Visual arts

Whether it's dwindling toilet paper rolls, sweatpants, or blooming flowers, Kansas City artists find inspiration at home when they can't venture out.

Starting May 1, arts organizations plan lottery distribution of $1,000 checks to artists hurt by coronavirus shutdown.

Kansas City fashion designers, fabric artists, home sewers and crafters are diving into their own supplies to help meet the demand for masks for health…

Before Cassius Clay took the name Muhammad Ali, he was a 22-year-old who’d been rechristened “the champ,” the greatest boxer in the world.Long-time Life…

Kansas City's relatively new problem of affordable housing is also squeezing artists out of studios.That's especially noticeable in the Crossroads Arts…

Caitlin Morton used to dread Valentine's Day.That was before she met Sudiebelle Hare, a Kansas City artist who regularly paints colorful circles on canvas…

What if you accidentally cut off a piece of your finger, and two weeks later that piece grew into your clone? Tiny creatures with that ability are…

The posthumous resurgence of interest in Kansas City artist Arthur Kraft, who died in 1977, continues to gain momentum.In the past 20 years, two major…

The KCUR news staff presents the State of Kansas City series as a look ahead to 2020 on topics of importance to the region. Find the State of Kansas City…

In the art world, what makes regular abstraction different from "queer abstraction"?Unlike LGBTQ artists who explore identity through representational…

On one busy corner of Kansas City's St. John Avenue, a community is coming together to create a piece of art that reflects the whole world.Home to…

Segment 1: New paintings by a Kansas City artist examine the 'brash volume' of public discourse.Rodeo clowns, talkshow hosts, preachers. To Michael…