Artists Robin VanHoozer and Laurel Defreece found a common thread in their connection to nature. Their mixed media collaboration project, Fate, resulted in a seamless blending of the two artists’ styles and combined themes of nature, history and the future.
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Justin Canja is a self-taught artist whose practice is based in expressionism and storytelling. Using experimental mediums, discarded items and found materials, he boldly champions the complexities of his identity and invites others to do the same. Unbound by traditional...
SILENTLY UNEVEN is a collection of works on paper that explore the subtleties of uneven perspectives, punctured surface textures and a playful use of shadows. Hand cut and sculpted with the aid of an airbrush, each piece asks the viewer to take a closer look at the multi...
Aquetzali (Kiki) Serna is a Mexican visual artist living and working in Kansas, MO. Once undocumented, now part of the DACA program, Kiki craves healing, catharsis and a voice through her creative art practice. Her pieces develop from her inner feelings of alienation...
The Art of Biking showcases the cultural, political, communal and historical aspects of bike riding – both locally and beyond our borders. This exhibition features vibrant bike-themed artwork created by bicyclists and bike enthusiasts as well as historical images of biking...
Multidisciplinary artist Camry Ivory has been writing and performing music since childhood and has contributed to a variety of music projects and bands. Camry created a new instrument to explore the interplay between visual art and sound. Her interactive project, Coloratura...
Kansas City artist and arts educator DeAnna Skedel utilizes the technique of eco printing, a method of transferring the color and shape of natural plant material to fabric or paper. Through a combination of eco printing, drawing and collage, DeAnna practices what she calls...
Experimental artist Kitty Barret-Kraai creates colorful mixed media pieces inspired by the human body. Often using recycled and reused materials, she thrives on the challenge and unpredictability of these materials. Kitty’s artwork will be on display at the Antioch branch...
Tomas Allison uses his illustration background to explore artistic creativity through collage. Borrowing from nature, science and technology, Tomas joins images of familiar items in a way that builds new and unfamiliar environments. Tomas’ artwork will be on display at the...
Hugo Ximello-Salido is a multidisciplinary, Mexican American artist whose work explores themes of cultural and personal identity, communication, connection and intersection. Inspired by culture, history and contemporary issues, the artist creates thoughtful pieces full of...
Kelly Yarbrough is based in Manhattan, Kansas and works within an ecosystem of mixed media drawing and painting, arts administration and educational program development directly inspired by the nature of the tallgrass prairie. She enjoys collaborating with ecologists and...
Artist Susan Ferguson creates pieces made to give viewers an opportunity for reflection on their connections and experiences related to the environment and environmental sustainability. Experimenting with materials, techniques and mediums, Susan produces artwork that is...
Jess Hogan is founder of Neither/nor Zine Distro, co-founder and organizer of KC Zine Con #7, and an artist working mainly with collage. Their artwork is personal and represents an emotional release, while also creating a sense of community. Hogan’s work is on display at the...
Laedan Galicia, aka DINKC, built his artist style through the influence of his dual cultures and his practice of intricately detailed line work and bold illustrations. His work can be seen on interior and street murals and in galleries. Galicia’s artwork is on display at the...
Teale Mayse is an illustrator who works with mixed media and found material to compose images that convey a visual story. He enjoys experimenting and juxtaposing paper to stumble upon an unplanned but happy accident. In turn, this method keeps his process fresh. He has a BFA...
Angie Pickman is a Lawrence, Kansas cut paper artist and graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. The silhouette animation of artist Lotte Reiniger and Angie’s love of nature inspired her to create a technique combining traditional paper cutting with...
Brittany Noriega is an artist in the Kansas City area with a background in studio art, sociology and health science. Her artwork focuses on themes of healing and overcoming trauma, with an emphasis on expressing human emotion. Brittany’s work has been published both...
Hannah Lynn Calvert Fine is a visual artist based in Kansas City, Missouri with southern roots in Atlanta, Georgia. Hannah works with a variety of materials like glass, wood, acrylic, resin, food samples, metal and ceramic, while often utilizing photography and processes in...
Lorrie Boydston is an American painter from the Midwest based in Kansas City, Missouri. She specializes in suburban theme artworks ranging from representational scenes of suburban landscapes and architecture to abstract, mixed-media works. Her artwork has been exhibited...
Local artist and arts educator Ruben Castillo expands on his foundation of drawing into etchings, sculptures and installations examining themes of intimacy through the subject of domestic objects. Quiet scenes of domesticity represent not only the relationships between...
Rachel Hubbard Kline is an art educator and artist in her hometown Kansas City, MO. With a background in fashion and art history, she explores relationships of fine art and craft in the disciplines of drawing, painting, ceramics and fiber. Hubbard draws on her Midwestern...
Taking inspiration from Iranian architecture influenced by Islamic philosophy and decorative patterns, artist Nazanin Amiri Meers creates large scale installations and 2D work. Trained in textile design and print, Nazanin uses various techniques and media to explore privacy...
Stephanie Lanter is a Kansas-based artist working in clay, fiber, mixed media, and most recently, words. Lanter received a MFA from Ohio University in Athens and currently teaches Ceramics at Emporia State University. She has had residencies at Red Lodge Clay Center...
The JCDS Emerging Artists Program exists to develop the skills of Emerging Artists so that they may reach their full potential and receive income through the sale of their art. It provides an opportunity for this group to build meaningful relationships with professional...
When working on his art, Francisco Gabuardy draws from a lexicon of personal symbols. Many symbols allude to family ties, but also to larger concepts such as freedom and survival. He considers himself a mixed media artist who can create something out of anything he can get my hands on. However, he likes to re-explore the plethora of information and techniques that he’s confident with. This is why his work carries a playful knowledge of color, material, composition and attention to detail, which is infused with symbolism and narrative. Come view some of his work currently on display at Gardner Library.
Artist statement: I want to make a non-destructive and positive impact in the world through sustainable art and sustainable living. I pull items out of the waste stream giving them a different purpose than initially intended to use them in a new ways, collaging images...
Larissa Uredi is an award-winning and internationally recognized fiber and mixed media artist. She has exhibited regionally and internationally and has won several artist residencies in Spain, Estonia, Italy and beyond.
When she's not out mountain biking or exploring this...
I think of my drawings as specimens that have not yet been identified, as in they are abstract organic forms based on textures found in nature with an emphasis on mark making and mapping out larger spaces to find potential areas for detail and elaboration.
My paintings, on...
Artists of color, immigrant or refugee artists, LGBTQ artists, artists working through mental health struggles all bring unique perspectives to the discussion of culture and creativity. No Divide KC in partnership with the Johnson County Library proudly present a new new...
Leslie Norman Hubble’s work is inspired by content that disturbs her. She then constructs or manipulates those ideas into aesthetic images and objects. She works to express a truth and raise questions about “mind and body, as well as concepts of time, culture, and...