Jill Downen, a KCAI Assistant Professor of Sculpture, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment of the Arts and a Cité International des Arts Residency in Paris.  Her work is in the permanent collections of Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Emerson Electric, Sprint Corporation, Southwest Illinois College and numerous private collections. She has

Sara Nicole Glass, aka: MissConception is a dynamic Hip Hop singer, poetic wordsmith, event promoter and organizer, plus performing artist. She had made it to the coast and back, from doing Hip Hop in LA to organizing and overseeing artists for Midwest festivals, spinning a hoop of fire to competing in poetry slams. Winning ‘KC

Avant-garde singer, songwriter, and musician Calvin Arsenia mixes powerful experimental musings with hearty melodies. Self accompanied on the guitar, piano and now primarily the harp, Arsenia blends this emergent sound with contemporary musicians and singers. Since his debut as a performer in early 2010, he has written, arranged, and produced several EPs collaborating with many

Natasha’s perspective as a performer, artist, and advocate make her a dynamic speaker. The Star describes her recent book ‘Screaming Times’ as vibrant and strong. She has received several awards, including a Cave Canem graduate fellowship and ‘Top 100 Kansas Citians’. Natasha has produced CDs and a DVD of her readings, plus appeared in art

Theodore “Priest” Hughes is known throughout KC as a wise sage who writes passionate political and pastoral poetry that blazes the stage. His love of children, poetry and self-education has evolved him into a non-traditional arts educator. A political and poetic visionary, Priest is a founding member of The Black Poets Collective and co-creator of

GUILDit at Writer’s Place, Feb. 18th

Hang with KC Artists! Thursday, 2/18, 12-1pm @ the Writer’s Place 3607 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO 64111 – One block west of Broadway & Valentine – Down the Street from the Uptown Theater Parking in Writer’s Place & Uptown Theatre lots, plus street parking. Find out how artists fuse biz & art,….

Lick Champagne!?

We shared with you ‘GUILDIt Successes’ and ‘Why Guild It KC?’, now we’d like to share the GUILDit cheer! Have your friends ‘lick champagne’ – no no no, well actually yes – and also have them join our ‘LIKE CAMPAIGN’: Just go to: https://www.facebook.com/Goguildit/ And like us Then share our page with a friend You can

Why Guild It KC?!

GUILDit, a forum where artists talk about growing their business, has made its mark in KC. GUILDit Fits Into What Is Happening, In…     – KC Art: Which has been rated #1 in the highest percentage of visual artists per capita Was #3 in the concentration of professional theaters in 2015     –

2015 Top Ten GUILDit Happenings

KC’s lil biz forum for artists has a lot to be thankful for. Since we launched in May, we’ve had some great happenings: As a result of her GuildIt presentation, celebrating Native American month, Dancer and Choreographer Maura G. was approached by JCCC Education Outreach Department. They offered to write a grant on her behalf

KC musician, songwriter, scriptwriter, composer and producer Christian Hankel tells his story @ GUILDit. Be inspired and learn from his successes and challenges. There are more talks like this @ GUILDit, every 1st & 3rd Thursday, noon-1pm at the Kauffman Foundation. Each talk is followed by 20 minutes of brainstorming to make art businesses even