no April forum & c pARTy pics

No April forum for we put all our energy into an Amazing  Esprit pARTy! Our event was full of dynamic and inspirational mini-shows with amazing artists, magical musicians, and a dynamic dancer. Pictured are the talented Peregrine Honig, Maddux Hepker, Mike Dillon & Bryan Hicks, Miguel Rivera, plus Melissa Dailey-Newman & Susana Bruhn. We can’t support the work we do for

Esprit De Corps – pARTy on 4/15

Join us on Saturday, April 15, from 2 – 4 pm at Studios Inc. It’s an art extravaganza featuring 30+ works of art, artist talk, studio tour,  music, dance, raffle, and more!  Get tickets! The annual GUILDit Friends celebration, features: ~ 2-4pm ~ 30+ pieces of art by 20+ locally and internationally known artists~ 2-4pm ~ MC

Sponsor GUILDit’s Annual Friends Event Esprit de Corps Saturday,  April 15th, 2023; 2-4:00 pm @ The Studios Inc Featuring: ★ 2 Galleries  ★ Music    ★ Poetry ★ Studio Tour   ★ Artist Talk ★ Delicious Food & Drinks Local Artists Include: ★ Professors from KC Art Institute ★ Professors from University of Kansas ★ Artist from

Esprit De Corps LIVE

Join us on Sunday, April 24, from 2 – 4 pm at Bunker Center for the Arts. It’s a collaboration of live art featuring 4 visual art makers, 2 poets, a musician, a filmmaker, and more! Get tickets!   A GUILDit Friends celebration of live art collaborations:~ 2-3pm ~ 4 visual art makers: Ada Koch, Hugh Merrill, plus Angie &

2019 Top 10 & Year End Giving

Listed are some of GUILDit’s top happenings that you made happen. Give to GUILDit’s growth in 2020, so we can continue to help grow Kansas City’s arts and economy. 1: GuildIt helped Dancer Maura Garcia get another grant, this time for $20,000, so she can expand sharing her contemporary Native American choreography and education with

Musicians Teri Quinn & John Keck at GUILDit

Teri Quinn was nominated Best Musician for the 2018 Pitch Awards. She is a UMKC Conservatory graduate in clarinet performance and music composition. Currently, she tours Chicago, Austin and throughout the greater Kansas City area. Terri gained her footing by playing in Black House Collective, Claire, and the Crowded Stage. She picked up the banjo

Join GUILDit Art/Biz Forum from 12-1pm, on the 4th Thurs. of April 25th, at the Kemper Museum for …. AY Young of ‘AY-MusiK‘ founded the Battery Tour, which is a social music movement that integrates the audience in performances. The tour uses the universal language of music and dance as a vehicle to build a

Thanks Giving Week till 12/1

12/4 Update: Yahoo! We have met our goal! Thanks to everyone who donated and to all who support GuildIt in so many ways!!! Join us in creating 2019 memorable moments in the art and entrepreneur communities. With your donations of $15, $25, $50, $100, and $250 we can advance Kansas City’s artists and economy by repeating some of

Bassist/vocalist/composer Jeff Harshbarger has collaborated with visual artists (Nick Cave, David Ford, Molly Murphy) and musicians (Bobby Watson, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, David Balakrishnan) to produce work that challenges convention. He curates a twice-monthly concert series that promotes original composition, and hosts “Jazz in the Afternoon” on KKFI. A lecturer in Jazz Studies at KU,