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9:47 am
Wed September 26, 2012

Broken Glass At The Kauffman Center: Who's To Blame?

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Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
A view of the broken pane from inside the Kauffman Center.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
A view of the broken pane (third row, fifth from the left) outside the Kauffman Center.
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It's been a year since the $413 million concrete-and-glass shell-shaped Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo. opened to the public.

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Visual Arts
4:00 pm
Tue September 18, 2012

A Photographic Cabinet Of Curiosities

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Credit courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Wilson Alwyn Bentley, American (1865–1931). Snowflake, ca. 1905. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the Hall Family Foundation.
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William Bell , American , 1830-1910 , b. Liverpool, England. Recovery after a Penetrating Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen..., 1865. Albumen print. Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
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Anna Atkins, English (1799–1871). Paris Arguta, ca. 1850. Cyanotype. Gift of the Hall Family Foundation.
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In Shadow of Night - the second book in a supernatural trilogy by Deborah Harkness - the main characters travel back in time to Elizabethan England in search of a mysterious book called Ashmole 782.

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Central Standard
9:27 am
Tue September 18, 2012

Connecting To Visual Arts With PLUG Projects

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Artist Carrie Scanga makes an adjustment to a honey-colored tissue paper panel in PLUG Projects’ gallery space. Scanga has created a hive-like structure for the new exhibit, "BREATHE : The Emergent Colony."
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Carrie Scanga makes a final sweep of a golden canopy inspired by bee colonies. Scanga is working with four area artists to create an experimental, collaborative workspace.
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Carrie Scanga adjusts a paper panel in PLUG Projects’ gallery space.
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Ron Harrity, (from left) Carrie Scanga and Amy Kligman, prepare the floor for the installation.
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Amy Kligman, a co-curator and artist, drapes the floor with a drop cloth to protect delicate paper panels.
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Carrie Scanga laughs as she rolls extra panels.
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Ron Harrity, (from left) Carrie Scanga, and Amy Kligman peer up to get a better look at the way gallery lights flow the tissue paper honeycomb. Harrity traveled with Scanga from Portland, Maine, to help her install her work.
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Folded tissue paper structures imitate the matrix of hexagonal cells in beehives.
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Ron Harrity, (from left) Amy Kligman, Carrie Scanga, and Misha Kligman survey the series of panel before installing them on gallery walls.
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Soft folds of gold surround Carrie Scanga in the transformed space at PLUG Projects gallery.
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Misha Kligman (from left) and Caleb Taylor, co-curators and artists at PLUG Projects gently move the fragile panels before installing them on the gallery walls.
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Misha Kligman (from left) and Caleb Taylor, co-curators and artists at PLUG Projects measure and install the painted panels.
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A swarm of yellow paint hangs over Caleb Taylor as checks the overlap of a triptych of painted panels.
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Thin paper painted with honeyed hues line one wall of the gallery in alcoves between the honeycomb structures.
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Carrie Scanga discusses the flow of air with Caleb Taylor as they install the panels.
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Carrie Scanga takes a final look at the installation before finishing up on Sunday.
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As Ron Harrity, (from left) Misha Kligman, and Caleb Taylor install the final panels Carrie Scanga and area chef Craig Howard discuss Howard's role in the collaboration at the exhibition's opening Friday.
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Area chef Craig Howard will infuse the gallery with a honeyed scent and create honey candy for visitors to taste as they experience the exhibition opening on Friday.
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On this Tuesday’s Central Standard, plug into a conversation with the artists behind the new arts gallery PLUG Projects. We’ll discuss their efforts to bring more thought-provoking works to Kansas City, local fundraising initiatives and resources to help develop local art writing and critique.

Later in the hour, visiting artist Carrie Scanga talks about "BREATHE: The Emergent Colony," her new experimental, collaborative exhibition that's transforming PLUG's gallery space.

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Visual Arts
9:03 pm
Fri September 14, 2012

'SmellScape' Encourages Nose-First Exploration

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Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Just follow your nose, or the nose glyph, to collect one of 20 possible smell cards in the game/project called SmellScape.
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A mini smell lab, with smelling strips and beakers, on a long table at Grand Arts. It allows visitors to sample scents from different neighborhoods in KCK and KCMO.
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On a Saturday smell walk at the Kansas City Museum, Addie Harte, and her daughter, Lina, 7, check out the SmellScape map and pick up smell cards.
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Sissel Tolaas and Grand Arts artistic director Stacy Switzer at a laundromat stop during the smell walk.
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Artist and writer Jose Faus led the smell walk with Sissel Tolaas. "This little one block area (on Independence Avenue) tells you more about what this city is becoming," he said.
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Kaw Point is one of the six main posts in the SmellScape game.
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Will Morris, 8, scratches and sniffs a smell card at Kaw Point.
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Views of the river, the downtown skyline, and sculptural debris walking along the trail at Kaw Point.
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You'll need a nickel to get this smell card at one of the four Kaw Point stops.
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A stack of smell cards outside St. Mary's Episcopal Church, one of the stops in downtown Kansas City, Mo.
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You may have to wait in line to pick up a smell card from a Traffic Violations clerk at the Municipal Court in downtown Kansas City, Mo.
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Some smell cards are located outside; some are indoors, like this one at the Steamboat Arabia Museum in the City Market.
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Berlin-based artist Sissel Tolaas travels the world collecting scents.

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Up To Date
8:39 pm
Wed September 12, 2012

Living The Artist's Life

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It's one thing to create art and quite another to make a living as an artist.  After all, the phrase "starving artist" exists for a reason.

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Visual Arts
4:40 pm
Wed September 12, 2012

City Officials Call Special Session To Discuss Controversial Statue

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"Accept or Reject" by artist Yu Chang at the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.
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The Overland Park City Council called an extra meeting for Wednesday night. On the agenda: an executive session to discuss legal issues around controversial statuary at the city’s Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.

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