KC Contemporary Dance is a professional non-profit dance company based in Kansas City, MO, presenting high-quality dance performances in Kansas City and across the Midwest region. For over 15 years, KCCD has continued to create new work through innovation and collaboration, plus is committed to continued movement experimentation. In 2018, they are focusing on making

Sharon Rodriguez & Camilo Estremadoiro present their art/biz on 9/27, 12-1pm at the Kemper. Photographer Sharon Rodriguez, and now advocate, has worked with and published books on the Johnson County homeless. Her goal is to show the faces and tell the stories of real people in real situations in our surroundings. She has shown at

Katrina Revenaugh’s graffiti and street art paintings are bold and colorful, her unique take is one of the reasons she is represented by the Weinberger Gallery and regularly shows at Paper Birch Landing Gallery. She enjoys advancing her business by being active in the KC art community as a Kansas City Artists Coalition board member, an Artist INC fellow, participating in ArtsKC’s

Filmmakers Jerry Rapp & Patrick Rea – 1/25 at Kemper

Writer, producer and director Jerry Rapp’s first screenplay was acquired by Imagine Entertainment and has led to additional script sales with Paramount, Universal, MGM, HBO, and others. Rapp has worked on television projects with HBO, Showtime, USA Network and PBS. His short and feature films have played in notable festivals. Rapp’s other work includes the feature films

City In Motion & Voler Aerial

FREE FORUMS where art & biz fuse >  Thursday, August 24, 12-1pm, at the Kemper Museum > PRESENTERS > Andrea Skowronek of City In Motion & Nichole Raab of Voler Aerial Andrea Skowronek has been the Artistic Co-Director of City in Motion since 1995. Before that, she performed in Paris, France with Free Dance Song. In addition

GUILDit – FREE FORUMS where art & biz fuse > PRESENTERS > Jane Booth‘s paintings and installations are in 500+ private collections, numerous corporate collections, and in the museums of Albrecht-Kemper and Marianna Kistler Beach Museum. She has also exhibited regional and is represented by six galleries nationally, including Kansas City’s Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art.

Damron Russel Armstrong returns to KC with great credits, including Rhode Island’s – Rent! plus television and film credits that include Arrest and Trial, The Gambler, and Here to Help. He is giving back to KC by starting  The Black Repertory Theater of Kansas City, which is building bridges of understanding about the African-American experience through the presentation of unproduced works and

UMKC’s Barry Anderson is a working artist in video, photography, and installation. His work has been featured in numerous national and international exhibitions including recent solo exhibitions in Seoul and Los Angeles. Also, Barry’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Everson Museum of Art, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and the

Matchsellers Talk 2/23 at Kemper

Andrew Morris and Julie Bates’ Matchsellers’ is an exciting, gritty, and often hilarious stage show that has been developed over three years of relentless touring across the US and Europe. Though deeply rooted in bluegrass and old time tradition, the pair’s backgrounds in electric blues and classical violin– as well as a penchant for the