Julie Denesha
Reporter, PhotographerJulie Denesha is a freelance multimedia journalist based in Kansas City. Contact her at julie@kcur.org.
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Internationally known printmaker Hugh Merrill shared some welcome news on Facebook: He was gifting artwork to anyone who showed up at his door. Friends and former students didn't disappoint. Merrill's work is in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums, the Cranbrook Museum and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. -
Kansas City was one of the stops for Big Boy, the world's largest operating steam locomotive and the train has rolled into Union Station twice during the past few weeks. Photographer Steve Wilson captured the train with a 19th-Century photographic process used to document the American Civil War.
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Last year when local musicians faced months of lost gigs during the pandemic, many concert venues, like the Ship and Lemonade Park, curated outdoor performance spaces. And in the Historic Northeast, one man opened his backyard to musicians and their fans.
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Kansas City Police say an "errant vehicle" destroyed one of seven ceramic sculptures by Jun Kaneko. The work titled “Water Plaza,” was located at the Kansas City Convention Center and funded by the city’s One Percent for Art Program.
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Artists are often the first to move into crumbling neighborhoods and the first to move out when those neighborhoods become trendy and expensive. In one corner of Kansas City, they are trying to disrupt that cycle.
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A bounty of butterflies and moths will be fluttering and sipping nectar for visitors the 24th annual Festival of Butterflies at Powell Gardens in Kingsville, Missouri.
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Kansas City's downtown becomes an open-air gallery and stage as Art in the Loop brings art installations and performances to streetcar stops after a pandemic hiatus.
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During the pandemic, a local artist used weaving to process grief and anxiety. She’s found a way to share the healing benefits of her craft with children and parents at Children's Mercy Kansas City hospital.
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For almost 15 years, Lonnie McFadden commanded Friday night happy hour at The Phoenix. He's passed the torch to a new performer, who says he's excited to be following in the footsteps of a Kansas City legend.
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The arts incubator's $10 million new home in Roanoke Park sat empty in the pandemic. It will open to the public Friday and Saturday with exhibitions, tours and workshops.
