Keltie Ferris: Man Eaters"
October 23, 2009-February 13, 2010
Kemper at the Crossroads

Steve Kraske talks Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential photographer David Hume Kennerly about his experiences from the Vietnam War and Cambodia, to the Ali-Frazier fight in Madison Square Garden, and the events that led him to become the official photographer of presidents.

By Up to Date, Nov 3, 2009

Kemper Museum curator Barbara O'Brien speaks to Jaimie Wyeth at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and reads excerpts from an essay by Becca Ramspott.

By Drew Bolton

Kansas City, MO – WYETH: Three Generations of Artistry
September 17-November 29, 2009
Kemper Museum

Kansas City, MO – In November, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opens its new American Indian art galleries featuring about 200 works, including loans and new acquisitions. Today, the museum announced a significant gift from longtime collectors and patrons Estelle and Morton Sosland. KCUR's Laura Spencer reports.

According to Carol Sauvion, the creator and co-executive producer of the award-winning PBS series, "Craft in America," the crafting climate - from pottery to beadworking to blacksmithing - is stronger than ever.

By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, MO – Kansas City's Charlotte Street Foundation and the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence are collaborating on a new program called Rocket Grants. With help from a two-year grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, $40,000 in direct support will be provided each year for innovative and experimental arts projects.

Kemper Museum interim curator, Jason Myers, discusses the impact of human intervention on nature in the exhibition "Settlement."

By Drew Bolton

Music: "Reverse Fishing" by Ad Astra Arkestra

Kansas City, MO – "Settlement"
August 14, 2009-March 28, 2010
Kemper Museum

Sales of Chinese-made clothes, electronics and toys have fallen off a cliff in the last couple of years. But the global recession has only cooled the red-hot Chinese art market. Last year, 11 of the world's top 20 best-selling artists were Chinese.

By Laura Spencer